| bdbdbd said: @Shanobi: Actually the biggest problem the reviews face, is that when a new audience gamer happens to read a review about his favourite game and it gets rated as shit, the person loses its trust to reviews (just as well as core does too). Then, they may try a high rated game, they think it must be something super, and find the game being shit, it only damages the reviewers even more. @BTFeather: So... Why there is no reason to suspect? Could you point out where you got that idea. |
It's funny because when I was young, I used to read reviews of games I played. And honestly, I would say, "hmph, that game was kind of glitchy.... I enjoyed it, but there was problems with the reuse of certain sounds over and over. It got a 76.."
Buys a high rated game like Earthworm Jim. "huh, wow this game is awesome. I thought the other game was awesome, but this is amazing. Oh it got a 9.5, man so there can even be better than this? I'm just going to enjoy this."
I don't know how people think nowadays but when I read reviews, it wasn't the final word, but it did represent a kind of expectation. Of course not all games lived up to them, but a 9+ game was one that I always found worth it. I don't think I've ever played a 9+ game and thought it was undeserving of being at least within .5 of what it was actually worth, and that large range is only because of Halo3 and GTA4.
