Jurassic Park hasn't fared supremely well with mainstream reviewers, but, as reported by The Escapist, Telltale's employees aren't shy about showing their love for the game.
Apparently some perfect user scores showed up on Metacritic, accompanied by reviews calling Jurassic Park the best thing to have happened to anybody ever. Long story short: The reviewers were -- dam dam dam! -- Telltale employees. Telltale employees who didn't identify themselves as such.
So. There's some sort of statement about it all from Telltale in the aforementioned article, but it's obvious to most of us that it's in bad form for developers to review their own games, particularly when they don't identify themselves as employees of the company.
Sad, really, and it doesn't really help piquing people's interest in the game.
Source: The Escapist
hierohero
oh for the days of Jake, Emily & Tabacco!
has Jake left too?
Shmargin
hierohero
oh for the days of Jake, Emily & Tabacco!
You mean for the days when the site was still funny?
*ZING!*
When the podcast returns, you deserve to be mocked mercilessly for that ;
hierohero
oh for the days of Jake, Emily & Tabacco!
You mean for the days when the site was still funny?
*ZING!*
It's funny how they own employees say on their Metacritic reviews that they are not aiming for a game that wins awards or a game with good graphics. Well, maybe they should. We know they can tell a story and be witty. Now they need to do a great game.
Telltale
Telltale Games do not censor or muzzle its employees in what they post on the internet. It is being communicated internally that anyone who posts in an industry forum will acknowledge that they are a Telltale employee. In this instance, two people who were proud of the game they worked on, posted positively on Metacritic under recognizable online forum and XBLA account names.