| oniyide said: ill play devils advacote and say that review are important, gives you a taste of what most people think and the general consensus on the game(1). I dont get every game that scores 80 or above. I got time crisis razing storm and that got meh reviews. oh sure you can make the argument that you could get the demos, but sometimes the demos dont give a full sense of the end product of a game and in some cases there arent even demos at all all. (looking at you Wii/DS) Hell just dont read reviews if it pisses you off that much(2). Im not liking the emphasis companies put on the reviews either |
1. That assumes that reviewers are the opinion of the majority, and that has not been proven. Even a game that sells well and has good reviews only proves correlation, not causation.
2. No, it's the insisting that reviews sell games, and it's our fault if sales don't agree with reviews, that pisses me off.
A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.
Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs
