| 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. |
This is their job. They are supposed to play the game in it's entirity THEN give a review on it. You can't expect to go into a full day (8 hours) of work and decide to leave halfway because you "need to eat". And beating the game/playing it extensively will always give a better representation of the game than playing "about 6 hours" of the game. This is why I believe reviews shouldn't be published until 1 week after a game is released.
