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Originally Posted by JayP
I wouldn't say paid off, but a game with this much hype isn't going to get poor reviews. Microsoft has paid a ton of advertising for Halo 3 and all these gaming sites/magazines are getting a lot of that revenue. Do you really think Microsoft is going to let these sites give their game a review less than 9.0 if they're paying for that much advertising?
Halo 2 is the classic case of this - it was a consensus 9.5 when it came out, but it's widely considered a disappointment nowadays.
That's not to say Halo 3 might not be a good game - it's just that reviews for games with this much hype mean absolutely nothing.
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This is true. It's more about advertising dollars than getting paid directly for a good review. I remember a while back Capcom stopped advertising in a magazine (I think it was EGM) because of a bad review (Can't remember which game). I'm not sure how long that lasted. This was about maybe 10 years ago.