How the Press Reviews Multiplayer Games

[Tizona]

I've wondered this before, especially with games that Online is the real selling point. When they say things like, "no lag" "really easy to set up and play a game" "balanced multiplayer" are all those things true because the game was well built or because they are playing on a special server, with the devs? How much different is it when you are playing on crammed servers vs. every 14 year old on launch day?  Very interesting article.