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Many times I've read a game review by someone who has no interest or experience in the genre. While a different point of view is always interesting, I personall
by sotojuan 9y ago
Many times I've read a game review by someone who has no interest or experience in the genre. While a different point of view is always interesting, I personally enjoy reviews and writing by someone at least knowledgeable about the subject matter and its context.
An example was a review for the Crash Bandicoot remakes by someone who has never played or been into classic platformers. Therefore, the review was mostly complaining about how you go back to the beginning if you lose all your lives (!?).
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Personally, like others have said, I rely on friends and communities devoted to a few specific genres I like (turn based JRPGs make up 80% of my game library).
- Gargoyle 9y agoSimilar to what seems to constantly happen on AV Club with their TV reviews. A reviewer who has no interest in the material is assigned and their reviews are awful. The saving grace, though, is that the comment threads on those shows are often wonderful anyway. They somehow have a solid community despite their terrible review strategy. Possible something like that could happen with a game review site.
- theresistor 9y agoSee, that Crash Bandicoot review sounds useful to me. I also did not play the originals, and vaguely wondered if I should play the remakes to see what I missed out on. Knowing that it is a frustrating experience without the nostalgia factor is quite valuable to me.
- dkersten 9y agoGoing back to the beginning isn't necessarily a frustrating experience though. It depends on other factors such as how far back you go and how frequently it happens. I personally don't find Crash frustrating or particularly hard. If you don't play platformers (I do), then perhaps it would be frustrating for you. But.. yes, games have become more accessible than they were in the 90's when Crash was created.