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As a gamer one of the main reasons I surf by this site is to read people's views on games due for release, read people's reviews of games already released, catch up on games industry gossip, or generally get ideas for other sites to surf to in order to glean more information on topics that interest me (e.g. PS3 technologies, development timescales, the latest engines, future hardware and so on).
More and more, though, I'm surfing by this site and reading stuff already written by someone else somewhere else sometime else. It's 'annoying'.
When I read a review, I want to see the writer's thoughts on the game, what they thought of it, why they liked or disliked it. I don't want to read what a staff writer at IGN, Gamespot, GameFAQs, Gamers.com, GamerWeb, GamePro.com, GameSpy.com, Digitiser, FuturePublishing, Paragon Publishing or Blue Peter thought about it. Because the chances are I've already seen that opinion.
What I want to see is YOUR opinion. I don't care if you don't think your opinion is good enough, or that you think others will laugh at it, or that you can't post it because your mates think differently, or that you don't think you can express it eloquently enough. The important thing is that it's YOUR opinion, because for all you know you could have been the first person out of 6 billion to actually have noticed something different, you're not just rehashing someone else's thoughts.
YOUR opinions are what help me decide which games to buy, which magazines to read, which console to get next, what type of ISP I should go for (ty for the Blueyonder one WookieeMonster, owe you one there), what type of GFX card I should upgrade to, what kind of cable is best between console and TV and so on. So they're important.
As for Future of Gaming Chat topics, it sometimes gets to the stage where I just give up and go over to the PS2 forum instead, because at least there I know most of the topics are on track and relevant. If there was a 'Move to Relevant Forum' button on my browser I could reduce the FOG chat to 50% of its current size.
I've been here over two years, I think I've seen every topic under the sun pass through the FOG forums, so most of the time I DO see the same old subjects being given new topics again. "Console Wars" topics pop up every week or so, "Top 10 Games Ever" is another popular one, "I've Seen All These Topics Before So I'm Going To Write About Soup/Goldfish" is yet another common theme. But the point here is, sometimes, just sometimes, someone comes up with something altogether new, or brings an interesting twist to a topic that has previously been chatted to death.
The important factor, though, is ORIGINALITY. I want to see YOUR opinion, not someone else's, and I don't care if you're posting under JAT, Newbie, Regular or Notable or even Staff status.
Sorry if this has been posted before.
More and more, though, I'm surfing by this site and reading stuff already written by someone else somewhere else sometime else. It's 'annoying'.
When I read a review, I want to see the writer's thoughts on the game, what they thought of it, why they liked or disliked it. I don't want to read what a staff writer at IGN, Gamespot, GameFAQs, Gamers.com, GamerWeb, GamePro.com, GameSpy.com, Digitiser, FuturePublishing, Paragon Publishing or Blue Peter thought about it. Because the chances are I've already seen that opinion.
What I want to see is YOUR opinion. I don't care if you don't think your opinion is good enough, or that you think others will laugh at it, or that you can't post it because your mates think differently, or that you don't think you can express it eloquently enough. The important thing is that it's YOUR opinion, because for all you know you could have been the first person out of 6 billion to actually have noticed something different, you're not just rehashing someone else's thoughts.
YOUR opinions are what help me decide which games to buy, which magazines to read, which console to get next, what type of ISP I should go for (ty for the Blueyonder one WookieeMonster, owe you one there), what type of GFX card I should upgrade to, what kind of cable is best between console and TV and so on. So they're important.
As for Future of Gaming Chat topics, it sometimes gets to the stage where I just give up and go over to the PS2 forum instead, because at least there I know most of the topics are on track and relevant. If there was a 'Move to Relevant Forum' button on my browser I could reduce the FOG chat to 50% of its current size.
