flagstaad on 15 April 2014
| EB1994 said: Well the Aiden does use a phone to hack...Plus if getting a free phone means a reviewer will change their score to be higher, then they shouldn't even be a reviewer. |
The change can be unconcious, they don't necessarily add a point or half a point because they got the phone, but if you associate good memories with the game (like getting a free phone) you will feel like the game provide you with more entertainment than it did, not because of the qualities of the game but because of the extra stuff you got with it.
The bigger the gift the more difficult will be for the reviewer separate between the entertainment/fun of the game and of the present, so is common practice not to give or receive gifts that are expensive, and that is not only for journalist, it applies in almost all professional scenarios, companies to customer and viceversa
