This blog is focusing on how rushed reviews are being published by the media have affected games saying they are the perfect game
The most recent example has to be Halo Reach. A recent article has sprung up on N4g stating does Halo Reach Deserve 10 out of 10 http://n4g.com/news/605525/...
This blog isn’t about was Halo Reach a 10 out of 10 game because that is a matter of opinion but suggesting that the media push these reviews out to early and are neglecting major problems with games. Certain websites like IGN gave a perfect score so quickly it made me think this game must not have any problems. It wasn’t until I read more reviews, posted much later, that pointed out some problems. For instance Kotaku posted this http://kotaku.com/5635510/h...
It basically stats there are a lot of great things with Halo but the main problem was the Allies Ai being poor. These sort of issues have been neglected in these early reviews. The big thing is how that these issues slip in a review and how some parts of the media can give a perfect 10 with a problem that other games are rated down for.
This isn’t the only game to have this problem. For example GTA IV and Red Dead Redemption. GTA IV had loads of 10 out of 10 when the game had problems that only arise when playing the game for any length amount of time (like replay factor, missions being very similar, and more). RDR is a fantastic example of this issue. 20 of reviews stated it was a perfect 10 game. Only a quick search on Youtube for glitches in this game disproves this. I personally has experienced a couple of these glitches like poor graphical loading (i.e faces didn’t load properly). These are huge problems with a game. Any other game that took longer to review would have rated this much lower due to the amount of glitches and bugs in the game
The problem is that the media is review way too quickly and giving perfect 10s to easily. Halo Reach is not the best example because it is a good game and deserves defiantly around a 9 of what I have seen but what bugs me is that certain bugs/ gameplay problems are over looked so that a review can be published quickly so the web site gets more hits. I have experienced the problem more with RDR due to the amount of bugs in the game.
This has led me to not trust reviews that well which is a big problem. I now tend to read more reviews that are in the mid range because they tend to point out the problems with the games unlike the rushed 10 out of 10 reviews.
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