Neverwitner Nights 2 Review Pulled From 1UP And GFW

Getting bad comments for a review isn't that drastic as over-hyped fans usually make it sound, especially when the reviewer actually had the guts to take a stand (as opposed to just wiing in the wind). What's worse is when there are no comments whatsoever, leaving you to guess whether you did good or bad - and usually never find out. But ultimately, the only time you really know for sure you screwed up, is when the review in question gets pulled from publication (been there, done that, learned my lesson... or so I say).

One such article was 1UP's review of Neverwinter Nights 2, authored by one Matt Peckham and officially retracted a few days ago. As a result, the review will not appear in the January issue of Games For Windows: The Official Magazine either, so another author will have to take on the job of thouroughly testing Obsidian's latest role-playing game. Here's what 1UP had to say about this nasty issue:

"Upon further review of the author's text, listening to the feedback from our community and others, and after internal discussion between the 1UP and GFW editors, we have determined that the text of the review did not live up to our editorial standards. We respect the opinions of Mr. Peckham and all of our writers, but we felt that this particular review of Neverwinter Nights 2 did a disservice to fans of the RPG genre."

Just how bad was it, that they had to pull it? Well, you can supposedly see for yourself on Joystiq, where the alleged original article has been re-posted in full length. We're not going to do that all over again, but we'll just leave you to ponder over the final score of that NWN 2 review: 5 out of 10.

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