Have any of you been keeping up with IGN’s weekly coverage of Spartan Ops? Most of you probably disregard that website, and with good reason. However this is particularly interesting.
IGN’s review of Halo 4 gave it an incredible score of 9.7. How and why was it deserving of 9.7, you ask? Because 343 gave IGN exclusive developer map walkthroughs on the lead up to Halo 4, that’s why.
Nonetheless, Ryan McAffrey (IGN Xbox editor and 343i brown-noser extroardinaire) has been criticizing Spartan Ops of late. In particular he has rightly pointed out the repititious use of locations and objectives. Episode 7 was the one exception, I believe.
The point of this thread is that when you have IGN, a website that resides very far up 343’s butt, criticizing a feature in Halo 4 then you know there is something wrong.
(If any of you wish to see their coverage, here is the video for Episode 9, entitled ‘Sort of a Letdown’)
Its IGN don’t listen to anything they say as they are hippocrites and pretty much take bribe money, I love how ever week they complain about repitition in SpOps yet they have NEVER mentioned that the cod sequals are similar and repetitive
> Its IGN don’t listen to anything they say as they are hippocrites and pretty much take bribe money
That’s my point. They’d take a bullet for 343i yet they’re actually criticizing Spartan Ops. This is why it is noteworthy.
9.7 was a ridiculous score for such a half baked game which was clearly released being no more polished then a beta. However I believe that score was just for the SP campaign and it was pretty much assumed the MP would be good.
Gamespot gave H4 a 9.0 but have also criticised SpOps for being XBL gold only when in fact the only part of it that needs to be streamed is the cinematic weekly video.
> That’s my point. They’d take a bullet for 343i yet they’re actually criticizing Spartan Ops. This is why it is noteworthy.
Controversy generates pageviews. IGN are completely and utterly in it for the money. You even mentioning them shows that their tactic is working.
> Gamespot gave H4 a 9.0 but have also criticised SpOps for being XBL gold only when in fact the only part of it that needs to be streamed is the cinematic weekly video.
If you don’t have XBL Gold, you can’t even access the ‘play mission’ bit.
> Have any of you been keeping up with IGN’s weekly coverage of Spartan Ops? Most of you probably disregard that website, and with good reason. However this is particularly interesting.
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> IGN’s review of Halo 4 gave it an incredible score of 9.7. How and why was it deserving of 9.7, you ask? Because 343 gave IGN exclusive developer map walkthroughs on the lead up to Halo 4, that’s why.
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> Nonetheless, Ryan McAffrey (IGN Xbox editor and 343i brown-noser extroardinaire) has been criticizing Spartan Ops of late. In particular he has rightly pointed out the repititious use of locations and objectives. Episode 7 was the one exception, I believe.
>
> The point of this thread is that when you have IGN, a website that resides very far up 343’s butt, criticizing a feature in Halo 4 then you know there is something wrong.
>
> (If any of you wish to see their coverage, here is the video for Episode 9, entitled ‘Sort of a Letdown’)
Who cares about IGN?
Who cares about MLG?
Who cares about the -Yoinking!- daily population counts?
It is enough that you don’t like Halo 4.
Please don’t be informed by others whether this game is any good.
If you like it… Play it.
If you don’t like it… Don’t play it, and don’t purchase Halo 5.
Vote with your wallet.
But please don’t be the sheep, who needs IGN etc… to tell you if this game is good or not.
> > That’s my point. They’d take a bullet for 343i yet they’re actually criticizing Spartan Ops. This is why it is noteworthy.
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> Controversy generates pageviews. IGN are completely and utterly in it for the money. You even mentioning them shows that their tactic is working.
You’re assuming they’re critcizing it for the sake of controversy. I think they are, for once, being entirely truthful in their coverage of Spartan Ops (albeit in a gentle way) because they cannot possibly pretend to like such a dull mode.
My point is that this is as big a confirmation as any that SpOps is lacking. IGN’s Halo 4 review was bought and paid for. 343i have IGN in their pocket. Therefore their criticism of SpOps, even in such a passive way, is worth noting.
> Who cares about IGN?
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> Who cares about MLG?
>
> Who cares about the -Yoinking!- daily population counts?
>
> It is enough that you don’t like Halo 4.
>
> Please don’t be informed by others whether this game is any good.
>
> If you like it… Play it.
>
> If you don’t like it… Don’t play it, and don’t purchase Halo 5.
>
> Vote with your wallet.
>
> But please don’t be the sheep, who needs IGN etc… to tell you if this game is good or not.
I hated Spartan Ops from the beginning. I hated the campaign. I hate most of matchmaking except some aspects… I couldn’t care less about population. I absolutely won’t be purchasing Halo 5.
^ those are my opinions. Not IGN, nor any other source, has influenced them.
You still don’t get the point of the thread, do you?
When I, an irate fan, criticizes Halo 4 it means nothing because I am just one fan. The opinion of a big website like IGN, whether you like it or not, matters more to 343i. When IGN, who have been so staunch in their support and defence of an incomplete game (9.7, really?), criticizes SpOps it is worth noting. Get it?
That’d because Spartan ops is more story driven. Ign hates that stuff. They mostly care only of multiplayer. And everyone gives “good” scores to big named games.
You guys are freaking nuts bending over backwards because IGN gave Halo 4 a high score but is criticizing it on MISSIONS AND LEVELS THAT WERENT EVEN AVAILIBLE UPON RELEASE!!! I like the game and still criticize it on its faults you can like something hell love something but still have quirks you dont like about it. Overall they agreed that theres something there for spartan ops BUT the repetative maps remember there literally building maps up from the ground not putting a quarter into a vending machine and spurting a good ones out not to mention testing so that theres not bugs or glitches that arise which will bring even more people -Yoinking!-. really theres no way that 343 could win they messed up and there getting good and better but at this point i belive people just hate them because there not bungie. They could of produced the greatest Halo yet ( not Halo 4 ) and still people would whine they just cant win 
> Have any of you been keeping up with IGN’s weekly coverage of Spartan Ops? Most of you probably disregard that website, and with good reason. However this is particularly interesting.
>
> IGN’s review of Halo 4 gave it an incredible score of 9.7. How and why was it deserving of 9.7, you ask? Because 343 gave IGN exclusive developer map walkthroughs on the lead up to Halo 4, that’s why.
>
> Nonetheless, Ryan McAffrey (IGN Xbox editor and 343i brown-noser extroardinaire) has been criticizing Spartan Ops of late. In particular he has rightly pointed out the repititious use of locations and objectives. Episode 7 was the one exception, I believe.
>
> The point of this thread is that when you have IGN, a website that resides very far up 343’s butt, criticizing a feature in Halo 4 then you know there is something wrong.
>
> (If any of you wish to see their coverage, here is the video for Episode 9, entitled ‘Sort of a Letdown’)
Theres nothing wrong with them theres just something wrong with you. I dont trust IGN either. But i like Halo 4.