We all have read the reviews of the game - usually written in the week either side of release - and it wasn’t pretty. Whilst a solid single player experience, the constant issues connecting to the servers, buggy online, the absence of the club feature & challenges all led to reviewers slating the game.
Evolution though has done a tonne of work on the game with the servers being much more stables, challenges now being available, club features working and to top it off the best weather effects I have seen in a console racing game. Reviews in my opinion are a snapshot of the game at a given time and as the game changes and evolves reviewers should amend and update the reviews they put with the game. Driveclub has changed a great deal since release and I feel this warrants a new review. I have seen the arguments put forward that harsh reviews at release should be an incentive for good quality working games to be released but in the same way, when a developer puts the time and effort into correcting the problems and adding to the game they should be rewarded in a way by having their work reviewed again.
I do sympathise with reviewers as they do come in for a great deal of criticism from the general public. They are often working to a tight schedule and they know every word they mention will be scrutinised. With a review evolving just as a game does, I feel that we the public will be able to get a better picture of the game we want to buy. For example, what exactly is the point of reading a review of a game like Battlefield 4 written in Nov 2013 when the game has changed so much in the last couple of months? Reviews should be informative and current.
I don’t expect them to revisit every game at every update but as major features are added, issues corrected and the game changes it would be nice to see these reflected in the reviews. Drive Club would be a great place to start.
