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"Special Reserve don't know how to rate games"

Yes its true. The Special Reserve blokes DON'T know how to rate games.
They are worst at rating N64. So lets take some N64 games.

Carmageddon: N64 mag say: Absoulate dog Terd. 8%
Special Reserve say: Carm-and-geddit 90%. Right.
That is bad. Carmageddon is the worst N64 game. Horrible graphics. Awful gameplay. N64 mag got the rating right - Reserve didn't. The best thing to do with Carmageddon (if you actually waste the odd £20 on it which i wouldn't), is to put it in the freezer.......for around -6 Degrees for around 6 hours.

I don't have as much against this rating but anyway.
Mario 64: N64 mag say: A well deserved 96%
The reserve boys' say: 100%
YOU IDIOTS! NO GAME IN GAMING HISTORY CAN POSSIBLY BE PERFECT!!! THINK ABOUT IT!

I like Special Reserve, I buy my games off them. But no offence to you, but your ratings are the worst anywhere in the world. YOU ARE COMPLETE IDIOTS!!!

They do it with their DVD's as well!
Mystery Men, I saw that movie - it was a PG. Yes it had the odd guy who farted in another guys face, but Special Resesve don't have to rate it 15 for crying out loud!!!

All of you have had to have seen the movie Armageddon right?
Its rated 12 isn't it? WELL SPECIAL RESERVE RATE IT A 15!?

THEY DID THE SMAE WITH THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (15), THREE KINGS
(15), MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 1 (15)!? MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2(18)?!
U-571 (15)?! MEN IN BLACK (15)?!
THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!
Special Reserve are excellent when it gets to Gaming, gadgets - everything.
But they'd be almost perfect if they got they're ratings fixed.
Do what I say, you Special Reserve people.

In fact webby is working on UKreviews this very minute (in his sleep).

Sniper wrote:
> Use reader reviews instead for more detailed info, so you can trust them !


Hey Sniper. You have a good point here.

In fact - We are, at the moment, changing our system so that we can put just screenshots up on games we have not reviewed yet.

Then - We will be trialing us doing just Previews, and relying on customer reviews. Allows us to focus on Previews.

Good eh?

To get the best reviews on games, review them yourself!

That way you know it's a review you can trust!

Listen to the people but not the experts. :p

Yup, reader reviews are much more balenced.

I tell you what.

You all increase your word count here by copying the copied messages.

And I'll delete it all later.

Don't worry - one click and bam, it's all gone.

Use reader reviews instead for more detailed info, so you can trust them !

Edgy wrote:
> Meeky wrote:
> Yes its true. The Special Reserve blokes DON'T
> know how to rate
> games.
They are worst at rating N64. So lets
> take some N64
> games.

Carmageddon: N64 mag say: Absoulate
> dog Terd. 8%

> Special Reserve say: Carm-and-geddit 90%.
> Right.
That is bad.
> Carmageddon is the worst N64 game.
> Horrible graphics. Awful
> gameplay. N64 mag got the rating
> right - Reserve didn't. The best
> thing to do with Carmageddon
> (if you actually waste the odd
> £20 on it which i
> wouldn't), is to put it in the
> freezer.......for around -6
> Degrees for around 6 hours.


Special Reserve may play the games
> all the way through before rating, however I've noticed they've
> often (In the mag) made the mistake of thinking the games are the
> same on different formats. Also they're bound to overrate games to
> try to get people to buy them!

I don't
> have as much against
> this rating but anyway.
Mario 64: N64 mag say:
> A well
> deserved 96%
The reserve boys' say: 100%
YOU IDIOTS! NO
> GAME
> IN GAMING HISTORY CAN POSSIBLY BE PERFECT!!! THINK ABOUT
>
> IT!

True! No game can get 100% because there are no perfect games
> (Excluding the title of Joanna Darks first game)


I like Special
> Reserve, I buy my games off them. But no
> offence to you, but
> your ratings are the worst anywhere in the
> world. YOU ARE
> COMPLETE IDIOTS!!!

Actually Gamesmaster underate games if they've
> got the developer 'Nintendo'. They're biased towards Sony and nearly
> always give PS games the highest marks!

Looks like Gamesmaster know what they're talking about then.

{:) "ONCE YOU POP, YOU CAN'T STOP!!" CLASSIQUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Meeky wrote:
> Yes its true. The Special Reserve blokes DON'T know how to rate
> games.
They are worst at rating N64. So lets take some N64
> games.

Carmageddon: N64 mag say: Absoulate dog Terd. 8%

> Special Reserve say: Carm-and-geddit 90%. Right.
That is bad.
> Carmageddon is the worst N64 game. Horrible graphics. Awful
> gameplay. N64 mag got the rating right - Reserve didn't. The best
> thing to do with Carmageddon (if you actually waste the odd
> £20 on it which i wouldn't), is to put it in the
> freezer.......for around -6 Degrees for around 6 hours.


Special Reserve may play the games all the way through before rating, however I've noticed they've often (In the mag) made the mistake of thinking the games are the same on different formats. Also they're bound to overrate games to try to get people to buy them!

I don't
> have as much against this rating but anyway.
Mario 64: N64 mag say:
> A well deserved 96%
The reserve boys' say: 100%
YOU IDIOTS! NO
> GAME IN GAMING HISTORY CAN POSSIBLY BE PERFECT!!! THINK ABOUT
> IT!

True! No game can get 100% because there are no perfect games (Excluding the title of Joanna Darks first game)


I like Special Reserve, I buy my games off them. But no
> offence to you, but your ratings are the worst anywhere in the
> world. YOU ARE COMPLETE IDIOTS!!!

Actually Gamesmaster underate games if they've got the developer 'Nintendo'. They're biased towards Sony and nearly always give PS games the highest marks!

Baz wrote:
> 9 out of 10 French farmers can't be wrong, can they?



Baz - did you steal you name from the original Baz when the unique aliases came into being?

Hmm - staff newbies wouldn't be trying to get to status "regular" would they?

(Must to put the limits put the limits up when they get close - Must keep this colour for myself)