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Is There Something Wrong with Video Game Reviews?

Posted by Zonk on from the they're-time-consuming dept.

unclethursday writes "GamesAreFun.com has a new editorial about what the Editor in Chief feels is wrong with video game reviews, GamesAreFun's included. The editorial touches on the importance of scores to people, the importance of getting the first review out there, the problem with trying to review online parts of a game before the game is released into the wild, reviewing games in a series, the expectations from reviews about overly hyped games, and review length."

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  1. I don't read or care about reviews by Fr05t · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Warning I did not RTFA.. I might later but honestly I stopped giving a crap about reviews years ago, same with movie reviews.

    Games like movies are a matter of personal choice. God some of the movies and games I have loved the most have been slammed by reviews and won awards for being among the "worse".

    Every reviewer will be biased based on their own preferences, tack on some nostalgia related to the old games they loved then given a rating based on what they like - not what I like. Worse than that is the problem (and I do believe it to be a problem) of reviewers catering to game companies to get favors like early review copies, and various free crap.

    I rent games, read the manuals online and look at screenshots and make my own opinions.