The most poorly written review by a serious game journalist??!!...Dead space 2 by Greg miller.

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DJjazzyGETH said:

This definitely reminds me a lot of how reviews used to be written on most sites. It was a lot of "I played it and this is what happened and how I felt" instead of digging deep into actual critique. I think gaming reviews, while still not great compared to how rich film criticism as a field is (they've had many more decades to get there), has definitely gotten more nuanced over the last few years, perhaps as games themselves have evolved and matured.

Greg himself, speaking as someone who's followed him for a while, always seemed like a hype man and personality more than an art critic, and his tone really hasn't changed with time. Luckily what he would later end up doing at IGN and then at KF better suited his skills, even if personally I don't think he does a very good at talking about media past surface level stuff. It's a good thing he isn't writing anymore, that's all I'll say.

Well said. Game journalism has certainly improved over the years, but, you're right, it's still a far cry from the richness of film criticism.

Stuff like this IGN review reads more like a fan post on GameFAQs than the work of a professional critic.