[Classic] IGN launches a retro site, trips over in the process, spills all the milk

Everyone has a giggle. It's obviously very empty at the moment, scraping together old articles from their other sections (Ratchet and Clank history eh? Very retro!) to form the online equivalent of a chicken nugget. I know it's IGN and all, but this could be kinda cool if they put effort into it... oh. Maybe round up ancient dead people for interviews kinda like what UK print mag Retro Gamer does, or flog Edge's Time Extend thing.

At the moment they've got up a piss-poor review of Black Belt on Master System (it's more of a review about the box art) and Last Battle on Mega Drive. What an odd bunch of games to kick off with. I also enjoy that there's already a McDonalds flash ad of someone playing a NES to collect enough money (one dollar) to buy a hamburger that takes up half my screen to celebrate the launch.

So what do you think about the whole retro review thing going on now? =x Seems every site and their robo-dog has been doing it since the Virtual Console service launched (EXCITE BIKE LOOKS WORSE THAN CRYSIS WTF IS THIS), but this goes one step further. I think they should just leave the score off completely, seems kinda useless now. But I think all reviews should leave the scores off so people actually read them instead so boouuurrrrns.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by The Dutchman~Imanuallyquotedthisinsteadofclickingquote !

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Agreed! Everything needs more of that actually. =)

Originally Posted by Qwarky~thistoo!

Not that I don't support looking into and appreciating the past, but the way most american mags are going about it is at best cringe worthy. Just look at the god damn games, don't make such a huge deal about it in attempt to pretend you actually play old games in between all that BRIBE MONEY.

"Oh yeah we totally love the old games, just the other day I played some after giving a stack of new games 9.4 and 9.8 out of ten, I was a bit harsh on the 9.4 but I stand by it"
"So how about those Commodore 64 games? Gonna review any of them?"
"... The what in the what now"

Originally Posted by Dr. Uzuki~I'mtotallyarebelagainstthequotebuttontonight

Hmmm, that site is really underwhelming for a few reasons. First off, the last generation isn't retro. "I remember FFX as it was just yesterday, the artful keystrokes of 'To Zanarkand' beautifully capturing Kimari's stalwart resolve."

Oh man, I just noticed all the Xbox/GBA/whathaveyou in the review section too. ;__; I hope it's just crappy filler and not the early signs of a pointless dumping ground.

Ahaha GAMING2ANIME, good job IGN!

There's nowhere I can't reach.