Reviews?

bjp4444 · 04-14-2005, 10:56 PM

I was just wondering if the rest of you have a site/show/magazine you all prefer to use when it comes to game reviews. With some many out there all with differing opinions, what's your preference?

I personally use Electronic Gaming Monthly. I like the "three reviewers to a game" method, as it gives a wide scope of views and play styles. They cover everything, and don't give preferential treatment to games, and they don't seem to predetermine games before review. I believe, if Halo 2 turned out to be a horrible game, they would tell you so, regardless of the hype.

However, I almost never seem to find myself agreeing with X-Play. As delectable as Morgan Webb looks sometimes, they always seem to go against what I would like about a game. Not always, but most of the time.

Any one else have some insight?
-bjp

Geosgaeno · 04-15-2005, 05:30 AM

i dont really collect gaming magazines, but i do have a favourite but ive forgottoen the name, ill get back to you with the name as soon as possible.

Kilu · 04-15-2005, 08:24 AM

I don't read much game mags anymore. Only one I read more than occasionally is a local mag called PELIT, which translates as GAMES.

Clever name. Anyway, it's been around so long that you have learned which reviewer shares your tastes and as a result I can tell pretty well what games I'd like and not like after reading that mag.

I occasionally check www.gamespot.com as well for quick peeks on what kind of scores has some game had from there, and how well has people scored it.

bjp4444 · 04-15-2005, 06:11 PM

Yeah, I didn't really know if someone used some way-out there 'zine or site for game review. [Does anyone?] I would guess that not all of us have the same access to the same resources, which might make it hard for everyone to peruse others' choices. I was merely interested; I wanted to widen my horizon of game review.

-bjp

bjp4444 · 08-07-2005, 06:34 PM

Hey y'all, I've somewhat been inspired to try my own hand at writing game reviews. I've decided to start off with some older games, then hopefully move onto more current stuff [as much as my budget allows]. The first installment can be found here:

http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=5616352

Any comments would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to improve, so any nitpicking and such it really wanted, actually.
EDIT
Please PM any suggestions or rants, so nto to fill this topic up with that stuff.

Thanks
-bjp

Locke · 08-07-2005, 07:44 PM

Not bad at all. A good length for a review, accurate to the game, Kudo's to ya man. Almost makes me want to start doing some reviews for games now.

kai · 08-08-2005, 07:13 AM

Personally I don't believe in reading reviews. I find everyone is pretty biased when reviewing games, true you could find someone who reviews games and has the same taste in games as yourself (more or less) but there are always those rare games that will keep your attention even though most view it as a waste of time.

DonQuixote · 08-08-2005, 03:52 PM

I usually use the fool proof look at the cover art with occasional word of mouth reviews.

Lance Alvein · 08-09-2005, 09:37 AM

Would you buy this game, just by looking at its cover?

bjp4444 · 08-16-2005, 07:52 PM

My next attempt:

God of War Review

Thanks in advance for any critiques.

-bjp

Locke · 08-16-2005, 08:43 PM

BJP - You left me craving the game as I've not yet had a chance to play it

Lance - Oh god yes, the second I saw a game like that I would be heading out and renting it in a second

Kilu · 08-17-2005, 08:27 AM

Hey bjp, you should submit the reviews to RPGN

Eventhough the emphasis is on RPGs, other games get reviews in here as well

04-14-2005, 10:56 PM	#1
bjp4444 The Walking Paradox White Wizard Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,298	Reviews? I was just wondering if the rest of you have a site/show/magazine you all prefer to use when it comes to game reviews. With some many out there all with differing opinions, what's your preference? I personally use Electronic Gaming Monthly. I like the "three reviewers to a game" method, as it gives a wide scope of views and play styles. They cover everything, and don't give preferential treatment to games, and they don't seem to predetermine games before review. I believe, if Halo 2 turned out to be a horrible game, they would tell you so, regardless of the hype. However, I almost never seem to find myself agreeing with X-Play. As delectable as Morgan Webb looks sometimes, they always seem to go against what I would like about a game. Not always, but most of the time. Any one else have some insight? -bjp __________________ ....without mercy, man is but a beast.

