23rd July 2003, 8:30 PM
Quote:Then why do you judge games based on, as far as I can tell, just the score so often?
The score is, in the tiniest nutshell possible, the reviewer's opinion of the game.
Quote:Uhh... you base opinions of games more on previews and news than on reviews? Are you sane at all?
Previews and news will tell you a lot of the basic elements of the game: how it works, graphics style, the creators, genre, ect. All of which a long review would go over again. After gathering all that information in advance a short review of how the game plays and about how well someone liked it should be enough to help you make you decision.
Sometimes you get the scorpion.