23rd July 2003, 5:51 PM
No, you misunderstood me. I didn't mean 'decent review' as in 'they praise it'. I mean 'decent review' as in 'they effectively explain the game and its pros and cons'.
Oh, and reviewers generally don't give 3.5s to games that many people think deserve 8's... that just doesn't happen much at all. I read PC Gamer for years, and have read it on and off ever since. I don't agree with all their review scores or reviews. How could I? No one can agree with all reviews. But I think they do a gret job of writing reviews... so that you know how good the game is in the review. If its a problematic game in some ways but you think the reviewer overemphasized some bad points or you don't find them that bad then if the review is well done you can tell that... and most reviews are well done.
Like Gamespot's F-Zero X review. I can't disagree more with the score, but at least I can understand their reasoning... if it was three reviewers I'd see one person give it a low score but they really wouldn't have the space to explain why -- worse.
Oh, and reviewers generally don't give 3.5s to games that many people think deserve 8's... that just doesn't happen much at all. I read PC Gamer for years, and have read it on and off ever since. I don't agree with all their review scores or reviews. How could I? No one can agree with all reviews. But I think they do a gret job of writing reviews... so that you know how good the game is in the review. If its a problematic game in some ways but you think the reviewer overemphasized some bad points or you don't find them that bad then if the review is well done you can tell that... and most reviews are well done.
Like Gamespot's F-Zero X review. I can't disagree more with the score, but at least I can understand their reasoning... if it was three reviewers I'd see one person give it a low score but they really wouldn't have the space to explain why -- worse.
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