Here´s why we shouldn´t trust game reviews...

[ghettoglamour]

Rogerioandrade said:

Those are only a few examples, there´s a lot more around those aggregate scores websites.

We all know and discussed how reviews are basically personal views / individual opinions etc. but it´s kind of strange to see such discrepancy between reviews / scores of pratically identical games in different platforms

I just think that reviews should at least TRY to be the least personal and more technical when reviewing a game, simply because personal opinions are too subjective and people have different tastes. So a reviewer should never say a game is bad just because he doesn´t like its cathegory (rhythm, action, puzzle, sports etc) or its art style, but because its design have flaws (gameplay, graphics and sound, controls, etc).

Unfortunately the vast majority of reviewers always put their personal feelings before a technical analysis of the, let´s call it, product, and the result are unprofessional and highly biased reviews. That´s why I think we should never trust reviews.

 

No, this is actually VERY wrong! A review is a personal thing where a person explains the strenghs and weaknesses the game has, according to his personal taste. The reviewer should like the genre, true, but if you only look at scores it's your fault you are misinformed by reviews.

This is only logical if you only look at a number. A reviewer could give a game a 6 because according to him, it has several major flaws. Another reviewer could give it an 8, because he didn't make a big deal about the flaws or he didn't noticed them at all. Now it's up to you to decide if the strenghs of the game are important to you and if the flaws described by the reviewers will be a deal-breaker to you or not.

The worst thing that could happen is that reviews stop being personal, the reviews would look like Amazon descriptions then.

 

Overall I think you are very wrong, which is a subjective opinion of mine