en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/787975 Comments by ChrisSelogy http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135181418 You should figure out who wrote the review before you start accusing me of not knowing my stuff. I've reviewed The Show and 2K for the past several years now and have been playing baseball games every year since Triple Play 97. This year is the only year I couldn't review 2K due to not having the funds to get it. Alex bought it on the basis of having enjoyed last year's game and he was disappointed that it hadn't changed much. Sports games typically have to fix the issues that the last game had while adding new features and 2K11 failed to do either, so it's a step back while being largely the same game. When you don't improve anything, you stagnate and get worse as a result. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:32:28 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135181418 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135179131 The problem with that assumption is that they're not the only reviews he's ever written. We've got plenty of reviews that we did at gamer20.com that aren't available now due to issues in trying to get all of that stuff transferred to new servers from a poorly coded site created by our old owners. Finding all of those aren't very likely, but I could at least find a March Madness 07 review by him and I'm sure that there are a few more. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:19:03 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135179131 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135163489 What sites do you read that regularly go over five sentences? Most of the sites I read rarely ever get that wordy. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 21:54:32 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135163489 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135146003 So because we're not a dedicated sports site like Operation Sports, we shouldn't review sports games? Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:21:19 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135146003 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135145207 There are only four scores to begin with, so more reviews can push the Metacrtic score in either direction very easily. Metacritic is built to handle a game getting a wide range of reviews while being able to give you an average that tries to give you an idea of what the general consensus is. The review itself could stand to improve a bit since Alex is new to the format, but the score definitely isn't an issue. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:17:19 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135145207 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135141009 Starting with an insult is always a great idea. In all honesty, you could've just asked Alex to expand upon something and gotten a response to explain something easily. Our new format isn't really about going into deep detail about different aspects of a game and if you're expecting Operation Sports-style detail/impressions, then you're definitely in the wrong place. Since we're not a sports site, we can't spend an entire week or two writing up impressions before doing a full review for just one game. I enjoy their site a lot, but you already have that kind of site that can meet your needs. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:55:57 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135141009 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135135969 You went to great lengths to find the review for last year's game but can't figure out that the reviewers are different? Alex isn't bound to rate 2K11 based on how I rated 2K10 last year, which is a problem if you're really expecting that to be the case. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:29:45 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment135135969 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment134277699 Kind of surprised. If they weren't going to add new features or modes, I'd have expected it to be polished to hell and back. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:31:39 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/03/review-mlb-2k11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment134277699 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/07/review-ncaa-football-11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment133977431 I do actually play the game, and still do, and haven't seen people jump six feet into the air. Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:05:11 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/07/review-ncaa-football-11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment133977431 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/02/review-radiant-historia-ds/#IDComment131190498 I got this at launch and have been enjoying it a lot so far. I like the time travel aspect more than I did in Chrono Trigger since the game makes it easy to keep track of where you need to go and what needs to be done to get what you need. The soundtrack is great, too. The only real issue I have is not being able to skip through areas on the world map and having to go back through the same areas over and over again. It seems like each successive mission has you go a little bit further out than where you were before. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 01:19:40 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2011/02/review-radiant-historia-ds/#IDComment131190498 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment92130617 I'm not a fan of using the d-pad (even the 360's d-pad) for pre-play controls, which felt a bit sloppy in the demo. I prefer the way it's handled in NCAA 11 with the shoulder and Y buttons handling defensive line, linebackers, and secondary and the left trigger doing o-line adjustments. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:33:50 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment92130617 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment91858562 At least TO is in a situation where he's not the craziest attention whore on the team. Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:18:31 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment91858562 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment91822987 Looks like Carson's trying to stay in the limelight that his receivers are getting. Mon, 9 Aug 2010 20:58:25 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/08/review-madden-nfl-11-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment91822987 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/07/review-ncaa-football-11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment85977838 That would be fine if you got any concrete information on what the other schools did, but you're forced to write all of the information down yourself if you need that. When you get the information is less important than just having the information, so bringing it up immediately would make it easier to do what they're trying to do. It's just the lack of context for whether it's better than your competition or not, outside of the rankings that we've had for years anyway. Sat, 10 Jul 2010 17:44:08 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/07/review-ncaa-football-11-xbox-360-ps3/#IDComment85977838 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/06/e3-2010-preview-sony-ps3-move/#IDComment81327700 Sounds like you played two of the worst Move games from what I've seen. The demos I've seen of stuff like Sports Champions, Kung Fu Rider, and the new Time Crisis looked pretty cool. Stuff like The Shoot and The Fight looked like the most tech demo-like of the bunch that couldn't get beyond that to become a fun game. Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:04:59 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/06/e3-2010-preview-sony-ps3-move/#IDComment81327700 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/3-reasons-gaming-wont-live-on-consoles-anymore/#IDComment75138257 The iPhone has serious issues that keep it from being a serious gaming device, just one where developers have to design their games a certain way for them to work well and others try to emulate a traditional control scheme with buttons on the screen that fails miserably because there's no tactile feedback. It's nice for what it is, but it's only a minor distraction compared to the other handhelds out there that provide much bigger, richer, and more compelling experiences to enjoy. Wed, 12 May 2010 21:32:45 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/3-reasons-gaming-wont-live-on-consoles-anymore/#IDComment75138257 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/ea-rides-higher-quality-games-to-higher-sales/#IDComment75137168 You didn't mention anything about it being a fiscal year, just last year. Wed, 12 May 2010 21:24:05 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/ea-rides-higher-quality-games-to-higher-sales/#IDComment75137168 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/ea-rides-higher-quality-games-to-higher-sales/#IDComment75120407 Bad Company 2 and Mass Effect 2 came out this year. ;p Wed, 12 May 2010 20:13:37 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/05/ea-rides-higher-quality-games-to-higher-sales/#IDComment75120407 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/04/review-mlb-2k10-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment66425767 My Player's fine at what it does, but things like the separated XP (little to no baserunning XP for my 1B or P), the binary goals (I can get on base with a walk rather than a hit, but I still fail), and some of the other little things keep it a step behind Road to the Show. Wed, 7 Apr 2010 17:25:34 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/04/review-mlb-2k10-ps3-xbox-360/#IDComment66425767 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/03/review-shin-megami-tensei-strange-journey-ds/#IDComment64231551 When a demon in your party levels up, they sometimes have the opportunity to replace one spell with a new spell, but you're not told what the new spell is. That means you can have a good spell being replaced by a useless spell, which happened all but once whenever I tried to do it and the one exception was only given a decent replacement spell. Fri, 26 Mar 2010 18:38:37 +0000 http://blog.gamer20.com/2010/03/review-shin-megami-tensei-strange-journey-ds/#IDComment64231551