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EpsilonX
11-02-2012, 11:35 PM
https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/405114_4825751411524_724147736_n.jpg

Apparently, people who get advance copies of Halo 4 are contractually unable to give the game less than a 9.5

what crap. I want to read actual reviews of the game, cuz that's what they're for. I have no respect for Microsoft


I knew there was no way that the Halo games could have such high scores
egg-whites333
11-03-2012, 12:02 AM
Wow This is why im a pc and Sony gamer but it makes you think what review site you can trust because who knows what games do this.
paecmaker
11-03-2012, 05:49 AM
Good thing that my main game review place only have up to 5 points :p

Also are you sure those are real?
Trunks
11-03-2012, 10:06 AM
Yeah, it's fake. I saw it on NeoGaf, it was on reddit to I believe. Here is article explaining about it. Halo 4 Hoax Letter Attempts to Shame Game Journalists, 343 Industries, TriplePoint PR (http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/10460/article/halo-4-hoax-letter-attempts-to-shame-game-journalists-343-industries-triplepoint-pr/)

Terry Graves doesn't even exists on the Halo 4 staff.
paecmaker
11-03-2012, 10:20 AM
Yeah, it's fake. I saw it on NeoGaf, it was on reddit to I believe. Here is article explaining about it. Halo 4 Hoax Letter Attempts to Shame Game Journalists, 343 Industries, TriplePoint PR (http://www.gameranx.com/features/id/10460/article/halo-4-hoax-letter-attempts-to-shame-game-journalists-343-industries-triplepoint-pr/)

Terry Graves doesn't even exists on the Halo 4 staff.

I suspected that, it all looked a bit to "much" for being real.
egg-whites333
11-03-2012, 11:40 AM
On the contact part they put as not at. :p
Wolftrap
12-11-2012, 04:19 PM
The contracts are real. This was a big deal back when one of Gamespots top reviewers got fired for giving Kane and Lynch less than what it was agreed upon. He was right the... that game was terribad. This one may not be. But these do exist.
egg-whites333
12-11-2012, 05:53 PM
Are you sure? This seem like something that could be made up just as easy as Bill Nye the science guy "dead" (this was a twitter rumour a few months back)
Wolftrap
12-11-2012, 06:01 PM
Jeff Gerstmann was his name... I remember he rated it so low in fact that Eidos freaked out and pulled their ad campaign for GameSpot and Jeff was fired as a result. He later commented that "contracts" such as these weren't uncommon he was just tired of giving games high ratings when they didn't deserve them. I remember EGM used to be offered these opportunities before they closed their doors the first time.
Trunks
12-12-2012, 12:16 AM
The contracts are real. This was a big deal back when one of Gamespots top reviewers got fired for giving Kane and Lynch less than what it was agreed upon. He was right the... that game was terribad. This one may not be. But these do exist.

Don't know anything about the Kane and Lynch contract, but the one for halo 4 wasn't real. Becasue the staff member listed on the paper along with other points pointed out in the link I posted were all false.