Hm, I'm trying to work out how your comment relates to tomscabs', however I'm also trying to understand what tomscab was saying in the first place.
There are two directions one can go with that (the subjectiveness/objectiveness of a review). Reviews can either be objective, or at least as...
That's just a matter of opinion. These publications give us ONE method in which they review games, which is essentially a way to measure a games entertainment value and a way in which to compare it to other games. When you start picking and choosing like that, breaking up the market between say...
Gothic Walrus
This is why. :)
I understand what you mean. But despite the fact that whilst not many use the game booklet, we're still playing for it. However, this doesn't justify its or the mention of the games' price in a review.
A review should simply be an analysis of the game itself...
I'm pretty surprised the every single comment so far has been negative. A couple of people mentioned that '90% percent of what he talked about' wasn't about his game (recalls section dedicated to meaningless statistics), and you're right, but I'm pretty sure that was the point! He was simply...
Whilst price seems to already be a consideration for most gaming media, I think that in order for games to be taken more seriously they need to be reviewed in and of themselves. I can't think of any other media in the entertainment industry where price takes such a prominent place in the...