@rb_man said:
@TragicallyErock said:
They review games for a living, sure...
but aren't they also real people? They have opinions, and biases, and good days, and bad days just like all of us.
I don't want to see robotic fact-sheet filled, focus-grouped-for-marketing style quicklooks. I want to see real people playing the game. As far as I'm concerned, if they get stuck on something in the quicklook, then that IS an accurate representation of the game.
Also, Id rather miss out on one good game that had a bad quicklook, then play any of the dozens of trash-heap games that I thought might have been good before seeing how utterly terrible the gameplay looked. I barely have time or money to play the EXCELLENT games I want to play. I dont want to waste my time on something that MIGHT turn out to be KIND-OF up my ally if the quicklook only made it look a little more appealing.
In no way am I saying that's what they should do. I am just saying like a hour of playing the game and like 20 minuets of looking up info about the game before hand will not kill anybody or hell even just reading the the in game info.
I certainly agree with you there.
Although, I'd say they do a very good job of that for MOST of the games people really care about.
The only time it's really lacking is for really low-profile games that they don't have a lot of time for. In these cases, any type of quicklook is better than nothing at all.
In the case of the Lego Batman QL (which I just watched because of this thread), I take 2 things away.
1. they didn't spend much time with it because let's face it, the lego series churns out games like crazy, and they have more pressing places to focus their time.
2. and, yup... the frustrating "I can see what needs to be done, but can't find the item to do it", pretty much sums up that series for me. So I would expect no less than that from the quicklook honestly.
I can totally see where you are comming from. I just really don't think every game DESERVES the due-dilligence that you are asking for, and I'd rather see them spend the time on the games that DO deserve it.
Take, for example, gotham city imposters QL from a few months back. I never would have bought that game without the QL from giantbomb. But they did a great job of showcasing it for being exactly what it was. A fresh idea that was if nothing else, something INTERESTING, and full of a shit-load of laughs.
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