Jurassic Park User Reviews Abused

lol talk about biased reviews and a lack of modesty

I played the game and I loved it. It was a good story and I give it a B. If they make a JP sequel, I think they should use the same plot. Sure it is a too easy game, but if you're a fan of JP, I recommend this game.

So you're upset that they praised thier own game on a review site that collects reviews from a bunch of bogus advertising paid review sites like Gamespot? Silly, no? How is it any less crooked than giving inflated bs reviews for advertising dollars?

Very Sad if your part of the developer team working on a videogame. Then rate it a perfect 10. If you work in the videogame industry in any form you are supposed to adhere to a higher standard. Then just people who play videogames. It is "Us" who are supposed to be pulling stunts like this not "You" The people working in the industry should know better.

@larryboy_dragon: Indeed. The remark is pure arrogance. Does that mean that if someone like me posted a user review (I take pride in my writing, after all) that they could not have actually played the game? Does it mean they have no idea what they're talking about? Does it mean that they lack the passion of the "rabble"? Some of the remarks you make, Brendan, are very douchey. It's one of the reasons I don't treat many of the Gamespot staff opinions as anything worth holding authority, because you aren't the only one that thinks that being an authority grants you the right to be a condescending prick Granted, some user reviews can be pretty bad, but you also just insulted your own audience by implying that they're potentially mindless and/or lazy. I applaud you. As for Telltale, your imployees are no better. But I suppose it is cheaper than paying off review sites; not everyone has EA's and Activision's money. The moral of the story is, take it ALL with a grain of salt where money is concerned.

Lulz, only way this game will get a good review.

"the suggestion that posting the reviews under Telltale online forum names and Xbox Live handles is somehow transparent enough is insulting. ...the goal is just to say in clear terms that this kind of behavior is unacceptable." I'm somewhat insulted that you imply I should be insulted. I believe I'm competent enough to draw my own conclusions when given the proper info.

lol, if you subtract the 4 10's the review average is a 4.9

Game is boring.. and even more boring if you are not a Jurassic Park Fan..haven't watch Jurassic park in years and series suck since lost world....Its mostly just point and click... 2/10 I didn't enjoy it like I enjoyed Back to the future the game... People trying to defend this lame game by saying its like a movie but wouldn't it be better if they just remove the lame point and click functions and release it on a DVD instead... or put it on nickelodeon or something

Came here on a link from Penny Arcade. Saw the line, "...complete sentences, proper punctuation, and paucity of spelling errors, we began to suspect that the user reviews were not the product of actual players..." Remembered why I no longer visit Gamespot.

Marketing fraud by any other name is still fraud. This is actually grounds for a law suit, not that I'm in favor of that. Sony was caught doing this in 2000 with motion pictures, they lost a $1.5 million law suit. And wasn't GS embroiled with a similar scandal after the firing of Jeff G?

Facepalm

Hmm, if I ever reviewed my own work it would never be a ten out of ten. I am incredibly harsh with myself when it comes to quality, which in turn makes me strive for complete perfection in whatever it is I'm doing.

@Sephylight: Last time I checked, GS don't make the games they review.

Cole in Jurassic Park?!

What kind of game would you expect from employees that need to do that?

The irony of a Gamespot writer reporting news of video game review ethics.

@im-a-roustabout Of course it's alright to post a review of your own game, why not? I went back a re-read what I wrote and it makes sense to me and a few others in the room (though bias), but it's an opinion and nothing more (plus or negatives on my comment mean nothing). In terms of your girlfriend, it's her opinion, just because I don't share her opinion means nothing to me because I don't know you or her. I see your tie-in to the subject but find it disconnected from the subject at hand being "creators reviewing their own work". When I worked at a retail store I would praise whatever I was PAID to praise, it was my job, so that statement about the car dealer is moot since it's not an opinion. Claiming 'accuracy' in an opinion is ironic at best, how can someone's opinion be accurate when it's subjective and speculative? My point being "How can a professional journalist call foul on a non-professional journalists' review of a product they helped create just because they didn't plaster a disclaimer to discount their opinion" if you wanted it summarized. Those who look at the score without reading reviews to buy games are idiots, so let them, as in time if the game really is that terrible, there will be far more negative reviews then positive.