04-15-2005, 05:30 AM	#2
Geosgaeno Chemist Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In A Planetary System In A Spiral Galaxy, in the middle of somewhere vastly unknown Posts: 1,777	i dont really collect gaming magazines, but i do have a favourite but ive forgottoen the name, ill get back to you with the name as soon as possible. __________________ "I Think i could turn and live with animals, they are so placid and self contained, for they do not lie awake in the dark weeping for their sins, for they do not make me sick discussing their duty to God, not one of them leans to another, or to his own kind that lived thousands of years ago, not one of them is respectable or unhappy, all over the Earth"

04-15-2005, 08:24 AM	#3
Kilu Fishbaker Geomancer Tournaments Won: 1 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: FI Posts: 3,827	I don't read much game mags anymore. Only one I read more than occasionally is a local mag called PELIT, which translates as GAMES. Clever name. Anyway, it's been around so long that you have learned which reviewer shares your tastes and as a result I can tell pretty well what games I'd like and not like after reading that mag. I occasionally check www.gamespot.com as well for quick peeks on what kind of scores has some game had from there, and how well has people scored it. __________________

04-15-2005, 06:11 PM	#4
bjp4444 The Walking Paradox White Wizard Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,298	Yeah, I didn't really know if someone used some way-out there 'zine or site for game review. [Does anyone?] I would guess that not all of us have the same access to the same resources, which might make it hard for everyone to peruse others' choices. I was merely interested; I wanted to widen my horizon of game review. -bjp __________________ ....without mercy, man is but a beast.

08-07-2005, 06:34 PM	#5
bjp4444 The Walking Paradox White Wizard Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,298	Hey y'all, I've somewhat been inspired to try my own hand at writing game reviews. I've decided to start off with some older games, then hopefully move onto more current stuff [as much as my budget allows]. The first installment can be found here: http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=...UserId=5616352 Any comments would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to improve, so any nitpicking and such it really wanted, actually. EDIT Please PM any suggestions or rants, so nto to fill this topic up with that stuff. Thanks -bjp __________________ ....without mercy, man is but a beast. Last edited by bjp4444; 08-07-2005 at 08:17 PM.

08-07-2005, 07:44 PM	#6
Locke Geomancer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,125	Not bad at all. A good length for a review, accurate to the game, Kudo's to ya man. Almost makes me want to start doing some reviews for games now. __________________ "And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholly what he must do..." - A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin

08-08-2005, 07:13 AM	#7
kai White Wizard Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,396	Personally I don't believe in reading reviews. I find everyone is pretty biased when reviewing games, true you could find someone who reviews games and has the same taste in games as yourself (more or less) but there are always those rare games that will keep your attention even though most view it as a waste of time. __________________

08-08-2005, 03:52 PM	#8
DonQuixote Dancer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: WI Posts: 222	I usually use the fool proof look at the cover art with occasional word of mouth reviews. __________________

08-09-2005, 09:37 AM	#9
Lance Alvein White Wizard Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Charlottetown, PEI Posts: 1,247	Would you buy this game, just by looking at its cover? __________________ I don't suffer from insanity... I enjoy every minute of it

08-16-2005, 07:52 PM	#10
bjp4444 The Walking Paradox White Wizard Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,298	My next attempt: God of War Review Thanks in advance for any critiques. -bjp __________________ ....without mercy, man is but a beast.

08-16-2005, 08:43 PM	#11
Locke Geomancer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Leduc, Alberta, Canada Posts: 4,125	BJP - You left me craving the game as I've not yet had a chance to play it Lance - Oh god yes, the second I saw a game like that I would be heading out and renting it in a second __________________ "And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholly what he must do..." - A Wizard of Earthsea - Ursula Le Guin

08-17-2005, 08:27 AM	#12
Kilu Fishbaker Geomancer Tournaments Won: 1 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: FI Posts: 3,827	Hey bjp, you should submit the reviews to RPGN Eventhough the emphasis is on RPGs, other games get reviews in here as well __________________

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