| Kenoid said: Yeah, Ign may be fair at times, but still gametrailers are great at reviewing |
That's because IGN is using the antiquated method of reviewing games. Of reviewing anything really. Basing it mostly on text and the reviewers 'opinion'. Its much like a movie review in the paper. Sure you get a small feel for what the movie might be about, but then when you go and actually see the movie, you probably will have a completely different overall score than that reviewer did, because he came to that score based on his individual bias and 'opinions'.
Gametrailers reviews are an exception because they actually review games while showing you the actual content they're citing. If they're saying the game lacks good gameplay, they'll show you examples of why. If they're saying the game had lackluster graphics, they'll show you good examples during the review of why. Other reviews, even on IGN with their 'video reviews', don't do this. In fact, its pretty evident that most other review sites like IGN, GameSpot, 1up, etc don't even play the majority of the game before reviewing it, whereas gametrailers seems to. The downside is that Gametrailers 1) Doesn't review as many games and 2) Is more strict in its scoring system.
That's not to say GameTrailers hasn't been without its own bias. They to seem to downscore Wii games a lot on the overall score, seemingly with no real reason while having a heavy bias for PS3 games. And they hardly ever even do reviews for DS games at all unless its something like Zelda Spirit Tracks or GTA: Chinatown Wars.
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