Azrael the cat
Arcane
Re: NY Times reviews FFXIII - and it's an intelligent review
Let's see, there's that, then there's also the presence of an editorial policy enforced by a board that would severely reprimand or possibly fire him if he accepted the kind of gifts/bribes that gaming sites take for granted, a culture of being surrounded by an office of genuine journalists, readers who will savagely complain and move elsewhere if they see signs of bribery affecting review scores, and that the column is surrounded by a well-written paper (I appreciate that those with conservative views have their criticisms of the NY times, but writing quality is not one of them) amongst which an IGN-standard column would be mistaken for a letter-to-the-editor written by some toddler.
As I said, it's far from perfect, but it's...well...'good for what it is'. As in, it's not in a gaming mag, so it's very clearly aimed at people who aren't specifically gaming enthusiasts. It's aimed at people who have a bit of experience with the big titles, and aren't into the scene enough to hop online and look up forums. Given that, it's perfectly understandable to use ME2, FO3 as a base - like it or not, they ARE the big titles at present that games are to be compared to.
I think I just made myself sad:-( Should have stopped before that last sentence:-(
hiciacit said:
Let's see, there's that, then there's also the presence of an editorial policy enforced by a board that would severely reprimand or possibly fire him if he accepted the kind of gifts/bribes that gaming sites take for granted, a culture of being surrounded by an office of genuine journalists, readers who will savagely complain and move elsewhere if they see signs of bribery affecting review scores, and that the column is surrounded by a well-written paper (I appreciate that those with conservative views have their criticisms of the NY times, but writing quality is not one of them) amongst which an IGN-standard column would be mistaken for a letter-to-the-editor written by some toddler.
As I said, it's far from perfect, but it's...well...'good for what it is'. As in, it's not in a gaming mag, so it's very clearly aimed at people who aren't specifically gaming enthusiasts. It's aimed at people who have a bit of experience with the big titles, and aren't into the scene enough to hop online and look up forums. Given that, it's perfectly understandable to use ME2, FO3 as a base - like it or not, they ARE the big titles at present that games are to be compared to.
I think I just made myself sad:-( Should have stopped before that last sentence:-(
