Darkness on 06 June 2007
I've never been a fan of reviews and I think people put too much stock into them. They generate too much hype in some cases and in all honesty, most reviewers never finish the game. You cannot base a review on 5-10 minutes of play. Reviews are also totally subjective. One person my love it to death, another my hate it. It's hard to get a good cross section. People should just ignore reviews all together and go by word of mouth more.
Oh, and I worked in the magazine business at one point, and yes sometimes publishers to push for good reviews of bad games. When they're paying advertising dollars, sometimes a good review is expected. There's a lot of politics there.
-Darkness