The internet is free. Freedom is open to abuse. This is why, in the real world, we have laws.

I'd do that too if I made as terrible a game as this one.

NOooOOOoO! Do something Gamespot! You can't let this happen!!!! And what if those Telltale developers win a "best review nobel prize", instead of you!!! Just because you were too busy playing games and reviewing them again and again, re-correcting your grammar each time!!! PS: Srry for my poor user writing.

"Developers should have enough faith in their work to let it stand on its own merits." Or failing that, enough money to pay a site like gamespot to do the lying for them, like the rest of the publishers.

@LightninLew, how exactly does your response correspond with anything that I wrote? I think we are exactly on the same page here... are you sure you responded to the right comment?

Glad to see this getting some attention. This is nowhere near acceptable and I hope the message gets across this time.

no reviews can be really trusted unless you actually experience the game, period. Gamespot reviews can be biased, all it takes is right amount of money and negotiating and BOOM Good score. You'll never know....

While I agree that, as members of the development team, their view will be biased... let's be fair. Most of the user reviewers either give a perfect 10 or the hating 1 with scarcely any care for providing reasons on why the game merits those scores: 1/10 NOT ENUF HOT CHIKS 100/10 COS DINOSORS ...and taking these reviews so seriously says... not very good things about the reader. Just look at the user reviews for Dragon Age II, since this article mentioned them... (1/10 for streamling all ut of game for the COD playrs, their stupid!! COMBAT SUX!!! I NEED SO MANY EXCLAMATION MARKS!!!!!!!) I'm not saying that all user reviews are like that, but taking all user reviews at face value is.... not a good idea. In fact, for that reason, any review that has a maxed score and yet sings glowing praises is almost definitely a plant. Even legitimate critics that provided 10/10 scores for other games would mention the occasional irk 'though it didn't detract from the overall piece'.

Yeah, anyone who trusts the average user to have fair, objective, unbias & intelligent reviews is well, an idiot. User reviews should almost never trusted. This article was much ado about nothing.

Thanks for making people aware of this. You are correct, "this kind of behavior is unacceptable".

"Spared NO Expense".. LMAO

1up game this game a D+ - no wonder they were giving themselves ratings lol

i tak uffense 2 the suggest that average internet peeps dont use proper grammer punctuashun or speeling u need 2 apollogiz Brenden sinclair!!!1!@! It actually hurt my brain to write/think that way. I probably gave myself a brain tumor. :(

Maybe they were afraid that the game would get reviewed low and get overly criticized for ridiculous reasons. Like you guys did to Skyward Sword. (Sorry still bitter over that review)

Whoa! Caught claw handed! Telltale you sneaky jerks!

So when it comes to this game,Metacritic gets attention.Oh,right,that sprite in the left upper side of the screen was fully black in the Zelda:Skyward Sword review.

you should just never trust Metacritic user reviews. Never, at any time.

caketoo you hit the nail right on the head. If a game is advertised all over the place it's guaranteed at least 7.5.

I have to say... I've been very curious about this game. I have no delusions that it's a great game and it's pretty much a point-n-click with a lot of quick-time-events scattered throughout. I'm interested because of the story. Following the "lost can" of dinosaur embryos has me intrigued. I just can't decide if my curiosity of the story is worth $40 for a retail 360 copy or $24 for a digital copy on PSN for plus members, which I am.

Not a big deal. They are considered users and user reviews are not really relied on as much as the scores from big name critic reviews. The average critic reviews usually tell the story much better then user reviews just look at street sweeper simulator where it gets perfect 10 reviews from users.

