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People who write reviews professionally are some of the best writers around. They are mainly admirable to me because I am interested in what they are writing about :). Before you venture out and decide to buy a game, you check up on it first and read other people’s opinions on the game. The reviews are made from what other people think so he or she might love it and when you get home and play it you might end up throwing it to the back of your games cabinet.
If the review rates the game well, then the chances are you are going to rush down to your local games shop and buy it. But if the review is not great and really puts the game down then people will just ignore it. I don’t think this is fair because some games that are rated poorly by the reviewer could be great in other people’s opinions.
Some of the magazines you read give bias reviews, which is annoying because you can’t see what the game really has to offer. If it is a popular game and has been very commercialised then it will have outstanding reviews in every magazine. There are a few magazines that are great because they are not one sided and let the reader know exactly what the pros and con’s are.
Do you look to see if a game has a good review before you buy it? Are you put off if the game is not rated well? Naturally you are a bit discouraged if the game has a poor rating. Which is fair enough because you don’t want to go and pay up to £40 and end up hating the game.
Without reviews our games collection could be full of rubbish and we may even end up stop playing games consoles because we are put off by the rubbish games! :) If you about to buy a game and it had been given a bad review and rating would you still buy it? It is pretty certain that you will be extremely discouraged.
A solution to see if you like the game or not, is to rent it. Then you can really see for yourself instead of someone else’s opinion of the game.
Thanks for reading :)
If the review rates the game well, then the chances are you are going to rush down to your local games shop and buy it. But if the review is not great and really puts the game down then people will just ignore it. I don’t think this is fair because some games that are rated poorly by the reviewer could be great in other people’s opinions.
Some of the magazines you read give bias reviews, which is annoying because you can’t see what the game really has to offer. If it is a popular game and has been very commercialised then it will have outstanding reviews in every magazine. There are a few magazines that are great because they are not one sided and let the reader know exactly what the pros and con’s are.
Do you look to see if a game has a good review before you buy it? Are you put off if the game is not rated well? Naturally you are a bit discouraged if the game has a poor rating. Which is fair enough because you don’t want to go and pay up to £40 and end up hating the game.
Without reviews our games collection could be full of rubbish and we may even end up stop playing games consoles because we are put off by the rubbish games! :) If you about to buy a game and it had been given a bad review and rating would you still buy it? It is pretty certain that you will be extremely discouraged.
A solution to see if you like the game or not, is to rent it. Then you can really see for yourself instead of someone else’s opinion of the game.
Thanks for reading :)
People who write reviews professionally are some of the best writers around. They are mainly admirable to me because I am interested in what they are writing about :). Before you venture out and decide to buy a game, you check up on it first and read other people’s opinions on the game. The reviews are made from what other people think so he or she might love it and when you get home and play it you might end up throwing it to the back of your games cabinet.
If the review rates the game well, then the chances are you are going to rush down to your local games shop and buy it. But if the review is not great and really puts the game down then people will just ignore it. I don’t think this is fair because some games that are rated poorly by the reviewer could be great in other people’s opinions.
Some of the magazines you read give bias reviews, which is annoying because you can’t see what the game really has to offer. If it is a popular game and has been very commercialised then it will have outstanding reviews in every magazine. There are a few magazines that are great because they are not one sided and let the reader know exactly what the pros and con’s are.
Do you look to see if a game has a good review before you buy it? Are you put off if the game is not rated well? Naturally you are a bit discouraged if the game has a poor rating. Which is fair enough because you don’t want to go and pay up to £40 and end up hating the game.
Without reviews our games collection could be full of rubbish and we may even end up stop playing games consoles because we are put off by the rubbish games! :) If you about to buy a game and it had been given a bad review and rating would you still buy it? It is pretty certain that you will be extremely discouraged.
A solution to see if you like the game or not, is to rent it. Then you can really see for yourself instead of someone else’s opinion of the game.
Thanks for reading :)
If the review rates the game well, then the chances are you are going to rush down to your local games shop and buy it. But if the review is not great and really puts the game down then people will just ignore it. I don’t think this is fair because some games that are rated poorly by the reviewer could be great in other people’s opinions.
Some of the magazines you read give bias reviews, which is annoying because you can’t see what the game really has to offer. If it is a popular game and has been very commercialised then it will have outstanding reviews in every magazine. There are a few magazines that are great because they are not one sided and let the reader know exactly what the pros and con’s are.
Do you look to see if a game has a good review before you buy it? Are you put off if the game is not rated well? Naturally you are a bit discouraged if the game has a poor rating. Which is fair enough because you don’t want to go and pay up to £40 and end up hating the game.
Without reviews our games collection could be full of rubbish and we may even end up stop playing games consoles because we are put off by the rubbish games! :) If you about to buy a game and it had been given a bad review and rating would you still buy it? It is pretty certain that you will be extremely discouraged.
A solution to see if you like the game or not, is to rent it. Then you can really see for yourself instead of someone else’s opinion of the game.
Thanks for reading :)
yeah trouble is you can rent 64 or ps games now! thanks to sodding blockbuster! so you just have to buy it and if you dont like it keep the reciet and hope that they will give you a refund!
The only magazine that is slightly biased to nintendo games is nom thats why i buy ngc and i dont think tey have ever been biased
also I think that some sales are powered on good reviews but sonic adventure 2 battle is rated as just averag but im gettin it no matter wot!
also I think that some sales are powered on good reviews but sonic adventure 2 battle is rated as just averag but im gettin it no matter wot!
i dont think reveiwers have that big an influence simply because if a game appeals to you it wont matter so much to you what a reveiwer will say
because you still like the idea/concept or whatever pushes your button
i know tho that one glance at the top ten of any format will make it seem as tho only games with gr8 reveiws are being bought but then again can anyone explain the fifa thing how can a game get panned so bad and yet sell so many?
because you still like the idea/concept or whatever pushes your button
i know tho that one glance at the top ten of any format will make it seem as tho only games with gr8 reveiws are being bought but then again can anyone explain the fifa thing how can a game get panned so bad and yet sell so many?