It’s important to note with reviews on any website:
– look for the author – more often than not, the author plays a far larger role in the review score.
– read the review – authors have to justify their number, those pros and cons listings from IGN suck.
– gain perspective.
Numbers and quantifiers are always arbitrary, and each review site uses number reviews differently.
Anecdotally:
I read a negative review for Mario Party : Jamboree, and it was assigned to someone who explained in their review that they were not a fan of the formula of any Mario Party.
They were assigned to it by the journalism website, and I think they were fair considering their experience with the product and laid out their thoughts extremely well. They ultimately gave the game a 6/10.
There’s also this push-pull in the gaming review space of needing to keep up relationships with corporations as well, which also muddies the water with game reviews.
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Is IGN still a thing?
It’s important to note with reviews on any website:
– look for the author – more often than not, the author plays a far larger role in the review score.
– read the review – authors have to justify their number, those pros and cons listings from IGN suck.
– gain perspective.
Numbers and quantifiers are always arbitrary, and each review site uses number reviews differently.
Anecdotally:
I read a negative review for Mario Party : Jamboree, and it was assigned to someone who explained in their review that they were not a fan of the formula of any Mario Party.
They were assigned to it by the journalism website, and I think they were fair considering their experience with the product and laid out their thoughts extremely well. They ultimately gave the game a 6/10.
There’s also this push-pull in the gaming review space of needing to keep up relationships with corporations as well, which also muddies the water with game reviews.