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On Champions Of Norrath, Forgiving Game Reviewers?
Thanks to Curmudgeon Gamer for its article discussing technical problems with PS2 title Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest, and why official reviews of the game didn't seem to mention those problems. According to the writer, who had been "experiencing frustrating lock-ups and hangs which have caused the loss some of my progress through the game", it turns out that "two of the reviewers did see the game hang and didn't mention it in their reviews." However, he argues: "That's a judgment call, really, and since each saw the problem precisely once I can understand leaving it out of the review", and ends by suggesting that "the real burden rests not on the shoulders of the reviewers but on the creators of the game and, potentially, the console itself."
..."the real burden rests not on the shoulders of the reviewers but on the creators of the game and, potentially, the console itself."... Look, its not our fault we didn't tell you about the problems we encountered with the game. If anything they should mention that on the packaging. Or, failing that, on the box the PS2 itself came in. If you bought the game because you read our raving reviews, our job is complete. Now if you will excuse me, I have to go to make a deposit before the bank closes...
What I find most entertaining is that the Everquest series is still buggy as shit. It was when the first version went 1.0 and continues to this day even in console titles (a bug in a console title is unpatchable).
The Everquest programmers suck ass. A cool title (for some people) but quality programming you get not.