| scottie said: For the 2nd time this week (and the second time in my life) I feel the need to defend IGN. Reviewers CANNOT play games in their entirety. Well, some games they can - those that last about 6 hours. The majority of reviews are done to make money, which we cannot blame them for - everyone needs to eat. How long would you guess it would take to full experience every facet of GT5? It's just impractical to expect a reviewer to sink that much time into a game, especially when they need to get the review out as soon as they can, in order for it to actually be useful to anyone.
When reading reviews (and I do hope you read reviews in their entirity) you must always be aware that the reviewer did not play the game as much as you will over your life. |
It is my understanding IGN and others often, and did in fact for GT5, have copies of the game in advance. Its not like these people get the game on street date. They can/should sink enough time to do their job.
If its their job they should do it, do it well, if something like this happens they owe it to their customers to either alter it or at least contact PD or developers for a complete grasp on the game.
The bottom line its all about hits, not integrity, IGN is a perfect example of this, its what the majority of reviews have become.
