Nitpick about IGN's review of LittleBigPlanet

I read IGN every once in a while. Mostly the PC/Wii/DS channels, but  I was looking at their review for LBP and couldn't help but noticehow freaking long it was. 6(!!!) pages long. What "casual" gamer is going to read that review in its entirety without just saying "bah. I don't want to read all of this about a game I might want to buy."

I agree. Most reviewers feel the need to go through every little device that happens in the game, while Giant Bomb just hits on the, "This works, this sucks, this is awesome, buy it, don't buy it," mentality. They write the review for the player, not themselves, which happens a lot.

As long as it's not redundant information, I rather have a review be as long as possible. They are persuading people's purchases with a games that are typically $60. If I wasn't excited for the game already, and I wanted to get an opinion from a reviewer, I would want as much information as possible.

I don't think many casual gamers read reviews anyway...

I hate to agree on the lenght. But the review itself was alright.

Dude, are you mental? Yes, you are lazy. If you don't want to read all six pages, skip to the last page and read their closing comments and summarized review break down. Besides, it may be 6 pages but IGN's pages aren't very long anyway.

Yeah it was an alright review, the length just struck me as unneccesary. 

To brukaoru- 

"Dude, are you mental? Yes, you are lazy. If you don't want to read all six pages, skip to the last page and read their closing comments and summarized review break down. Besides, it may be 6 pages but IGN's pages aren't very long anyway."

In general, I find IGN's video game reviews to be too damn long most of the time.
Reviewers should be able to write reviews that aren't excessively long, but at the same time aren't so short that they're useless. They need to find a proper balance.

"I read IGN every once in a while. Mostly the PC/Wii/DS channels, but  I was looking at their review for LBP and couldn't help but noticehow freaking long it was. 6(!!!) pages long. What "casual" gamer is going to read that review in its entirety without just saying "bah. I don't want to read all of this about a game I might want to buy."

Just tell me what you THINK of the game IGN, we don't need a novel about how all the different nuances of the game work. This is something I appreciate about GiantBomb reviews; to the point and they tell me what I want to know. Its not because I'm lazy that I don't want to read your six page review, Chris Roper, its because what I want to know is "Do you like this game? If so, how much? And a little about why you like it or don't like it. Thank you." Not "How do I unlock special outfits for my character in this game, and how much of it is there?"

That is all. Other than the length of some of their reviews, I throughly enjoy a lot of IGN content. Peace! :D

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"TheGreatGuero said:

"Dude, are you mental? Yes, you are lazy. If you don't want to read all six pages, skip to the last page and read their closing comments and summarized review break down. Besides, it may be 6 pages but IGN's pages aren't very long anyway."

I think you misunderstood what I was getting at. I was trying to say that casual gamers pprobably don't want to read a six page article about why this person liked a game. I'm perfectly willing to read a six-page review, as long as its a good review. But I'm more of a "hardcore" gamer and I enjoy doing stuff like that. For the casual gamer audience LBP is likely to attract, why have such a long review? 

But you have a point. Most casual gamers probably just look at the score and say "ok this ones bad." While that's all fine and dandy, I think it kinda sucks that some people would just skip reading the review and just look at the score. (Due to the length of the article.)"

"In general, I find IGN's video game reviews to be too damn long most of the time.
Reviewers should be able to write reviews that aren't excessively long, but at the same time aren't so short that they're useless. They need to find a proper balance."

I've got a nitpick also.