IGN retracts large portion of RE2 review and updates score after it becomes clear their reviewer missed a large chunk of the game.

[Datajoy]

Hilarious situation has emerged here. The IGN review for RE2 gave the game an 8.8 and included a bizarre section where the reviewer claimed that two scenarios for the game consisted of the same content, puzzles, enemies, and narrative, just with different playable characters. This is of course wildly inaccurate, and betrays the fact that the reviewer clearly didn't play an entire half of the game. They just played the same scenario twice, once with each protagonist. The review was later updated to cross out that section, and then updated again to delete the section altogether, change the score to 9.0, and add this note:

[Editor's Note: This review has been updated to correct a factual error regarding the way you unlock the 2nd Game mode, and as a result, the score has been increased from 8.8 to 9.0. We regret the error and really like Resident Evil 2.]
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Here is a screencap of the original section in question:

IGN reviewers keep winning.

MOD EDIT: Explanation of what Happened

No, it's not clear. You don't understand the mistake that was made. It's not that he missed this text or that the new option existed.

"The ending and certain parts of the game are different in the 2nd Run scenario."

He interpreted this as being about Leon's second run, such that he unlocked a new scenario for Leon and the ending/parts would be changed in comparison to what he just played. Not that it unlocked a new scenario for Claire, that changes in comparison to what he would have played as Claire if he picked the first scenario. So instead of picking the option that he thought was replaying the game as Leon, he played through Claire's first scenario instead, thinking that would then unlock Claire's second scenario.

The wording isn't clear if you approach it with that possibility in mind.

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EDIT:

From the REview thread, it seems like the reviewer also blocked one of our members for tweeting him about it haha:

you think ?

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[Carnby]

Heh. An error that's worth only .2 points.

 

[Deleted member 5148]

God hand.

 

[Xenosaga]

So I am curious, did the reviewer actually went back and played the whole of the 2nd scenario before updating his review score?

 

[Kaz Mk II]

Holy shit thats incredible.

 

[Doom_Bringer]

pathetic...

 

[Hydrus]

I used to like IGN back in the day, and it was my go to for reviews. Man they've gone down hill.

 

[Mercenary09]

You've got to be kidding me. AGAIN IGN? This is just getting sad at this point.

 

[VanEpoch]

is this an easy mistake to make?

 

[DriftingSpirit]

It just doesn't stop.

 

[Etrian Darkness]

I mean the fact that it is possible to miss it probably means it isn't super clear. Unless it is super clear then whoops.

 

[Couscous]

They increased the score really fast. I'm wondering if they even played the second game mode/ B scenario.

 

[chandoog]

So I am curious, did the reviewer actually went back and played the whole of the 2nd scenario before updating his review score?

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Or if he unblocked all the people who tweeted him about it and got blocked for it.

 

[Bundy]

Comedy gold IGN.

They increased the score really fast. I'm wondering if they even played second game mode/ B scenario.

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I don't think so ;D

 

[Kyoufu]

IGN reviews are pretty incredible.

 

[Astral]

How do you even play the A scenario twice with different characters if by playing A with one, you automatically play B with the other?

 

[DGenerator]

[Editor's Note: This review has been updated to correct a factual error regarding the way you unlock the 2nd Game mode, and as a result, the score has been increased from 8.8 to 9.0. We regret the error and really like Resident Evil 2.]

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But not enough to understand what you're reviewing.

 

[Inugami]

So... why do any IGN editors still have a job? I mean, I can understand one rogue reviewer slipping through the cracks, but there is a consistent problem that their editors are apparently blind to.

 

[JeffGubb]

OK, but how are people supposed to know the difference between A and B? If a reviewer could make this mistake, it means a lot of regular folk could as well.

 

[AntiMacro]

Half the game is only worth 0.2 points...and THAT is why games are so short these days.

 

[YuriLowell]

Incredible. IGN has become a joke.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

IGN on a roll with these reviewers!

 

[Fat4all]

management needs to step up their quality control

 

[M. Wallace]

Hilarious situation has emerged here. The IGN review for RE2 gave the game an 8.8 and included a bizarre section where the revierew claimed that two scenarios for the game consisted of the same content, puzzles, enemies, and narrative, just with different playable characters.

 

[StarskySilvers]

That part of the review is so confusing. Does anyone know how to play section B

 

[MarcyPoos]

Written by Daemon Hatfield too. I expect far better from him.

 

[Mary Celeste]

lol @ half the game being worth 0.2 points

 

[Xenosaga]

OK, but how are people supposed to know the difference between A and B? If a reviewer could make this mistake, it means a lot of regular folk could as well.

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I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear

 

['3y Kingdom]

Should have made the game two discs again so that people wouldn't mess this up. Silly Capcom.

 

[Dullahan]

Half the game is only worth 0.2 points...and THAT is why games are so short these days.

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It's worth an Editor's Choice too.

 

[Artorias]

Will their mistake be corrected on Metacritic?

 

[The Ummah]

Oh no IGN, what is you doin? The mistake with the editor's note is just...

I can't.

 

[Josh5890]

Well IGN is having quite the week with their review department.

 

[Shryke]

LOL what? IGN continues to be a joke. Have you seen their 10 Minutes of Metro Exodus Gameplay?

 

[RestEerie]

how is it that IGN, one of the biggest gaming media and supposedly then one of the sites that has the most budget (what with those IGN First features and ad revenue), can make so many blunders?

Don't they have any reviewers that actually makes an effort to play games till completion (a single player game no less) for review?

 

[Prolepro]

Games Journalism is a real treat, sometimes.

 

[--R]

I'm more curious about the reviewer unblocking the people that told him about it.

 

[Slappy White]

Wasn't it Daemon that reviewed the game? That seems pretty bush league.

 

[Renfran]

Will their mistake be corrected on Metacritic?

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Already has. Went back up to a 91 because of it.

 

[@dedmunk]

I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear

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To me that just reads like new game+ mode

 

[Deleted member 4093]

Smh they be just hiring people lol

 

[Umbrella Carp]

What the fucking fuck is going on over there

 

[Deleted member 12790]

wait, you can play Leon's story with Clair now and vice versa? That's really cool.

Sounds like this dude never played the original lol.

 

[Travless]

The saddest part is the reviewer has been with the company for a very long time.

 

[Aters]

I think the bigger story here is the reviewer only played half the game yet still gave it 8.8. And people are saying reviews are not hype driven.

 

[H2Yo]

Did they rehire Filip to review this? haha

 

[Xenosaga]

To me that just reads like new game+ mode

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the text at the bottom says play through the "second scenario"

 

[TheZynster]

I saw this on twitter but it seems pretty clear

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it literally says play through the second scenario at the bottom clear as day

 

[Deleted member 5148]

OK, but how are people supposed to know the difference between A and B? If a reviewer could make this mistake, it means a lot of regular folk could as well.

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This is like asking how are people supposed to know what the difference between Leon and claire.

I mean how did that ending even made sense to him?

 

[Bane]

When you complete the A scenario there is an option called New Game (2nd Run) under the default New Game. I don't think this an easy thing to miss. Why the reviewer didn't even start that to see what it was I do not understand.