MaximusOptimus said:
If you base what is fun for you by what a reviewer tells you that is your right, i however prefer to think for myself and use reviews as simply getting another pov and not base my opinion on that of others. |
I am on Maximus's side in this one. When you review a piece of hardware, I agree with you kingofwale. But hardware reviews are often just a collection of facts. The thing fits in a cabinet, it gets hot, the buttons are small, whatever. No one is telling you how that DVD player makes them feel.
A Video game review is akin to a movie review, and I also hate movie reviews by the way. A game play video is more like a hardware review. You get a collection of facts.
In a perfect world, I would want a review that gave me nothing other than the technical characteristics of the game. What the load times are like, the frame rates. What’s the control style like.
Give those things a rating if you like, but never rate how fun a game is. No one can tell you that. If you ask people on this site what their favorite game they have played in the last year, many of them will not be picking highly rated games. If people didn’t go by reviews, even more people would be saying that (because a lot of people only play games with high review scores).
So let me ask you this kingofwale, were you favorite movies last year the ones that got the highest review scores? (I am guessing not). Why should your games be?
