Oleg Mastruko
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Joined: 10/21/2000 Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen quote:
ORIGINAL: Marc Schwanebeck But I guess that's the same as with reviews about wargames, if the reviewer is not willing to to really try then the review is worth nothing. Happend quite some time to us Same goes simulations: in one review of Starshatter was said something about ...like first person shooter without powerups... Whoever wrote that hasn't played Delta Force, Ghost Recon or Operation Flashpoint. Reviewer stereotyping galore Most reviewers I know (including myself) are actually very devoted, professional and prepared to give every possible chance to reviewed product, trying to figure out the way it is *supposed* to work (not the way they *want* it to work or think it should work). Of course there are bad reviewers out there, as there are bad journalists in general. I am sure Wii, being the novel and (supposedly) fun thing, will be reviewed with lots of good will on the side of reviewers. After all it's a fun new console, not some obscure hex based wargame from Marc, David, Erik & co (LOL ) With that in mind, mostly mediocre marks for Wii games (including Gasmespot with most launch titles around 7-ish and less) are not very encouraging. Oh and another thing, I've seen the effect I'd call "beneficial superficial reviewing" too. It happens when Your Average Indolent Reviewer (YAIR) does not want to spend his time and energy reviewing the game, but he sees there is something important happening there, probably beyond his comprehension - so even though he obviously does not understand the game, he ends up giving solid marks out of some strange mixture of respect and laziness. I've seen games like HTTR, COTA, WaW and practically ALL HPS titles benefit from this approach A certain English language gaming magazine I won't name here is notorious for this - seems like most of their reviews are 5 minute affairs, sometimes ending with reviewer giving solid marks as some sort of an excuse for being too lazy or stupid to actually understand the product Oleg
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