I've been here over two years, I think I've seen every topic under the sun pass through the FOG forums, so most of the time I DO see the same old subjects being given new topics again. "Console Wars" topics pop up every week or so, "Top 10 Games Ever" is another popular one, "I've Seen All These Topics Before So I'm Going To Write About Soup/Goldfish" is yet another common theme. But the point here is, sometimes, just sometimes, someone comes up with something altogether new, or brings an interesting twist to a topic that has previously been chatted to death.
The important factor, though, is ORIGINALITY. I want to see YOUR opinion, not someone else's, and I don't care if you're posting under JAT, Newbie, Regular or Notable or even Staff status.
Sorry if this has been posted before.
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I can safetly tell you now that Neverwinter Nights is one of the worst games this year, and the worst game I own. And this is coming from an RPG fanatic.
If you want to see for yourself go here:
http://forum.pcgamer.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=7
There should be one or two topics about it, and the majority of people are negative.
If you want to see for yourself go here:
http://forum.pcgamer.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=7
There should be one or two topics about it, and the majority of people are negative.
If you want some completely different opinions and something you've probably never read before, head over to the WWE Forum. :D
One less sale for SR then
*awaits Tony's wrath*
If you haven't already, you must play Morrowind. It's probably playing that which left me so unimpressed with Neverwinter Nights. It has no multiplayer mode, but I garuantee it will take over your life.
I also played Dungeon Siege quite a bit this summer. Despite the fact it's a fairly simple hack and slash affair, it is suprisingly addictive. There's always something which is just out of reach, just a few enemies away...
I think I chalked up somwhere approaching 80 hours on Dungeon Siege in total, 47 of which in one save game file. I would say how many Morrowind took up, but it really is terrifyingly high...
*awaits Tony's wrath*
If you haven't already, you must play Morrowind. It's probably playing that which left me so unimpressed with Neverwinter Nights. It has no multiplayer mode, but I garuantee it will take over your life.
I also played Dungeon Siege quite a bit this summer. Despite the fact it's a fairly simple hack and slash affair, it is suprisingly addictive. There's always something which is just out of reach, just a few enemies away...
I think I chalked up somwhere approaching 80 hours on Dungeon Siege in total, 47 of which in one save game file. I would say how many Morrowind took up, but it really is terrifyingly high...
VenomByte wrote:
> Okay, my Neverwinter review is up.
Ta :)
*Starts saving up for Icewind Dale 2 instead*
> Okay, my Neverwinter review is up.
Ta :)
*Starts saving up for Icewind Dale 2 instead*
Okay, my Neverwinter review is up.
Hmmm...
When I take someone else's opinion, I normally state it in the first line:
eg. Ign seemed to think that:
or
Planet Gamecube's review of ***** said ...
etc.
I take it that other people aren't though...
When I take someone else's opinion, I normally state it in the first line:
eg. Ign seemed to think that:
or
Planet Gamecube's review of ***** said ...
etc.
I take it that other people aren't though...
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FantasyMeister wrote:
> When you post those ones on here can we have a sort of code, like
> starting the review with ** or ~~ so that I can skip those ones?
great one. oh and if you read up to here i thought you was going to skip it?
FantasyMeister wrote:
> When you post those ones on here can we have a sort of code, like
> starting the review with ** or ~~ so that I can skip those ones?
great one. oh and if you read up to here i thought you was going to skip it?
Strafex wrote:
> If I'm posting about a game that I've NOT played, I have to rely on
> what other have written, so I'd tell you what Planet Gamecube, or
> whoever else has played, it thought.
When you post those ones on here can we have a sort of code, like starting the review with ** or ~~ so that I can skip those ones?
> If I'm posting about a game that I've NOT played, I have to rely on
> what other have written, so I'd tell you what Planet Gamecube, or
> whoever else has played, it thought.
When you post those ones on here can we have a sort of code, like starting the review with ** or ~~ so that I can skip those ones?
i would write another review and try and get a gad (which is unlikely) but i have played on no new games for ages...
unless, yes ive got it "buffy the vampire slayer"
unless, yes ive got it "buffy the vampire slayer"
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