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( LOL … I didn’t know that people needed a drink after I critized them, then again maybe I haven’t had that opportunity … ;-))
The British can be pretty direct too. At least the reviews that TotalBiscuit (real name : John Bain; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TotalBiscuit ) used to do where a good example of that.
I think some sites are overly harsh on certain aspects … so I’m not sure if BoW is a bit soft.
The lack of “this thing is bad” reviews does make it difficult to judge their standards, but at the same time I’d argue that we shouldn’t rely on a single source of reviews anyway. They also do a pretty good job of disclosing when they have been sponsored, so we can exlude their bias as a result (at least that’s what I do).
The unboxings tend to show all of the bits and pieces in as much detail as possible.
It would be nice to see those expanded to include photos as that can show more detail than a video clip ever can, but at the same time everyone is going to have their own standards for things like mold lines and detail at a given scale and gametype.
Gameplay is a difficult thing to judge under the best of circumstances.
From what I’ve seen a lot of the “this thing suxxorz!1!” comments by people on the internet is the result of them not getting what they want or having expectations that don’t match reality.
The “Let’s play” examples tend to show the games in all of their glory. And (to me) they’re probably even better than reviews, because you can see how easy the game is to learn. These might not expose all aspects, but as a general impression they serve their purpose. I think that with a few more “let’s play” examples to explore more aspects the format would be perfect. However as with anything a lack of resources makes that impossible. To me this is potentially an aspect that the community can fill by posting their own battlereports and opinions.
It is important to note that very few sites cover the long term ‘fun’ of games, which is kind of understandable as there is an enormous amount of new releases every year.
It would be a really cool feature to have. Name it “Past the honeymoon : is it still fun?”
