Akvod said:
I think that we gamers complain too much. I mean, the reviewers DO put up an entire written review... it's only our fault for not fucking reading the thing.
I mean, if you're going to say the meat review itself isn't in depth enough, fine. But as much as I feel that the numbers are getting inflated, and how numbers are BS and shit, just like all of you guys, lets stop it with this sort of "movement" attitude against the reviewers.
They have some blame, but it's mostly OUR fault for not reading the full indepth reviews.
When I decided to buy Assassin's Creed later instead of launch, I didn't just look at IGN's numerical score, but read how the missions could be very repetitive and shallow (the eavesdropping mission is just fucking pressing Triangle [PS3] at a bench >.<).
We can also play fucking demoes >.< We can watch the devs demonstrate shit like Sucker Punch did with inFamous and how it "reads your mind" in order to make the platforming smoother.
I mean fuck, why have we become such an irresponsible bunch of people?
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If we HAVE to get rid of the numerical system though, I'll just have them say: Buy Full Price, Buy half price, rent, and avoid.
That way it forces people to read the reviews to understand why they gave the game that verdict...
But it doesn't really change anything >.< It's pretty much like the scores, except it's a fuck more broader. It doesn't REQUIRE you to read the review. You could just say "HA! My game got 'Full Price'!" Only it doesn't sound as cool as 11/10...
Both my system and the current system puts a general grade on the game, and is inadequate in telling you the game's quality in detail... in fact no fucking grading system can do that. You NEED to read the full reviews. You can't get around it. There's no fucking shortcuts.
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Problem is 95% of people wont read a review. Thats life. Look at adverts or the front of a game box. Plastered there you will see 9/10 IGN. Or 5/5 Official **** Magazine. That believe it or not sells games. A few exceptions are Gran Turismo, Halo etc. Very few games have a pedigree where noone cares for the review because they know they will love the game.
