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BMaker11 said:

Gnizmo said:

BMaker11 said:

Then all casual games would get high scores if reviewed by casual gamers. Core games would get all get high scores if reviewed by core gamers. Any game geared towards a particular audience would get a high score if reviewed by someone of that said audience. Talk about the review system being broken #shrugs

We can all acknowledge that the Imagine series by Ubisoft is pretty much garbage, but since it is definitely targeted at kids, should we get kids to review the game since they are about the only ones with "the capacity to enjoy the game"?

Core gamers are reviewing core games!

Also, how terrible would it be for someone who knows a genre to review the game. What has become standard would be known. Mechanics that have shown to faill over and over again would be called out. Subtle new twists on gameplay could be explained. Direct comparisons to similar games could be made. Yeah, that would ruin the review system. Who wants a well informed, and relevant review?

So basically what you're saying is....a game can be shitty, however, it should be reviewed by people who "understand" the game. Meaning, shitty games can get marked up because the reviewer likes those types of games? 

I'm sorry, but if your trying to make a talking point just so bad games can get put in a better light, I think it's rubbish. Like I said, if game reviews were divided by which reviewer is "informed" about said game...well then Imagine Babiez would get a 9/10. Cause all the reviewer would have to say is "this is definitely a child's game, where they learn how to raise kids so they can be a nanny. If that's what you want to do, then this is the game for you. 9.0/10"....come on now. Is that what you want out of the current review system? Shovelware being put on the same stage as this generation's best gems, simply because those games aren't "core"? 

Yes, lets all ignore the point being made and make some really outlandish comment, about how the point being made isn't that reviews should be able to review for the games audience (which is why they even have a job), but you're saying lets replace that with my idea that you're trying to say lets get a really crappy reviewer that has low standards of judgement, but really all I'm trying to do is make gnizmo look foolish using logical fallacies that anyone could cut through with a butter knife.

Yes you've done a great job of proving your point here man, cause what I got from it is you just don't care about journalistic integrity unless it pertains to games only you like, which is a rather selfish view, especially since reviewers aren't supposed to be reviewing for a certain section and that section is the only one represented when someone has to review Wii Sports Resort, despite a mass of people who love it and enjoy it and for many of them it's one of their top games of the gen.  

No matter what crazy example you try to pull out of your ass, imagine party babiez which is rubbish, sold only 260k, would be rated as rubbish, while on the other hand Wii Sports Resort, selling over 14 million copies, would be rated fairly compared to the other games on the system and across genres and platforms.  The VGC review was really good in this aspect which was an 8.8 and thats a very good/fair score.