29th July 2003, 10:26 AM
Fine, fine.
-Gamespot's Review of F-Zero X.
The Gamespot review of F-Zero X does give a score that is too low. "It has no soul" is, I agree, not the best reason for that. However... I do NOT agree that they just took info from the manual or something for most of the game explanation, or that they played it for a few minuites. Based on reading it, neither of those complaints make any sense at all to me. It looks like a decent, if short, explanation of the game and its (perceived) problems, based on a decent playtime... I doubt very much he'd come to those conclusions and be able to write that review after just a few minuites... sorry, but you see someone who fundamentally disagrees with you and see someone who is stupid and didn't play the game much. I don't.
-3/4 reviewers vs 1 reviewer
I like one reviewer because it gives more space for actually explaining the game in writing. This is good because I base my analysis of a review far, far more on the words than on the score. You clearly do not.
-EGM vs PC Gamer
I haven't read EGM in a while and I have read some PCG issues from the last few years so I can't really make a direct comparison.
However, for what I do know, I just like longer reviews. EGM does a decent job, though...
Now if it was PCG at its prime we were comparing it'd be no comparison, but unfortunately the mag has gone downhill from there...
Okay, I understand that they (EGM) want more previews because they can actually put a fair amount of game info in them, unlike the reviews. But that just shows more why that style isn't as good... if the reviews were longer they wouldn't need previews in the same month its released. Because previews coming really close to reviews happens more there than I'd expect in major gaming mags... certainly far more than in PC mags. And as I said, I don't see MASSIVE differences in the two industries that would explain it on that level. There has to be another reason -- the mag style.
-Gamespot's Review of F-Zero X.
The Gamespot review of F-Zero X does give a score that is too low. "It has no soul" is, I agree, not the best reason for that. However... I do NOT agree that they just took info from the manual or something for most of the game explanation, or that they played it for a few minuites. Based on reading it, neither of those complaints make any sense at all to me. It looks like a decent, if short, explanation of the game and its (perceived) problems, based on a decent playtime... I doubt very much he'd come to those conclusions and be able to write that review after just a few minuites... sorry, but you see someone who fundamentally disagrees with you and see someone who is stupid and didn't play the game much. I don't.
-3/4 reviewers vs 1 reviewer
I like one reviewer because it gives more space for actually explaining the game in writing. This is good because I base my analysis of a review far, far more on the words than on the score. You clearly do not.
-EGM vs PC Gamer
I haven't read EGM in a while and I have read some PCG issues from the last few years so I can't really make a direct comparison.
However, for what I do know, I just like longer reviews. EGM does a decent job, though...
Now if it was PCG at its prime we were comparing it'd be no comparison, but unfortunately the mag has gone downhill from there...
Quote:That explains it somewhat (for Nintendo anyway yes that makes sense) but... 1) you don't need to preview everything and 2) 'its harder to get the games' is so general that I'm suspicious, especially since I don't see huge overall differences in this stuff myself between PC and console...
Okay, I understand that they (EGM) want more previews because they can actually put a fair amount of game info in them, unlike the reviews. But that just shows more why that style isn't as good... if the reviews were longer they wouldn't need previews in the same month its released. Because previews coming really close to reviews happens more there than I'd expect in major gaming mags... certainly far more than in PC mags. And as I said, I don't see MASSIVE differences in the two industries that would explain it on that level. There has to be another reason -- the mag style.
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