Reviews by The Walrus: Snakepass (Switch) Review

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Dulfite said:
As I have said before (though not in a while, I guess since people have gotten used to my review style) I review things differently than most reviewers. I don't agree with adjusting to match a certain style of game. People always tell me not to destroy Tropical Freeze or NSMBU because of their lack of story, then I play games like Trine and Trine 2 with really fun story telling. Every game CAN have a good story, if only the developers aren't lazy, Snakepass is no exception.

The problem is, a platformer with 25/30 on story and 0/5 on controls is completely unplayable, but will still be seen as equal to a game with 20/30 story and 5/5 controls.

 

You can't review a music album in the same way you review a movie. Sure, there are tracks with good videos associated, but it would be ridiculous to start off at 20% or something because they don't have any clips associated. 

I don't see why one should differentiate any less between viedo games that are purely gameplay-driven and the full story/graphics experience. Video games are somewhere in between toys and movies, and depending on where they lean, they need to berated more like the former or the latter, becuase they just aren't comparable products.

You have your right to give a subjective review, they all are; but in that case, I give myself the right to review your review system.