Will The Last of Us Part 2 Be Reviewed by the Press? (NO SPOILERS!)
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That's not what it implies at all and most sites will lay that out clearly in their review guidelines.
Would you say that every film that Ebert gave four stars is him purporting it to be perfect too?
yes I understand that aspect and I'm sure OP might not have known most reviewers do the bulk of the work at home already. I'm just saying the only reason this thread exist is because of the leaks for TLOu2, not simply because it's a big special game or anything. I don't think anyone would think to do this about CyberPunk for example.
This I can understand. If you only have to play GOTY candidates it would be okay I guess but unfortunately you have to play through 4/10 games as well. :p And tough luck if you have kids and can only play games at night when they sleep. :/
That does sound familiar. I think Konami did it for Metal Gear Solid V? Same here in disliking it. If I need to focus on something, I'd do it better in my own home.
That makes as much sense as some outlets giving out 7s as "average". The entire scale is there to be used. 10 is not "perfect". 10 is "exceptional".
Not surprising. I don't think I could do it. I couldn't play games that don't interest me and I need downtime. Having a week to play a forty hour game sounds exhausting as well.
Nope. 10/10 means masterpiece, not perfection. Nothing is perfect (except maybe Tetris, in the sense that it can't really be improved fundamentally).
"Will The Last of Us Part 2 Be Reviewed by the Press?"
Of course it will, it's a game, same as any other one that gets reviewed in this pandemic. Press will get their usual allotment of digital codes, and reviewers will play them at home [same as with any other game].
Of course it will, it's a game, same as any other one that gets reviewed in this pandemic. Press will get their usual allotment of digital codes, and reviewers will play them at home [same as with any other game].
This is a bad take, sorry to tell you this. All that 10 means is that this is as close to perfect and offers a unique experience worth checking out.
A 10 does not mean that a game is perfect.
Not necessarily true. Remember the controlled environment that MGSV was reviewed in.
«Review events» used to be a thing in my day - I did get locked in a hotel room a few times to play a game. It was a rare occurence though, 99% of my reviewing was done from home. With various levels of NDAs. And if you're serious about your work you respect the NDA as long as it's reasonable. Leaking stuff is not really a thing. If an NDA is too demanding, you don't review the game in question, or you buy it instead.
Haha, this topic reminds me of 12 years ago, after 10 years of freelancing I started as a full timer at the office and I started reviewing both Death Space and Mirrors Edge at the actual office. My coworkers looked at me like I was insane. That was the last time I tried to do that lol.
A review is an opinion. It is not an objective measured quality.
Metacritic has really melted people's brains.
Hi. I would like to introduce you to a company called Nintendo.
I haven't covered their stuff in awhile, but back in the day Nintendo would send a rep to the office with a debug system with the game physically locked inside. I would block out a conference room and they would stay in town for a few days to a week, bringing the game and system in in the morning and the leaving at night.
As others have mentioned review events were also a thing when the number of outlets was smaller.
These days review code is no longer debug/pre-release so physical security is minimal. You just get sent an early download code.
Valve did a milder version of this for The Orange Box's launch. They flew various members of the press into the Seattle area, put them up in hotels, and had them play Portal and HL2:E2 in cushy private rooms with a zillion meals and snacks available whenever you wanted. (Since I live in Seattle, I just drove over, no flight or hotel for me. They did validate my parking, at least, which was nice.)
Yeah that was done for countless games. Either being put up in a hotel room with a debug kit or renting out a small ballroom and keeping the kits there. MS did the latter for GoW 2. That was memorable because they staffed the ballroom 24/7 and had food/drink there. Us locals could drop in any time to play, the out-of-towners had hotel rooms.
Sitting in a darkened ballroom with no windows to do a review on a time crunch isn't as glamorous as it sounds. Even if there was free food and drink.
wow, ive been reviewing for 20 years, a lot of Nintendo games even, and have never ever experienced this.
I was thinking about what I heard about Nintendo in like the n64 days when reading the thread. Like how they'd have someone physically there watching you play the game and it would be like... padlocked into a system cage or something.
Yeah, it's not like that anymore, but...
Removing all doubt here, I guess.