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Actually, I disagree. What I want from game reviews are something beyond what's comparable to a sixth graders summer vacation essay. "I liked modern warfare because dad took us there. We stayed in an online lobby and was very much fun. In the morning, we got up and the scenary was beautiful but we could hear the highway so sound wasn't all that good. Soon my sister and I explored different ways and I discovered a good adventure all my own."
Problem with current reviews is they follow a format that was written 25 years ago. When you look at most reviews of other mediums, there is short punctual items or even long and thoughtful discussion. Video game reviews have NONE of that, unless, of course, it's a review written by a "non-journalist" several months after the fact. Intellectually and functionally, the current review format rewards laziness and it's gotten to the point where I think there's a template or something for em that ships with Office...
Problem with current reviews is they follow a format that was written 25 years ago. When you look at most reviews of other mediums, there is short punctual items or even long and thoughtful discussion. Video game reviews have NONE of that, unless, of course, it's a review written by a "non-journalist" several months after the fact. Intellectually and functionally, the current review format rewards laziness and it's gotten to the point where I think there's a template or something for em that ships with Office...
I don't know. I have a hard time writing a game review as if it were different from a novel or play. If that makes any sense... In revealing my hand, I aspire to a Wilde level of critique. Where the critique itself has to be somewhat artistic in order to explain art. If a review is too simplistic or reductionist then you only understand that person's general opinion but nothing of the piece itself. Good god damn the New York Times can write a fucking movie review. They suck when writing about games though. I don't know why reviewing a game is different from a movie review..... much less why we should say "It's a game, not something worth writing well about".
@sheppy: That's a great review of Modern Warfare there. It may not take much skill to write, but I don't care it's honest and pure.
@S3rro: I just read your review of Dear Esther...and I think we're very different people :)
@S3rro: I just read your review of Dear Esther...and I think we're very different people :)
I read this after writing the Dear Esther review. I burst into laughter when I realized I had just written exactly what you don't want.
I like reading. I don't mind fairly detailed reviews on games and actually wish that more reviews would include more information on the various modes available. I'm often not even aware that some games will have various co-op or splitscreen modes because they aren't well advertised and reviewers rarely bother to mention them. I would also appreciate more detail on the infrastructure when reviewers write about the online portion... are there clan/group options, private games, issues with voicechat/matchmaking, etc.
If anything, I would prefer long reviews, or that a game be broken up into more of it's parts for a more comprehensive review (online and offline components reviewed separately for example).
If anything, I would prefer long reviews, or that a game be broken up into more of it's parts for a more comprehensive review (online and offline components reviewed separately for example).
