*Reviews Aren't Accurate Anymore

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JayWood2010 said:

Pretty much. Thats the thing,games have gotten much more complex than what they use to be so updates are inevitable to fix problems. Unfortunately in some cases like Halo, Driveclub, and LittleBigPlanet they all had bigger problems than anticipated. And Halo will likely be much better by the end of this week and Id also imagine LBP3 will have an update within the next week or two to fix its bugs as well so the reviews that are bashing those parts of the games will be outdated relatively soon.  THough still notable to talk about in a review

And that is where its tricky. Do you hold off on your review until the update? Or do you criticize it which is also deserved.

I guess the thing is, the consumers have to be a little more intelligent now knowing that day 1 reviews may not represent the game within a month from release.

I'd say as a general rule games that have a large online component should be reviewed in a real world environment after launch, or in instances such as MCC / Driveclub, wait for the issues to be resolved before settling on a final score - in driveclubs case however, with what happened I'd just have not published a review at all. and instead just left it to news articles of the major issues to let potential customers decide.

I have a real issue with reviews for games with significantly sized online modes being published before their actual release date, because those reviews are done under conditions the average player will never experience.