Except in rare cases when they are pulled from early reviews, or when they appear on re-released editions of games, the quotes on the box come from previews. What is a preview, exactly? A preview is what's written after a bunch of PR people show off the best parts of a game, explain how conceptually brilliant it's all going to be, and tell the writer that the horrible glitches are "being ironed out."
There is thus a tendency for previews to contain a great deal of gross exaggerations. It's not malicious - writers don't open up their word processors and think, "I'm going to completely overhype this bitch!" - it's just the nature of the system. Previews are based on a writer's sincere desire for a game to be good and the publisher's ability to make it look good. And, if all the brilliant innovations turn out to be plumes of smoke, justice usually comes as a scathing review.
The only things that may have ever shattered my perception of reality have been psychedelic drugs, and I'd still have a hard time saying they really "shattered" anything.
Stranglehold... Gears of War... Stranglehold... Gears of War. Sorry GamePro, but on a scale of"slow-motion doves"to "more awesomeness," Gears is at moreawesomeness, and Stranglehold is at about3.2 doves. Doves diseased with repetitive gameplay, finicky controls and lame multiplayer.
A change of pace? Like, you mean, slow? This isn't just a change of pace, it's a horse as opposed to a machine. A really fast machine, with wheels... you know, fun?
Above: Weeeeeeeeeee...
Psst... "Stuntman ROCKS!" is two words. And if you just meant "rocks," well, I don't knowwhat geological formations have to do with the game.
If there's a more overused oxymoron in existence, I don't know what it is. Here's something you might not have expected, EGM:you gave the game 5.7/10, and your sister site, 1up, gave it a D+, saying "it makes you want to chew your arm off."
