| ckmlb said: @Lord you mentioned that they gave Dead Space better scores because it was cinematic. I gave you a list of highly reviewed games that aren't cinematic which would prove your point wrong. Carnival Games wasn't meant to be cinematic, neither was Mario or LBP or Forza. You make it sound like reviewers are this disconnected people who live in fantasy land and aren't just gamers. They don't think every game should be cinematic or those games wouldn't get high review scores. You also said it was judged by its contents and not by how well it did what it was meant to do. If you are only going to judge games by how well they simulate something that's not a full review, other factors should be taken into consideration: quality, fun, originality and so on. |
How is "they gave Dead Space" the same as "they do that for every game"? I did not write that they only give good scores to cinematic games. How the hell could you read that as applying to them all?
If there is any implication it's that they prefer cinematic games over other factors, but not all other factors.
But that I do generalize is that if they like the content (in the case of Extraction it was being cinematic, in the case of Forza it was a driving simulator), they tend to review games better, but if they don't like the content (being at a carnival which they brushed off as "kiddie"), the reviews seem to ignore things like fun and originality.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
