thermoelectron
11-09-2009, 12:06 PM
http://www.wearetheinternetz.com/2009/11/07/ubisoft-demanding-high-scores-for-early-assassins-creed-2-reviews/comment-page-1/
German magazine Computer Bild Spiele is reporting that Ubisoft has denied them access to a review copy of “Assassin’s Creed 2″ because they refused to assure the publisher that their review-score is going to be at least a ’sehr gut’, which roughly translates to an english/american ‘A’.
A short blurb on the cover of the magazine reads:
ASSASSIN’S CREED 2
SCANDAL!
PUBLISHER WANTED US TO GUARANTEE A SCORE OF ‘SEHR GUT’
In the web-preview of their current issue, the german publication writes:
Our reviews are tough, but fair. We will not give up our independent scores for the sake of a timely review. This holds true for “Assassin’s Creed 2″. The publisher asked us to guarantee the score ’sehr gut’, otherwise we would not receive a review copy, thus we will publish our review in next month’s issue. We’d be more than glad to give the game a ’sehr gut’, but only if it deserves it.
From what we’ve seen and played so far, the game is absolutely bonkers — it’s too bad that Ubisoft decided to taint the game’s image with a stunt like this. This still doesn’t mean that the game won’t be perfectly fine, just be careful once the first reviews start hitting the net.
We will ask Ubisoft for comment on Monday, but I doubt we will get anything back.
And...here we go..
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q115/edenza919/joker.jpg
German magazine Computer Bild Spiele is reporting that Ubisoft has denied them access to a review copy of “Assassin’s Creed 2″ because they refused to assure the publisher that their review-score is going to be at least a ’sehr gut’, which roughly translates to an english/american ‘A’.
A short blurb on the cover of the magazine reads:
ASSASSIN’S CREED 2
SCANDAL!
PUBLISHER WANTED US TO GUARANTEE A SCORE OF ‘SEHR GUT’
In the web-preview of their current issue, the german publication writes:
Our reviews are tough, but fair. We will not give up our independent scores for the sake of a timely review. This holds true for “Assassin’s Creed 2″. The publisher asked us to guarantee the score ’sehr gut’, otherwise we would not receive a review copy, thus we will publish our review in next month’s issue. We’d be more than glad to give the game a ’sehr gut’, but only if it deserves it.
From what we’ve seen and played so far, the game is absolutely bonkers — it’s too bad that Ubisoft decided to taint the game’s image with a stunt like this. This still doesn’t mean that the game won’t be perfectly fine, just be careful once the first reviews start hitting the net.
We will ask Ubisoft for comment on Monday, but I doubt we will get anything back.
And...here we go..
http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q115/edenza919/joker.jpg