Reviewers "trolled" by Yamauchi's damage test!

[FlyingLotus]

alekth said:

FlyingLotus said:

_BetterThanToast_ 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.

Oh dear. This is wrong in so many ways.

Nope i agree with him. Do you really think reviews put 200 hours in starocean 4 to complete the game fully?

It's not like they have to get the ridiculous trophies to get through the game (and those , Star Ocean's, are ridiculous enough to criticize without getting them). One playthrough, I'd say, is normal and the least one should do for a review.

The damage progression doesn't really seem like a tiny facet of the game that you can miss, and neither is it an insignificant one.

6 hours? Only justified if the reviewer has to do a game a day.

Well i agree 6 hours for GT a top tier racing sim is too little. Atleast 30- 40 hours minimum for GT5 but some games just can't be completed fully or "finished" within a reasonable time period.That's what i'm trying to get across.