RolStoppable said:
This doesn't work as an argument because reviewers commonly score what they haven't played, especially when it comes to RPGs. Untouched content is factored into the score based on the quality of the content that was played, so there was no good reason why they shouldn't have done the same for Splatoon. Like the dolphin said, at the time of the reviews everyone already knew that more content was going to come. |
Those situations may seem similar, but are clearly not the same. Ofcourse many reviewers rate content laden games after playing a chunk they feel is representative of the whole instead of 100%ing it.
But they can choose how much they need to be certain themselves and can quickly confirm their impression of the quality of the "untouched content" in the days after the reviews as many continue to play (great) games after the review is published. And all modes of a game usually are tested aswell, which is not possible when they are not unlocked - different modes can lead to a very different game experience, you simply can't rate them off of your experience with other modes.
So your argument here feels quite a bit insincere to me.
The reviewers that explicitly deducted points for missing content at release (I have no reason to believe the others rated Splatoon differently from what you described as the norm) should feel more obliged to update their reviews for their integrities sake, but it's not mandatory in my opinion, as readers themselves should be aware that their purchase decision is best made on the most up-to-date reviews.
