vivster said:
So how would people who usually don't like certain genres but are generally interested in the games get their information then? Having only glowing reviews from people who like the game anyway helps no one. We need reviews from all kinds of viewpoints. People like me have trouble finding any accurate reviews because most reviewers don't put the weight on the things that I'm interested in. And then people like you come along requesting that even less people should review games. |
I am not saying less people should review games.
What I mean is, a reviewer who is not that good at/ doesn't like a certain type of game like Dark Souls and reviews it. This game is clearly not the game for him and because of that, he gives it a lower score for not being able to progress far in it. This is followed by people who use this review for justifying that it sucks because of difficulty. A review like that is crap and it helps no one.
An honest and objective reviewer will tackle both sides, good and bad. And will try to elaborate the core concept and come to a reasoning conclusion about the game itself.
Taking the approach like Jim Sterling and saying, "Oh, the game got Ubisoft Towers = bad game design", then that's all I need to see what a biased and bad review is. And objective reviewer would approach this design element in relation to the game and its purpose and elaborate it. What Jim did in this case is a baseless statement.
Why should I listen to a reviewer who's biased, at all?
I mean, first, I want to see the reasons which are speaking for the game and against it. Can the reviewer reflect my opinion and questions I have for the game? What kind of game mechanics do I value the most and are they there? If not, then it clearly isn't my type of game and I move on.
But, going back to Jim, his focus, from what I perceive, was mainly due to durability of weapons breaking too fast. Welp, if he would play more of the game, than he would clearly know that certain weapons will have certain type of abilities like a way higher durability. Like I said in the other thread. My inventory is full of good weapons because they don't easily break anymore. But Jim clearly didn't went so far and thus he doesn't even mentioned that fact.
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