Very stupid argument have some sense next time…..

“If you can’t be bothered to play it, why should a reviewer? Developers shouldn’t waste time working on something that only a few people will ever go back to. At the very least, they shouldn’t waste MY time. ”

The goal of a person who performs game reviews (or any kind of review for that matter) is not to have fun. It is to play the game, analyze its strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately, provide a recommendation to the public as to whether they should consider buying the game. If the reviewer happens to have fun while playing the game, that is a fortunate side benefit. The review is for the benefit of the public, not the reviewer.

“Lets take Ikaruga, Jet Set Willy 2, R-Type and Ghouls n’ Ghosts as examples. It is possible to complete all these games in well under the 7 hours that many CoD4 reviewers complained about, but only if you’ve got the skills to do it – and by the way, most of you don’t. That doesn’t mean you won’t try again. After all, you really should be able to finish it in 1 hour, right? The majority of videogames today require more time than skill and that’s a shame.”

If a reviewer doesn’t have the skill to finish a particular game in a timely fashion, then perhaps he or she is not best suited to provide a review for that particular genre. You wouldn’t care what your grandmother thought of Call of Duty 4, would you? But she might be able to offer some insight regarding Wii Sports from an older person’s perspective, right?

At the end of the day, the review is supposed to inform. If the reviewer doesn’t play the whole game, in some instances, that individual is not providing a full picture. Imagine what the reviews would have been for the Sixth Sense if all the critics walked out 3/4 of the way through the movie?

Again, the caveat to this is that certain games, such as JRPGs, are almost impossible to finish within a week. Especially if writing game reviews is not your primary occupation. But for a game that offers between 5 and 15 hours of single-player gameplay, there is no reason why a competent gamer could not finish the game once and write a review. It may not be fun, especially if it is a shitty game, but that is the life of a critic.

Go with the truth & I’ll bet you all day. I wont go with MW2 vs Halo 3:ODST because anything can happen there. However, I’ll be more than happy to bet you MW2 wont come close to Halo 3 numbers on the 360 only.

Nah Ghouls and Ghosts had me pissed the fuck off playing it to what i thought was presumably the end just to have to do it again!!! Me and my brother use to race to see who could really beat the game faster.

You want games that require skill try Battletoads or Mega Man. Fuck i hated Mega Man shit had no passwords and energy was hard to come by. I shouldn’t even have to talk about battletoads… More recently i would have to say the first Halo on legendary was challenging and Uncharted on Crushing… Fuckin hate crushing.

Love your attitude (nohomo). I wont take that ODST vs MW2, however, I believe ODST will prevail in the end.

In the US Market, where we can accurately track software sales & not pack-ins. Halo 3:ODST will outsell the top 3 PS3 exclusives by the end of December 09. You take your pick.