Marucha said:
Oh, I don't mean just for sites that also produce video reviews. I just think in general that the influence of Youtube, IGN, Gamespot, etc is being taken for granted when anyone is doing just strictly a written review now. If they make some strong/opinionated points, they should try to provide evidence about yours points in their own analysis so that it wouldn't difficult for someone reading their review that is not watching a video review to know where you are coming from. I understand what she's saying and describing. I don't know if it's a real problem or not based off of what she's written. I think most writers these days think that well most people are going to go on Youtube and check the game out anyway, so maybe their readers will just keep their thoughts in mind... then they think they don't have to be too terribly clear in why they feel this way or that, to form an objective description. An example... you don't stop between each chapter of a book and watch a video of everything that just happened/was discussed. The writer should try to write it well enough to portray their own situation to you so that you can be in their shoes and relate to where they're coming from. I think that with a well written review, you can raise counter-points safely without having to necessarily worry you don't understand what they were trying to say... it doesn't make the review "bad", it's still an opinion, but it's just becoming less of a standard I think is all. I cannot tell if it's really just her gaming style that is the issue or if she is talking about a game that was basically designed badly, makes things too ridiculous and is a case of self-defeating rather than just a high difficulty level. A game like that that comes to mind is Defenders of Dynatron City. That game had virtually no hit detection half the time whether or not you were actually 'hitting' the enemies or not. I used to think I was just too poor at when I was playing very young, but I watched other views and read other people's opinions, and replayed in emulator... no, it was just bad game design. |
You have a point. Especially the part about reading a book and reading chapters haha Very well worded.
I'm tired or I'd give you a longer response but I think the main issue with reviews is the scores them selves. It takes away from actually reading the reviews. A lot of people doesn't want to read them so they just look at the score and leave and it is why many people opt out into watching a review instead of reading them. That is just my take on it though.
