These multi-day game reviews, ain't it obvious at this point?

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I don't thing you can properly review any form of media besides books and film RIGHT at the moment you finish it.


Games, music ect imo should take time to process.

But the thing is, the reviewers get these games weeks before the public does.

So when they act like they had to wait for it to drop at Best Buy and take 3 days to review it that's bullshyt
 

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But the thing is, the reviewers get these games weeks before the public does.

So when they act like they had to wait for it to drop at Best Buy and take 3 days to review it that's bullshyt

Still not that simple. It takes weeks to beat some games and then another few weeks to really digest it. Skyrim was a 10/10 out the box but even in 3 weeks you didnt see all the game had to offer. I'm just saying, a good game like a good album can persist and create an urge for you to play it again. That's not something that just happens in a week or two.
 

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But the thing is, the reviewers get these games weeks before the public does.

So when they act like they had to wait for it to drop at Best Buy and take 3 days to review it that's bullshyt

They just got Dying Light codes Monday/Tuesday breh, in this case they have a reason for late/day-by-day reviews. When they get copies early, they have reviews out before or by the release dates.

Gaming is very messy right now, and the journalism is definitely starting to reflect that. The fact nikkas even have to go back and re-review shyt months later because patches finally fix(or break) more things, or games are just so much more broken than reviewers realized is proof of that IMO.
 
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They just got Dying Light codes Monday/Tuesday breh, in this case they have a reason for late/day-by-day reviews. When they get copies early, they have reviews out before or by the release dates.

Gaming is very messy right now, and the journalism is definitely starting to reflect that. The fact nikkas even have to go back and re-review shyt months later because patches finally fix(or break) more things, or games are just so much more broken than reviewers realized is proof of that IMO.

Well then these game companies doing this shyt on purpose to delay the reviews.

Like ya said this industry is sloppy as fukk with the journalism, seems like there is so much misleading shyt. Can't just read a review anymore.

Still metacritic had 2 sites that reviewed thegame by tuesday.
 

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See they do this with so many games now "Dying Light, review day 1 in progress" and then they stretch it out for 3-4 days.

Isn't it obvious companies are paying websites to delay reviews so people will just buy their shyt?

Once I see this shyt, I feel like the game is gonna be trash.

Accept for the fact that dying light isn't trash, and the reviews in progress exist to give reviewers sufficient time to play and judge the games

Conspiracy theories :camby:
 

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I'm hearing good things for Dying Light.
I'll let y'all know how it is when I cop it. lol
 

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Wasn't going specifically at Dying Light, just this one really made me notice how often they're doing this nowadays.

"This one" doesn't fit the narrative though.

Its not about devs paying for delayed reviews. Devs actually force reviewers to delay them. Its called an embargo. In exchange for giving free early access to the games devs asks reviewers to wait till a certain time/day to release the reviews. In most cases its before the game comes out. In SOME cases its after the game comes out. Both destiny and Asscreed Unity made reviewers wait until after release date to post reviews. And it was obvious why they did it. In the case of dying light there was no embargo, the game just came down to the wire, so reviewers didn't get their copies until Monday evening.
 
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GamesRadar just gave this shyt a 3/5, you're telling me these delayed reviews don't help sales.

Who the fukks paying 65 bucks for a mediocre game?
 
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"This one" doesn't fit the narrative though.

Its not about devs paying for delayed reviews. Devs actually force reviewers to delay them. Its called an embargo. In exchange for giving free early access to the games devs asks reviewers to wait till a certain time/day to release the reviews. In most cases its before the game comes out. In SOME cases its after the game comes out. Both destiny and Asscreed Unity made reviewers wait until after release date to post reviews. And it was obvious why they did it. In the case of dying light there was no embargo, the game just came down to the wire, so reviewers didn't get their copies until Monday evening.

Oh I see.

Them embargoes are some BS.

They know the fans rely on them reviews heavy
 
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