EGMR writes: "It’s become a common opinion around the internet with many gamers that reviews aren’t helpful enough when it comes to making a purchasing decision. I’ve observed numerous gamers state that they would much prefer to watch a Let’s Play or a substantial amount of recorded gameplay footage when deciding on a game, while others rely on word of mouth, select individuals or alternative methods. Obviously as a game reviewer myself this is a subject that has fascinated me and, because I’m a relatively open-minded person and I accept that when things change in this digital age one must learn to adapt otherwise be left behind, I’ve wondered what the issues and implications surrounding this are. After spending some time reading general feedback to reviews and discussions surrounding how people deal with reviews in general, I’ve opted to interpret that and draw my own conclusions which I’ll present in one (hopefully) coherent piece. This can be considered an extension of my last opinion on reviews."
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EK Cooling allegedly has slipped itself into a hot soup of seemingly endless financial woes, where it has not paid its staff, suppliers, and contractors for many months as the company is facing liquidity problems and a surplus of inventory left unsold, stuck in the warehouse for a more extended period. Gamers Nexus investigated these claims made by former and current personnel, where he found trails of unpaid bills lasting as long as three to four months and unpaid raises that accumulated for almost a year.
EK Water Blocks has two entities—a Slovenian-based headquarters and a US-based subsidiary, EK Cooling Solutions. Steve narrated the series of events in detail, stating that the company was reportedly irresponsible and negligent regarding payment. Consequently, partners and employees are forced to share the burden of alleged mismanagement. It all begins with its extensive range of products, leading to a surplus of goods. EK has over 230 water blocks, 40 liquid cooling kits, 85 reservoirs, 40 pumps, 73 radiators, and 212 miscellaneous accessories.
Yes this is not about video games directly but indirectly this will impact the pc gaming/workstation space hard.
This company is massive one of two in the water cool space so if it goes poof then thousands out there have no spare parts or half built computers.
SO yeah i know not about a video game but think of it as amd leaving the pc space but this is ekwb that could be leaving water cooling in the pc space
Jayz2cents a supporter of there products also has issues
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As someone that has built a watercooling rig. EK is big, but there's so many numerous watercooling part companies out there. EK's stuff isn't exactly amazing quality for the price compared to others either, it's just ok. Much like Corsair. The impact would be negligible long term. For perspective the majority of my parts are XSPC, at most I use EK for my gpu waterblocks and fittings. Both easily replaceable.
Lets plays and Gameplay won't make reviews useless.
Reviews are what I usually watch/read before I make a decision of purchase, I can't watch "let's plays" but even gameplay videos won't sway me. I like to review content myself and it's important to me to look at other peoples opinions.
"Let's plays" I would always stay away from especially if you don't wan to spoil huge plot-points in the game, that once spoiled you may not even want the game anymore. Reviews are more thought out of what is presented but also not hiding anything.
I also do agree with the author that the the scoring for reviewing is flawed. Most people look at a game with a 70 and they already think it's a bad game. That's more of a community issue though, not a reviewer issue. Many games that averaged around 70s on metacritic were actually good games that I would replay like Dante's Inferno, Mafia 2, and Wolfenstine for the ps3. 70 does not mean the end of the world, but for some people it does.