RolStoppable said:
This review style is more common and older than people think. For one, there's no obligation that reviewers have to mention whether or not they finished games, and two, extrapolating a defensible score based on playing a portion of a game (usually more than half) isn't that hard because the vast majority of games is quite consistent in their quality level from end of tutorial/intro to end of game. It's only once in a while that a game like Bravely Default comes along and exposes how widespread the practice of not finishing games is. |
If you read their comments below too you will see them defending themselves by what I find to be legit defenses.
1. They mention that they do mention they only played so much and didn't finish. Many would leave that out. They are honest.
2. They say if they don't like a game and are not having fun, why should they force themselves to play it. They played 18 hours and that to me is long enough play time for a game to fairly judge it. If you say the first 20 hours suck and the next 20 hours are amazing, well that is the games fault. They need to make a game engaging the whole time.
