| 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. |
Why am I going to defend an industry that is showing an ever-increasing lack of professionalism to do their jobs and providing a solid basis to trust reviews of products? It is all now about getting high Metacritic scores, and people rushing to get first with a quick review to get eyeballs to websites. This doubleheader is making reviews increasingly useless. I am glad Gran Turismo 5 exposes how messed up the system is. Maybe Sony should give them a head's up about progressive damage. I do think the system they have is an excellent way to break people into the game.
