{"id":41469,"date":"2012-07-18T12:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-07-18T10:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=41469"},"modified":"2012-07-18T12:10:38","modified_gmt":"2012-07-18T10:10:38","slug":"most-bizarre-game-reviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/41469-most-bizarre-game-reviews","title":{"rendered":"Most bizarre game reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While most industries are relatively elitist with the commentary on their respective products, the beauty of the video game world is that everyone&#8217;s opinions are acknowledged &#8211; ridiculous or not.<\/p>\n<p>While we&#8217;re all striving to achieve great credibility and quality in this serious field of gamez jarnalizm, we still appreciate and cherish those angry, thoughtless, and downright bizarre user reviews which keep the industry on its toes.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the &#8220;greatest&#8221; user reviews we&#8217;ve scoured from around the interwebz.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Hannon on the the stealth\/action game from Pandemic, The Saboteur<\/h3>\n<p>While everyone always tells you to listen to your elders, sometimes our elders should listen to the young guns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Saboteur-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41474 aligncenter\" title=\"Saboteur review\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Saboteur-review.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Saboteur-review.jpg 836w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Saboteur-review-300x97.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Saboteur-review-250x81.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Amazon user Marella on Alien vs. Predator<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>A review from Marella on Alien vs. Predator stood out amongst the funny ones, but not because it was written poorly &#8211; quite the opposite. A very tongue-in-cheek look at Sega&#8217;s rebooted AvP instalment, Marella raised some pretty interesting points that may revolutionise the genre. His scoring system also deserves some attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AvP-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41471 aligncenter\" title=\"AvP review\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AvP-review.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AvP-review.jpg 787w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AvP-review-300x112.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/AvP-review-250x93.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Diablo III review by dodyzylla<\/h3>\n<p>Diablo III received some harsh criticism with its troublesome launch-day server issues, but none harder than that of Metacritic user &#8220;dodyzylla&#8221;. He managed to sum up all his fury-filled anger into just two proof-read-lacking lines.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Diablo-3-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41472 aligncenter\" title=\"Diablo 3 review\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Diablo-3-review.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Diablo-3-review.jpg 654w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Diablo-3-review-300x106.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Diablo-3-review-250x88.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Axeman13 on Super PSTW Action RPG<\/h3>\n<p>Every now and then, we see a game come along that parodies a genre or mainstream game mechanics. Super PSTW Action RPG is one of those games, and takes a satirical stance on the role-playing genre by simplifying the entire experience.<\/p>\n<p>A fellow Youtuber by the name of \u201cAxman13\u201d didn\u2019t get the joke and decided to take his opinions to the internet, but didn\u2019t exactly get the community behind him as he had hoped.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Super-RPG-review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-41475 aligncenter\" title=\"Super RPG review\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Super-RPG-review.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"467\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Super-RPG-review.jpg 510w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Super-RPG-review-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Super-RPG-review-250x152.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAnd to top it off, a dramatic reading of the above review:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4Z2Z23SAFVA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">BONUS<\/h3>\n<p>And, a bonus review of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 from a pretty upset young man:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IftmTwzgYks\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"339\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Have you seen any hilarious, poignant, or downright awful game reviews? 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