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Where's Our Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Review? (IGN denied review code) (www.ign.com)

submitted 9 months ago by Carighan@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

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In a bad-vibes moment, they're denying a huge outlet like IGN a review code. No matter what I think of IGN in particular (nothing good tbh), that's not something I can find a real explanation for other than "We made DC's Gollum and want to avoid bad press as long as we can".

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[-] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 91 points 9 months ago

Lol. They have absolutely 0 confidence in the game otherwise they'd be sending these codes out no problem.

[-] Katana314@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

I have seen it happen before when review outlets don't get copies, but the game still turns out awesome. I think it happened for Doom Eternal.

It feels pointless to play devil's advocate here though, since one way or another, I'm basically sure it's going to be terrible. I just don't like consigning internet opinion based on anything other than gameplay and actual reviews.

[-] ThunderingJerboa@kbin.social 25 points 9 months ago

You are referring to Doom 2016 actually. While that turn out decent, one of their key arguments was due to it being online focused. We all know Doom 2016 had rather generic multiplayer.

With that said, it feels silly not to have issues when publishers refuse to send out review keys. Its a huge red flag for a game, this doesn't mean it will be bad but its a trend we shouldn't be happy about. Its only done to help preserve preorder numbers.