Well they did get a lot of whiplash for it, the game now is down in the 2-3 range for user scores because many people seem to have taken to their own form of justice.

Isn't it the employees' opinions on the game? Are they not allowed to feel the game they spent months on is great?

@Rickystickman "One thing I don't get: If you have perfect grammar that means you aren't a gamer? As far as I know my grammar is pretty good and I try to write sentences as correctly as possible. I gues since Gamespot writes articles with good grammar that means they aren't gamers." Whilst you make a slight point, you kind of ruin it by: - 1) Bad use of colon 2) Guess has two S's 3) I guess should have been a new paragraph Thats the point the author of this article was trying to make

someone is gonna be fired :P

Did you guys read the reviews? Hilarious :lol:. One guy admitted he worked at Telltale and gave the game an 8. Another one said he wouldn't give it a 10, but a 9, allthough he gave it a 10. http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/jurassic-park-the-game/user-reviews?dist=positive

@HalberdGalin what you said made zero sense. Yes, it's ok to post a review of your own game, but it's like being the judge in a competition your little kid has entered, and it's the same reason why doctors are not aloud to treat or operate on their friends and family. When you have a personal investment in the thing at stake, then there is a possibility no matter how small, that the review has been compromised. You need to understand that reviews are about objectivity. If you went to a car dealership and asked one of the guys what auto brand is the best, 100 % of the time they are going to say the place they are working at is the best auto brand ever, unless of course it's a used lot that has many differ kinds of make and models like Carmax. There heart is in it bc they made the game! Of course they are going to scream its praises! Its just not an accurate review to read, here's another analogy in case you don't understand my point...my girlfriend thinks I'm the hottest guy on the planet...do you think it's a credible source to hear from my gf that she thinks I'm the hottest guy in the world? Does it make it true? Not by any scale! I'm always going to be he best looking, have the biggest you know what etc etc, which is why i never take crap that my gf says too seriously! That sounded bad, but you know what i mean.

ok so remember guys, if you want you review to be honest you gotta make sure you sound like a 14 year old that doesnt pay attention in school. better yet, use CoD reviews as an example.

Even if you use metacritic instead of gamerankings, who even looks at the user reviews? Users are often stupid; at least with a professional review, you can read about the game and make up your own mind

Why is Metacritic considered as the defacto site for user-reviews and averages when you also have sites like Gamerankings.com that do the same thing and usually have a different user-review average? Personally, I think publishers/developers put to much stock in these types of sites and their reviews. 90% of the reviews are skewed toward a fanboy perspective and are only really written by hardcore gamers. Casuals would rarely take the time to go online and voice their opinion of a game. Yes, there are some genuine user-reviews to be had, but the point is that these sites are viewed as a make or break outlook toward a game when they should be taken with a grain of salt. Look at Modern Warfare 3... has record breaking sales but, according to users, is a sub-par, poor excuse for an expansion pack at full retail price. So the point that 2 Telltale employees rated the game high is irrelevant. Over the next week there will be so many user-reviews that it will have diluted those 2 votes to pretty much insignificant. And, as stated before, these reviews are rarely, if ever, a true indication of the games real value to potential buyers.

Best game of all time where the games have a date with the movies.... Plss buy it(Uhhh.. im not a Telltale employee)!!

Thanks for the opinion, Brendan, but it's also their choice to post whatever they want on a review site that is an open forum. Why should the be muzzled or forced to post a disclaimer along with their review, they're not journalists and not held to the same ethic standards. I've read plenty of professional reviews on Gamespot and I found the game to be lack luster or better in comparison. It's simply an opinion on art and numerical scores are arbitrary when it comes to art. Get off the high horse, let people make their own decisions. You should really focus your attention INWARD to the ethical problems that plague capitalist control journalism in the game industry and how it's being abused to boost sales then smack on a few employees of a game company proud of their work.

An awful game gets what it deserves.