Press and Reviews Thread

[gilesgoat]

I found another good one
http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/action/gridru ... eo/6231256

[ALLseeingEYE]

Wow, video preview, damn nice. Sounds like he's really liking it too.

Just a few more scores, and fingers crossed, this sucker might be sitting pretty within that Steam top 10 rated indie games area.

[gilesgoat]

Yes at some point we have to sort out the Steam thing too

[ALLseeingEYE]

That would be nice. I'm sure it will get you guys some nice visibility. To be honest, waiting for a few metacritic scores first was probably a smart move, now people will see a great score beside the game when it finally hit the front page.


Also, I just got the Hardcore Gamer Magazine Review posted on Metacritic.

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... revolution


Just send an email about the Games Reactor review too. Hopefully we'll have an actual score beside the name soon, but it sounded like the games editor was leaving for the weekend, so it might not be up till monday.

Edit. Just got a reply from Metacritic about the Games Reactor review. I saw someone mention this, but I assumed it was just speculation, but ya, apparently they don't cover them. Ah well, we'll have to wait for Gamespot before the score pops up.

[gilesgoat]

That would be nice. I'm sure it will get you guys some nice visibility. To be honest, waiting for a few metacritic scores first was probably a smart move, now people will see a great score beside the game when it finally hit the front page.


Also, I just got the Hardcore Gamer Magazine Review posted on Metacritic.

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... revolution


Just send an email about the Games Reactor review too. Hopefully we'll have an actual score beside the name soon, but it sounded like the games editor was leaving for the weekend, so it might not be up till monday.

Edit. Just got a reply from Metacritic about the Games Reactor review. I saw someone mention this, but I assumed it was just speculation, but ya, apparently they don't cover them. Ah well, we'll have to wait for Gamespot before the score pops up.

To be honest ( not sure if this is known / should be said or not ) but let's say .. yes .. Metacritic is important ..

Maybe not strickly a requirement but is important .. if you have a good score there .. you do well .. it's better you
have the higest you can get on Metacritics ..

[ALLseeingEYE]

No doubt Giles, I agree. In fact, I think its sad that gamers and companies are so reliant on metacritic, and similar sites. Hell, sometimes companies base bonuses on metacritic.

Anyways, I want to get all those scores on all sites possible. Mainly, gamerankings, Gamestats, N4G, and Metacritic. On monday, work shall commence.

I think you guys might want to think about giving the game a bit of a discount upon release at Steam and Direct 2 Drive if possible as well. They usually do a 10% discount at release, but I've heard of sales rising almost 2000% because of steam firesales, where they'll cut the price 50-66%. Might be something worth considering for later, in my opinion. Or hell, if you guys were willing to do a llamasoft bundle with SG on steam and the like, that could help out too probably.

I'm just rambling though, I'm sure you guys are all over this stuff.

[IronGiant]

Also, I just got the Hardcore Gamer Magazine Review posted on Metacritic.

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... revolution

Nice one. Just out of interest, how do you get the site to put a screenshot of the game on the page, ie where it's currently just a Metacritic placeholder?

[ALLseeingEYE]

Also, I just got the Hardcore Gamer Magazine Review posted on Metacritic.

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... revolution

Nice one. Just out of interest, how do you get the site to put a screenshot of the game on the page, ie where it's currently just a Metacritic placeholder?

Not really sure, but its probably just the same as getting reviews posted. Hit up the contact page, and shoot 'em an email with the boxart...er digital box art. Hrm, any ideas on a good pic?

Metacritic Contact
http://www.metacritic.com/about/contact.shtml


I haven't found a means to contact Gamerankings.com yet, and was having a bitch of a time trying to add reviews to gamestats.com. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be appreciated.

[gilesgoat]

Also, I just got the Hardcore Gamer Magazine Review posted on Metacritic.

http://apps.metacritic.com/games/platfo ... revolution

Nice one. Just out of interest, how do you get the site to put a screenshot of the game on the page, ie where it's currently just a Metacritic placeholder?

Not really sure, but its probably just the same as getting reviews posted. Hit up the contact page, and shoot 'em an email with the boxart...er digital box art. Hrm, any ideas on a good pic?

Metacritic Contact
http://www.metacritic.com/about/contact.shtml


I haven't found a means to contact Gamerankings.com yet, and was having a bitch of a time trying to add reviews to gamestats.com. If anyone has any suggestions, it would be appreciated.

I'll have a look at the info.

About the box art and such and 'good pic' I am sure we can come out with any, besides it's stuff that at some point
we'll have to do ( you tell me why some online-only distro places WANT you have a BOX art but they do ).

[cj2003]

Reading this thread over and over and seeing the reviews gives me a good, fluffy feeling! Congratulations with the scores so far - they are well earned.

@ALLseeingEYE - amazing with the effort you put into it (I've seen your work om the different forums). Well done!

[RiK]

First sign that work is spreading...

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platfor ... revolution

[IronGiant]

I trust that everyone here has left a comment on Metacritic? If not you should be ashamed of yourselves.

Speaking of which, can anyone actually read the user comments? The scores are there but the comments area is blank for me.

[Harlequin]

Noticed by limb_clock: http://www.destructoid.com/review-gridr ... 0760.phtml

[Jest of EVE]

Noticed by limb_clock: http://www.destructoid.com/review-gridr ... 0760.phtml

That's another good review, but I can't get my head around people who can't get very far in Space Giraffe.
I think it's quite easy until levels 70+ when you really need to concentrate. I've regularly done 1-64+ during a lager binge and have only quit because it was getting too late (and noisy!). I've also run through Acid mode and gone through 64 without losing a life!

I should therefore, be quite embarrassed by the fact that I find GRR rather hard! That's weird, right?

But hey, I like weird. Maybe after lots of gameplay I'll start 'using the force' as I do in SG, then my GRR scores will improve.

End of the day, these two games are so much more challenging and have so much more replay value than your average FPS.

Price/replay value is off the charts on both games. They're easily worth double the asking price.

I really hope SG (in particular) becomes the Shawshank Redemption of modern shooters.

[Dio]

I played a couple of evenings of the XBLA version and really struggled with it, despite knowing the bulling mechanic I just found myself getting shot all the time. Looking forward to having another go at it on the PC though.