Gametrailers’ reviewer shame
There has been a lot of discussion lately regarding the credibility of reviews and mostly about the independence of reviewers and games sites, However, there is another issue. I don’t mean someone’s writing skills, gaming skills and experience. I am also curious about how much time a reviewer spends with a game.
I watched over the weekend a lot of reviews on Gametrailers (GT) which although i don’t always agree with i respect and enjoy. But when i watched the Scene it? review on the 360 i was astonished. The reviewer missed something which would only have happened if he played it just once! He claims that one of the faults in this game is that the answers of players (which are multiple choice A,B,X,Y) appear on screen and thus made known to all players. This leads to “jumping the wagon play” especially when one of the players is identified as an expert, just like the reviewer says.
BUT! That happens only in the party mode. You can play (along with three other people) the play mode where answers are not visible!
I am amazed that the reviewer did not notice that. It happened to me and my friends the first 2 times we played it. We played the party mode and experienced the jumping in the wagon thing. But then we tried the first mode and voila! Multiplayer Scene it? with non-visible answers!
Which brings up the obvious question. How long did he play this game? 5mins? 1hour? By himself or with colleagues? Did he take it home to try it with other people? How could he miss such a thing and then post a drawback that is not there? That is simply poor reviewing.