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Reply To: Is it time for some more critical analysis of rule sets

August 5, 2019 at 9:09 pm #1422113

limburger

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The one thing I never ever want to see in a review are scores, because (A) nobody ever agrees with the reviewer (it’s either too high or too low) and(B) makes a good game with a fixable flaw as good as a bad game with a brilliant feature

All that’s needed is a summary of pros and cons. Let the reader decide whether that makes it worth buying or not.

Hiding reviews behind a paywall makes no sense at all, because the ones that could benefit the most may not be a member when they stumble upon it. And there’s nothing worse than discovering a detailed review only to be told you need to pay or else …

I’d also argue that any company willing to blacklist sites/reviewers because they didn’t give their game a positive review is a publisher that’s worth avoiding as they can’t handle honest critique.

It will be interesting to see how GW is going to respond to more in-depth reviews especially given that OTT is selling GW products these days. I hope GW have learned from their mistakes …