MitchyD88 wrote:Since it came up, can I ask you what you mean by "trust"? So you DON'T trust Fran, Dan, Paul and Corey? That's a lot of relative opinions that you're dismissing as "untrustworthy" and I don't understand what people mean by that.
Orion Nights wrote:Trust, as in I have come to know that his opinionis coincide with mine a ot more frequently then anyone elses. Not that I dont read and value the other reviewers. I have been reading reviews a long time, not just Games, but Books, Movies.....and find that when you can come to TRUST a reviewers opinion it just saves time and money.Take Ryans review of Halo Wars, He writes a lot about its flaws in the article, and still rates it as a must buy. That tells me that I can expect to really enjoy the game, and since I am already aware of the flaws that I can look past them. If someone else had written the SAME article and given it the SAME score, I would have been very iffy about getting the game on release.Orion Nights
Silvercube wrote:They just write a bunch of text explaining what the game is about, what its issues are, and leaves it in your hands with what to do : )
Plat4rmr wrote: Sometime ago EGM tried to do reviews in a way in which a score was not actually given to a game. Instead the reviewer just wrote down his feelings about the game and discussed what he liked or dislike about the game. The was not well received by the readership and that's to bad.
Silvercube wrote:You know, Play magazine does not even assign numbers to their reviews anymore.They just write a bunch of text explaining what the game is about, what its issues are, and leaves it in your hands with what to do : )
Dan OXM wrote: Silvercube wrote:You know, Play magazine does not even assign numbers to their reviews anymore.They just write a bunch of text explaining what the game is about, what its issues are, and leaves it in your hands with what to do : )You know, we did discuss this. What happens if you ditch scores altogether? We found that most people would be livid. As writers we want to believe that the words we write are the point, and we know we can convey "good," "bad," and all shades in-between just fine without numbers. But the audience has made it very clear, overall, that they want numbers.
Vamp0514 wrote:Due to Code of Conduct issues (ie not being able to quote locked threads) it makes a sticky situation to try to explain what I mean.There was a person on these boards that mentioned that too many freelancers were contributing too much to the mag while the Editors sat back idely and enjoyed.
JugglerOfGeese wrote:Freelancers are used across the board in many magazines and newspapers. In fact, this new issue has at least one contribution by Mitchy. I still do not understand what his problem was with the freelancers. I do know that by digging up this topic again and those attacks you made on Redheadguy1979 the other day, I have decided to not take your posts as seriously as I did yesterday.
Vamp0514 wrote:There was a person on these boards that mentioned that too many freelancers were contributing too much to the mag while the Editors sat back idely and enjoyed.Dan`s response was that there were always and will be always freelancers so forget about it.NOw that Future has changed policy and forced the editors to do more, they say it was always us and then some, and if you don`t trust us forget about it.So who do we trust.The freelancers or OXM. After all the chief retroligist didn`t even put up a review of the USGC (Ultimate Sega Genesis Collection) Which was obviously Dan`s review as he advertises it in his sig. I guess I have to ask where is OXM gaining and what are they loosing.The Jasper content could have been summed up in 1 sentence ``do you see a .4 or .1`on the serial number.Did you get a memory cards packed on the outside..... Done.
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Claymore 61 wrote:Reading a review on a MS game in OXM is like reading the book My Favorite President by the Bush twins.