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Mudslinger · 09-23-03, 11:22 AM

I agree with you completely, Bubbabing. I've found that the general quality of reviews for PPC-games is much lower than for PC-games.

When it comes to PC-games there are at least a few sites where one can get fairly reliable and detailed reviews (Gamespot and Gamespy for instance).

But where do I go for reviews of PPC-games? All the places I've seen so far feature an absurd amount of 9/10 or 10/10 scores. Almost as if the reviewers are grateful that any PPC-games are being made at all. Or as if they are impressed by technology (ooh, it has 3D-graphics!) rather than by how fun the game actually is.

PPC-games is a big enough market/industry by now that it really IS time for reviewers to start separating the bad games from the average, and the good ones from the truly brilliant ones.

I noticed earlier in the thread someone saying that maybe the reviewers really do like the games that much. Yeah, well. If a person have some kind of disorder that makes him love ALL games, even the crappy ones, then maybe that person shouldn't be doing reviews.
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09-23-03, 11:22 AM	#11 (permalink)
Mudslinger Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I agree with you completely, Bubbabing. I've found that the general quality of reviews for PPC-games is much lower than for PC-games. When it comes to PC-games there are at least a few sites where one can get fairly reliable and detailed reviews (Gamespot and Gamespy for instance). But where do I go for reviews of PPC-games? All the places I've seen so far feature an absurd amount of 9/10 or 10/10 scores. Almost as if the reviewers are grateful that any PPC-games are being made at all. Or as if they are impressed by technology (ooh, it has 3D-graphics!) rather than by how fun the game actually is. PPC-games is a big enough market/industry by now that it really IS time for reviewers to start separating the bad games from the average, and the good ones from the truly brilliant ones. I noticed earlier in the thread someone saying that maybe the reviewers really do like the games that much. Yeah, well. If a person have some kind of disorder that makes him love ALL games, even the crappy ones, then maybe that person shouldn't be doing reviews. ;) Last edited by Mudslinger; 09-23-03 at 11:25 AM.