| Sqrl said: Wow, there were so many good reasons to fire the guy. Why would they pick the one shitty one? Morons. |
Because the gaming media exists in backwards land. Where people where hats in their feet and swim in business suits!
EDIT: In response to does even the content of the review have value? Here's my advice, focus on the negative. Sounds like a dickish thing to do, but typically critics are suppose to be critical. Paragraphs on how beautiful a game looks, or how rich the story is aren’t as helpful is reading a well written paragraph on why a particular combat system is broken, or how many different ways you accidentally get the game to crash.
Lot of reviewers in my experience tend to downplay potential issues because they either love the game so much they don’t notice, they’re not objective enough to realize what might not be an issue for them could be an issue for others (and vice versa actually), or they’re flat out paid off too. (Madden 08 comes to mind.) Bias, Incompetent, or Paid for. Take you’re pick.
Pay close attention to what’s not praised in a review and ask yourself is that something you can deal with or not? Like a reviewer slipping in a game only has a 6 hour campaign. That a red flag for you, or are you interested in it’s online component?
