Veknoid_Outcast said:
Well, gameplay is the result of the interaction between the player and a set of rules and mechanics. There's a lot of room for subjectivity in that interaction. |
But every player may react to different elements of gameplay, despite of how perfect it can be. That´s about tastes and that´s why there are different genres of games. Some people, for example, never dig into racing games, no matter how good the gameplay may be. I believe that a reviewer should analyse gameplay elements on how they work technically, rather than analysing them on how they work for him personally.
As another example, I think Tekken is excellent but I never get used to the controls. I always preferred the Virtua Fighter approach to the mechanics of 3d fighting games rather than Tekken. But I can´t say the gameplay is bad just because I don´t like it. I just prefer it to be different but as it is , and as it proposes to be, the controls and mechanics work pretty well.
