| forevercloud3000 said: continued..... or think of it this way. If you rate a game a 6, but I think it's a 9, why would I ask you should I buy this game? We obviously don't see eye to eye. If I listened to you about every game I purchased I would probably miss out on a lot of games that I would have potentially enjoyed. |
People have different opinions and preferences. A good journalist and review is objective enough to be able to see general design flaws and point them out. The good reviewer will also let it be know what he likes or doesn't like. I, for example, consider Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation to be a good reviewer and journalist. You know where he stands and his biases, and also where he is coming from. He may have a style you don't find entertaining, but at least I believe he is on target. I may not agree with what he writes, or his conclusions, but at least you can see where he is coming from and adjust accordingly.
When you are unprofessional, you turn your review into some sort of crusade. Consider, for example, this case of "The Operational Art of War" being reviewed by someone who hates wargames (I believe the site canned this reviewer):
http://www.game-over.net/review/june/opwar/index.html
In a flurry of releases today I get stuck with The Operational Art of War Volume 1. Am I bitter? No, because I can take it out on this review. For those of you who happen to like playing Risk and Stratego with your families on Friday night this is the game for you. Avid war gamers (the four of you out there) go ahead and grab this. However if you have a computer more powerful than a 486SX and enjoy games with real excitement and replay value.. one word: SKIP.
This is the last time I let Phire choose a review for me. I hope I offended all you war-strat gamers with this butcher. I hope that I don't get nightmares from this game. I hope you take my words to heart and maybe we can kill off the war strategy genre once and for all.
When you have an agenda, either because you like a console, or hate another one, or hate a genre people like, you end up producing stuff like this, which is beyond unprofessional. And what I can tell, it appears Killzone 2 is another games where useful opinions may be fewer and far between. The question: "Should I buy or rent Killzone 2?" is replaced with about every other question. If you want to know my opinion, I believe every PS3 owner who likes a FPS should get ahold of Killzone 2 and try it. If they like it, then rent or buy. I hope this opinion is agreeable.
