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Xen on 14 August 2017
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archer9234 said:
Xen said:

You are not wrong, but there needs to be an overpowering element of objectivity to a review: otherwise, give a person that only plays FPS a turn-based JRPG, and it might get an unfairly low score, and vice versa... one needs to evaluate objectively, noting their own experiences. While that is not the way JS does it, that IMO is the only fair way.

So you rather the person not review what they personally don't like. Wouldn't that inflate the overall score. If the people who like the product, do the reviews  only. What about the people who *want* to hear his opinion. He's banned from giving that opinion? I don't care about Captain America or Thor. That doesn't mean I can't review their comics or movies. And know they are decent films/comics in their own right. They are just characters I don't have interest in. It doesn't mean I mark them as shit.

Precisely correct.

I would not give a Gal*Gun review to anyone unfamiliar with anime tropes.

I would not give Lost Odyssey to anyone who dislikes turn based gameplay.

Background IS necessary when doing many reviews in order to get a fair evaluation. It's why I trust sites like RPGamer over Gamestop for RPG reviews. You can sense and see the passion from the people doing the work there. Doesn't stop them from being objective, doesn't make them inflate scores.