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Einsam_Delphin said:
Nuvendil said:

Well yes the first game in a fighting series does have an uphill battle.  As does the first entry of any series in any genre.  And a reviewer cannot judge content that isn't there or just add points based on future characters.  They could be reskins for all they know.  

Like you said new Fighters are more screwed as they're expected to have as many characters as long running series. It's definitely easier for a brand new RPG or Platformer where you can't simplify the game down to how many characters it has.

I never said they could or should. A most ideal way would be to go back and update their reviews to accurately reflect the current state of the game, but they're not gonna do that, thus their reviews will become irrelevant.

I can't see how that's true.  I've read several reviews for both Tekken 7 and ARMS and, if you compare the text without seeing the score, you'd think Tekken 7 was a much more polished and complete package.  In a vacuum, that the scores are only a few points apart seems kind of ridiculous, to be honest.  ARMS isn't expected to surpass all other fighting games in the same way as Tekken 7 and isn't being judged as harshly.