Famitsu sucks

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Yes, of course the score should reflect the attitude towards the game contained in the review. And they almost always do, on both sites. That isn't a problem.

I am not talking about a review saying "the game is great" then giving it a 70. I'm saying a review saying, in depth, all the good and bad points about a game, then giving the score that that person thinks is best... now I might disagree with their conclusions. A lot. But if the review is well done, as I've said ten times now, that doesn't matter -- I still get a very good idea of if I'd want the game.

Now... I won't say that that F-Zero review is one of Gamespot's best. Its not. But it IS decent. Yes, it could use more depth and explanation. But it does have a fair amount and does explain the reasonings for the score well. You just disagree completely with that reasoning so you write off the whole review... which I would not do.

I have no problems with James Mielke's opinion on F-Zero (he does reviews for EGM, btw), but he presented the game in a very poor light and failed to evenly explain the pros and cons of the game, and instead chose to simply complain about one aspect of it (the bland graphics). EGM's short reviews of the game were much, much better because they didn't repeat themselves over and over like "Milkman" did.

Oh, did I mention that, IMO, PC Gamer writes the best reviews of any gaming magazine/website? Sure they don't cover consoles, but I wish they did, because they'd be far better than any of the console mags...

Their reviews are pretty good, but if they reviewed console games then you would get two-sentence reviews from them. PC Gamer actually devotes less pages to reviews than EGM does.

I didn't say finish, I said play a good amount. Not "two minuites" obviously.

Considering how ignorant their reviewers sound I'd bet that two minutes really isn't too far off.

Different but closely related.

You admit that they're different yet still try to make yourself sound right. This is getting very boring.

Just like its hopeless to get you to read enough Gamespot reviews to get a fuller picture of their review quality.

I've read enough of their reviews to see how bad they are.

No decent review just regurgitates the news and previews. (and no, that F-Zero review doesn't do that)

Gamespot's F-Zero review simply repeats info that you can find in any preview of the game but with some whining about the game's graphics by the reviewer added in to make it look like an actual review.