Sunset Overdrive Preview from Videogamer.com

[Burek]

mornelithe said:

Burek said:
Ibdid like the subtitle: "Overdriven Underwhelmed". Very glad they took developer's advice and didn't use "overhyped". Just proves that they are obviously not "lazy journalists".

Also, is it a rule now that only people who liked Infamous should be allowed to review this game?

Well, when the review embargo finally lifts a day before release, we will finally find out who is to be relied on more: people who dislike Infamous and have played SO, or people who have not played SO and like XBox.

Hyperbole doesn't help your argument.  No one has said if a reviewer doesn't like Infamous, they shouldn't be reviewing games.  However, multiple folks have stated that allowing someone who clearly doesn't like a certain Genre, to review/preview that genre, is stupid.  Give it to someone who actually likes TPS games, that way, you avoid having biases you know already exist, to effect the review process.

And this is a big problem in the industry.  It's not just Sunset Overdrive.

Surely it works both ways: A person that likes TPS is biased more toward scoring an average or poor TPS better than it deserves. There is no clear cut answer, but everyone is welcome to pick and choise to listen to their version of truth...