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  • Re: Game Reviews: Spoiled By The Internet

    From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Sep 20 18:04:32 2024
    On 9/20/2024 11:34 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    But, man, those early reviews were _shoddy_. It didn't seem to matter
    what magazine either; they were all universally shallow. Two-thirds of
    each review just unquestioningly rehashed the game's box-copy, and
    then the reviewers gave their opinions. There was almost no analysis
    or deep-dive into what was actually good or bad about the games; at
    most we got stuff like, "It was fun" or "it seemed a bit hard to
    play".

    Weren't most reviews at that time written before the game was finished,
    let alone released for a reviewer to actually try to play it?

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  • From Geeknix@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Sep 21 11:00:04 2024
    On 2024-09-20, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    The other day

    [Good god, it was over a month and a half ago!]

    we had a discussion about old video game magazines;
    <snip>
    But, man, those early reviews were _shoddy_. It didn't seem to matter
    what magazine either; they were all universally shallow. Two-thirds of
    each review just unquestioningly rehashed the game's box-copy, and
    then the reviewers gave their opinions. There was almost no analysis
    or deep-dive into what was actually good or bad about the games; at
    most we got stuff like, "It was fun" or "it seemed a bit hard to
    play".

    hmmm... I'm thinking if you had been a game reviewer back in the 80/90s
    I probably would have spent more of my pocket money on games. Or at
    least the right games!

    So maybe it was a blessing you weren't. Although, more depth and
    experience in game reviewing would have been appreciated. So.... what a conundrum.

    GN

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