Its suprised me when recently I found out how many people simply dont read game reviews. I dont think games are only as good as theire reviews are, but I do trust them. By the time I have my opinion, I have spent my own money, and its a bit to late then if my opinion is bad. So I use reviews as a guide.
I think games are lot less about opinion than, say, films. Since games offer one basic thing- fun, there is less to have an opinion on. So in my view if a game is very fun, its very fun. Since movies offer so many other things, emotion, suspence, a detailed story, the opinions on them are a lot more varied.
Its ture that games have movie like qualities like above, but in the end what it comes down to is the gameplay. The gameplay, by massive majority, is the greatest part of the game. You dont play movies do you?
This is why it annoys me when people say "I dont read reviews because its only thier opinion". When a lot of reviews say a game is good, then its obviously fun to play. And usually all the major magasines and sites have simillar reviews, because of what I said before, the gameplay is what it comes down to and people tend to agree one that. That is because games reviewers come to game for the same thing- gameplay. With movies critics come for many things, these different things are on totally different levels and while one critic might like a movie becuase he "got what he came for" anouther might not like it because he didnt get what he wanted, and what was good is underated. The gameplay is what gamers come from, and they seem to agree a lot more on how much they like it. Why do you think Halo 2 has got such a massive following? All the XBOXers came to Halo for fun, and they got fun. And I have yet to meet someone who didnt, unless its someone whos only played it for half an hour and thinks he knows everything. Everyone came for GAME and that got that, GAME.
Now think about the movie 21 Grams. Most of the ciritics agree its a brilliant movie, infact its one of the best dramas of this age, and proably a better movie than Halo is a game. So, why hasnt this movie got such a massive fanbase? Where is the sequal? This is why- the average joes of movies came to it looking for what they usually get at the cinema, unbelivable action and a total disregard for storyline. Instead they get long drawn out dialogue, the tiniest bit of action and an ending which dosent blow you away with volume and cgi-glory. They didnt get what they wanted and didnt like the movie.
But evryone came to halo wanting the same thing and got that.
So the reviews where good.
Do the the revieiwers could tell people looking for exactly the same thing they will get it.
Which is why I trust reviews and think reviews can be trusted.
Thankyou for getting this far. And please dont start saying "w00t hal0 sux0r" I only used that game as an example. Maybe I could have used half-life or grand theft auto. And thers proably someone here who dosent like one of those three. Id like to put emphasis on "almost everyone".
I think games are lot less about opinion than, say, films. Since games offer one basic thing- fun, there is less to have an opinion on. So in my view if a game is very fun, its very fun. Since movies offer so many other things, emotion, suspence, a detailed story, the opinions on them are a lot more varied.
Its ture that games have movie like qualities like above, but in the end what it comes down to is the gameplay. The gameplay, by massive majority, is the greatest part of the game. You dont play movies do you?
This is why it annoys me when people say "I dont read reviews because its only thier opinion". When a lot of reviews say a game is good, then its obviously fun to play. And usually all the major magasines and sites have simillar reviews, because of what I said before, the gameplay is what it comes down to and people tend to agree one that. That is because games reviewers come to game for the same thing- gameplay. With movies critics come for many things, these different things are on totally different levels and while one critic might like a movie becuase he "got what he came for" anouther might not like it because he didnt get what he wanted, and what was good is underated. The gameplay is what gamers come from, and they seem to agree a lot more on how much they like it. Why do you think Halo 2 has got such a massive following? All the XBOXers came to Halo for fun, and they got fun. And I have yet to meet someone who didnt, unless its someone whos only played it for half an hour and thinks he knows everything. Everyone came for GAME and that got that, GAME.
Now think about the movie 21 Grams. Most of the ciritics agree its a brilliant movie, infact its one of the best dramas of this age, and proably a better movie than Halo is a game. So, why hasnt this movie got such a massive fanbase? Where is the sequal? This is why- the average joes of movies came to it looking for what they usually get at the cinema, unbelivable action and a total disregard for storyline. Instead they get long drawn out dialogue, the tiniest bit of action and an ending which dosent blow you away with volume and cgi-glory. They didnt get what they wanted and didnt like the movie.
But evryone came to halo wanting the same thing and got that.
So the reviews where good.
Do the the revieiwers could tell people looking for exactly the same thing they will get it.
Which is why I trust reviews and think reviews can be trusted.
Thankyou for getting this far. And please dont start saying "w00t hal0 sux0r" I only used that game as an example. Maybe I could have used half-life or grand theft auto. And thers proably someone here who dosent like one of those three. Id like to put emphasis on "almost everyone".
