Ben Dukta from PSXextreme.com writes:
It's the question of the week: how important are video game reviews to you? Are they an essential part of your gaming life? Or do you just ignore them?
The Outerhaven writes: Split/Second was the explosive arcade racing game that outshone Ridge Racer and Burnout. That is, until Disney shut it all down before a sequel could happen.
As a kid i had some heart attacks playing this game. The soundtrack right on point with those close calls. I love this game.
Agreed. I still love it and play it often. Still sucks that Disney was like, nah... this game didn't do well, when it did well against other racers and reviewed well.
Split/Second was one of the game I enjoyed playing. In fact it's still the most popular video on my YouTube channel. It's a gameplay of Split/Second posted 15 years ago. This past month 25 people viewed it. Split/Second is a favourite amongst racing gamers worldwide.
From the mid-1980s to the early part of the 2000s, light gun rail shooters were a staple in both arcade and home system gaming. Arguably, the genre started to really hit its stride in the mid-1990s. While games like Time Crisis, Virtual Cop, and House of the Dead, among others, dominated both the home system and arcade space, some one relegated to only home game systems. Today, we’ll be talking about a little-known cult game published by Sony called Project: Horned Owl. This game was developed by Alfa Systems, and all in all, this is a fun game.
Just like you don’t ask a woman her age, you don’t ask a Final Fantasy fan how many games there are in total.
I don't quiet get who it's directed at. General player? Sure, I can believe them not knowing some of the less popular final fantasy games. But final fantasy FANS? There is nothing forgotten about these games.
Take them into condiseration but let your tastes guide your game purchases.
we form our own opinions. you will favour reviews that match your opinion.
that being said, reviews should be as informed and objective as possible, but that is rarely the case!
actual scores are a farce, especially if only an overall score is given. most games tend to have a few redeeming factors that we should respect :)
they only hold so much weight, i enjoyed genji 2 on ps3, and it got less then 75 from every reviewer out there.
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The actual content of the review and its information about game mechanics,playability and any issues (dodgy camera angles etc) is far more important than a mark out of 10 to me.
If games did have to have a score system i believe the out of 5 method is simply the best........with the out of 10 system any game scoring 7 or less is a massive failure according to alot of posters on these threads!
You cant beat a bit of hands on time though with a game before purchase,demos are a nice indicator usually - infact i was really hyped up for the HALO WARS game but after the demo and an open mind i decided against the purchase........
...that the actual review itself could be seen as valuable as they are giving the pros and cons of the game, but the score at the end, I would not pay much attention to. A lot of the time they contradict each other.
I would prefer a written review with no score, letting me decide whether or not to pick up the game after reading the pros and cons, therefore making an informed decision.
Far too many people ignore the actual review and focus on the score, therefore missing out on some really great titles due to a game being rated an 8 or 7. With the use of scores it just leads to the 'my game is better than your game' cr@p which gets pretty damn boring.
Like the guys above me said, reviews are opinions, they are not fact, different people, different opinions. Use reviews as a guideline but never base your purchase solely on the scores at the end of the review, if you do that you will miss out on some great games.