HoloDust said:
I always skip any 100/100 review for games I'm interested in - from my experience those are, more often than not, advertorials masquerading as reviews. I usually read few reviews in the middle and then go directly to the bottom to find well constructed reviews that have usefull info on problems the game has - a lot of times I don't agree or don't care about their objections, but I know what to expect (or not) if I decide to go for it. |
Yep, agreed. I wouldn't call them reviews, they're more like a sales pitch. Good to get you excited and to build up the hype, but it doesn't have anything to do with the critique part of a review. Review: an article making a critical reconsideration and summary. Most of the 100s don't go beyond the summary part.
And that's exactly how you use a review, decide what's important to you and what's a minor issue or not relevant to your experience. Hence scores are pretty useless. It's the same when buying anything else.
