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this is something i've been meaning to write on for quite some time, i'm dissapointed at the way many magazines seem to be reviewing games on their difficulty.
a while back lotus challenge was reviewed in OPM2 to get 5/10 because it's a hard game, it is flawed but the main reason it was reviewed so badly is because it is hard.
this month OPM2 gave Freekstyle just 6/10, the reason, it's too hard. This game is great in every way and was praised for everything then given 6/10 because of difficulty which i believe is wrong.
I rented then bought lotus challenge and it was quite hard but a pretty good game worthy of more than 5/10. I rented Freekstyle and if you can cope with the difficulty then it's just as good as SSX: tricky if not better.
My point is i don't think games should be reviewed on their difficulty do you?
If they were (and they seem to be) judged on difficulty then surely the reviews would only apply to the "casual gamer" who can't be bothered with a game remotely challenging.
Games today are much easier than they used to be, everyone knows that, but don't you think it's unfair to judge a game badly that's anywhere near as hard as games used to be?
a while back lotus challenge was reviewed in OPM2 to get 5/10 because it's a hard game, it is flawed but the main reason it was reviewed so badly is because it is hard.
this month OPM2 gave Freekstyle just 6/10, the reason, it's too hard. This game is great in every way and was praised for everything then given 6/10 because of difficulty which i believe is wrong.
I rented then bought lotus challenge and it was quite hard but a pretty good game worthy of more than 5/10. I rented Freekstyle and if you can cope with the difficulty then it's just as good as SSX: tricky if not better.
My point is i don't think games should be reviewed on their difficulty do you?
If they were (and they seem to be) judged on difficulty then surely the reviews would only apply to the "casual gamer" who can't be bothered with a game remotely challenging.
Games today are much easier than they used to be, everyone knows that, but don't you think it's unfair to judge a game badly that's anywhere near as hard as games used to be?
it's hard to know that hard games get hard reveiws!
this is something i've been meaning to write on for quite some time, i'm dissapointed at the way many magazines seem to be reviewing games on their difficulty.
a while back lotus challenge was reviewed in OPM2 to get 5/10 because it's a hard game, it is flawed but the main reason it was reviewed so badly is because it is hard.
this month OPM2 gave Freekstyle just 6/10, the reason, it's too hard. This game is great in every way and was praised for everything then given 6/10 because of difficulty which i believe is wrong.
I rented then bought lotus challenge and it was quite hard but a pretty good game worthy of more than 5/10. I rented Freekstyle and if you can cope with the difficulty then it's just as good as SSX: tricky if not better.
My point is i don't think games should be reviewed on their difficulty do you?
If they were (and they seem to be) judged on difficulty then surely the reviews would only apply to the "casual gamer" who can't be bothered with a game remotely challenging.
Games today are much easier than they used to be, everyone knows that, but don't you think it's unfair to judge a game badly that's anywhere near as hard as games used to be?
a while back lotus challenge was reviewed in OPM2 to get 5/10 because it's a hard game, it is flawed but the main reason it was reviewed so badly is because it is hard.
this month OPM2 gave Freekstyle just 6/10, the reason, it's too hard. This game is great in every way and was praised for everything then given 6/10 because of difficulty which i believe is wrong.
I rented then bought lotus challenge and it was quite hard but a pretty good game worthy of more than 5/10. I rented Freekstyle and if you can cope with the difficulty then it's just as good as SSX: tricky if not better.
My point is i don't think games should be reviewed on their difficulty do you?
If they were (and they seem to be) judged on difficulty then surely the reviews would only apply to the "casual gamer" who can't be bothered with a game remotely challenging.
Games today are much easier than they used to be, everyone knows that, but don't you think it's unfair to judge a game badly that's anywhere near as hard as games used to be?