Comments on: Review Symposium: Review Scores (Part 1, Off-topic)

By: V. Smith

V. Smith — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:09:59 +0000

I’m glad someone read all of that so I didn’t have to. Yeah, as far as I have read, N’Gai Croal talks about games and gaming, but doesn’t really review them. Is there something wrong with that?

I do not see why critics and reviewers need to play entire games to review them. They are stating their judgment on what they have played and use that as a gauge as to whether they would recommend the game or not. Pro reviewers don’t have the time to play all; these games; so if people wand game critics to review games they’ve totally finished, you’ll have small websites and thin magazines.

Why stop there? Why shouldn’t reviewers 100% every game they play, including the super secret sidequests and find all the easter eggs? Come on! If a game blows, it will most likely not magically become better later on.

By: Clover

Clover — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:56:28 +0000

It’s interesting what was said about exclusive review. Thanks to the internet, it’s always a race to get the “world exclusive” and I absolutely hate that! The news is repeated over and over throughout multiple website and its all the fracking same. It annoys me to no end.

By: Halfleft

Halfleft — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 01:01:38 +0000

Good write-up.

But I feel that there are too many different tastes for any single useful type or format of review to exist. And I can see these things as something of a mould-maker or perhaps trying to suggest a priority format.