famousringo said:
Not really practical, since most people want to know whether they will enjoy a game before they make the investment of time and money required to make a judgment on their own. Screenshots, feature lists, and videos are good information, but opinions from people who have experienced the full scope of a game offer a deeper understanding than you can glean from images. I'd suggest a combination of curiosity and skepticism. Get opinions from both professional reviewers and users or friends. Read a review which loved the game and a review which hated it and try to sort out how much particular pros and cons matter to you. Look for contradictions which indicate how valid a reviewer's opinion are, because a reviewer who misses a key game feature or doesn't understand the controls will have a flawed game experience. Start a thread on a gaming forum inviting actual gamers who tried the game to share their opinions. In short, dig deeper than just a metascore. The real value of metacritic isn't the weighted average review score at the top, it's the aggregated links to various reviews on the internet. |
How could that ever work? Too much thinking required for most people. 'LOLZ this gaem suxxorz look at its score' is easier.
