Reviewers "trolled" by Yamauchi's damage test!

[scottie]

pezus said:

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.

Yes, but I don't think many people are aware of that. Many just look at the score and then compare it to the score of a similar game (Forza for example).

That's like reading the summary at the start of the textbook and then blaming the writer because you didn't magically learn quantum physics. Like turning on a romantic movie just in time for the final kiss, and saying it's a bad movie because it didn't make you cry.