who says that the bug ruined the game he might of loved it so much by the time he realised a glitch he'd already fixed it and started playing a game so maybe the game is so good he doesn't care about it that wat i think it is.

But yeah, we here at Ripten are opinionated people. John loves Fallout 3, and even though there was a “game-breaking bug”, he couldn’t go as low as a 9.5 because the game really is a 10 (even though 9.5 is still a fantastic score).

Reading through some comments on our stories, you may notice that some people lack the finesse that you have to make a critical comment without being outright offensive, and that makes our writers somewhat more likely to lash out. Please don’t take it personally — I’m glad you had the decency to laugh it off. I’m not trying to apologize for John or even say that he was wrong, but our writers are individuals and can express themselves however they wish. In fact, we’ve had much worse responses than this, though I’d like to think that most of the time people deserve it :)

And I don’t want you to get fired, and I doubt you would anyway, even if you said Fallout 3 was a pile of sh*t and then gave it a 10/10.

I’m just glad your review didn’t fail as badly as this one: http://i41.tinypic.com/11t8j6w.jpg

LOL

As far as what I meant when I said it’s a game breaking bug, I mean that, when I encountered that problem I could no longer move forward on the quest, which means, to me, the game is broken. I reload a saved game and choose a different option and PRESTO-MUTHAFUCKIN-CHANGE-O the game is no longer broken. When the bug was encountered, it ruined the game for me. Granted, it wasn’t a main quest so I could have very easily finished the game without doing that particular quest, but that’s just not good enough.

Also, RIPTEN breaks the scores down in half-point increments, so It’s not like I could give the game a 9.9 or 9.8, which is what I probably would have done given the option. When rounding, however, 9.9 or 9.8 is closer to 10 than it is to 9.5. Personally, I do not believe in the entire numerical scoring system because of bullshit like this. Read the fucking review and form a god damned opinion like intelligent human being instead of having it broken down into a number and spoon-fed to you. But hey, that’s the way the industry is for some reason, probably because people are god damned idiots.

Again, if you don’t like the way Ripten apparently hands out tens, go the fuck somewhere else. Stop wasting your time and ours by reading our stuff and then commenting on how much you didn’t like it. If you just have a problem with the way I review, email the Editor-in-chief, Chad, and tell him how much I suck and get me fired. Or, email him and tell him you could do a better job and start writing for the site.

Either way, I’m sorry that you do not agree with the review score and I’ll try better in the future to make sure that my score is more indicative of what you, Weird, personally feel the text indicates.

“It was simply a matter of loading a save game and choosing a different path, but the simple fact that I had to do that, to me, makes that a game-breaking bug.”

We’d respect the Ripten score scale more if the 10 was used less liberally.

It’s likely just your interpretation of the term “game-breaking” that is causing you to feel how you do about the review, but I don’t think John meant it in quite the same way you are taking it. The game as a whole is not broken — there is just a bug that messes up that part of the game, is easily fixed, and only happened to him that one time. The only reason he made mention of it is because it is a KNOWN issue that other people have experienced as well, and if you were unaware of it or didn’t take steps to correct it, it could, in fact, ruin the game for you, or at least ruin that part of the quest.

If you want to give a 10/10 you certainly don’t say the game is BROKEN.

If it’s not a big bug then it’s not “game-breaking” – you have used the wrong description. It’s simply a nuisance in the way you’ve described it. If it was actually “game-breaking” the game would be broken. A broken game does not get 10/10.

And still. “The game is awesome, there is no reason not to buy it.” I’ve read other Ripten reviews – LBP is awesome, it got 9.5/10. You don’t need to give 10/10 for a game to be “awesome.”

Sam – I personally found sniping guys from a distance to be more accurate out of VATS than in VATS, depending on the weapon. My sniper rifle as certainly deadly accurate at times, even when VATS only gave me a 8% chance for a head shot. When it was that low I didn’t use VATS and did it manually and generally managed to pull it off.

Cookigaki – I’m glad you approve! Hopefully they’ll put ninja suits and swords in the DLC for you.

The game has a “game-breaking bug” but it’s still 10/10 perfect? If the game is BROKEN how can it get the best score? You know a game can get a 9/10 and still be bloody amazing…you don’t have to give a perfect score if you really like it.

What’s a game that’s perfect without game breaking bugs? A 15/10?