Game Reviewers/Biased

[sabrage]

Rock, Paper, Shotgun makes the best reviews.

What are we talking about? I was dumb when I was a kid, that's why I didn't notice bias.

[MrEco]

All reviewers are bias, because it's impossible to review a video game from a completely objective standpoint. There will always be some of that reviewers personal opinion reflected in the review.

The trick is this: You wan't to find the ones that admit their reviews are based on opinion. Because at least those ones are being honest.

Then once you've done that just find a review website/magazine that you agree with a majority of the time and you'll be set.

[SteveyMajors]

Hell, Sonic Generations, which was an absolutely fantastic game, they barely squeezed in an 8.5, and I'm sure they had a hard time doing that... I think they realize that if they gave that game a bad score, people would be onto them...

I'd say this is the primary difference between reviews today and reviews from 20 years ago. A score of 8.5 would be a very positive review back then, but now it seems like an insult.

[BoringSupreez]

Hell, Sonic Generations, which was an absolutely fantastic game, they barely squeezed in an 8.5, and I'm sure they had a hard time doing that... I think they realize that if they gave that game a bad score, people would be onto them...

I'd say this is the primary difference between reviews today and reviews from 20 years ago. A score of 8.5 would be a very positive review back then, but now it seems like an insult.

I do agree with this. The scale has shifted over time so that 7 is meh, 8 is good, and 9 is great. Back in the 32-bit days, a 9 meant the game was utterly fantastic, and 10's were nigh unreachable. 8's were great, and a 7 meant the game was worth playing but has some noticeable flaws.

[Erik_Twice]

The trick is this: You wan't to find the ones that admit their reviews are based on opinion. Because at least those ones are being honest.

I'm a high class liar, my reviews are based on arguments

[Cronozilla]

@Cronozilla

There have always been good, unbiased magazines. Micromania, a Spanish magazine, born in 1985 comes to mind. I'm sure others can name more.

I didn't mean to infer that there aren't good unbiased sources. I just already talked enough about my annoyances of the majority of review sources out there in my post.

I didn't want to execute an even larger no can defend wall of text.

[Retronomy]

A review without bias is simply a list of features.
Also, showing only favor, or the cool features, is still a bias. We complain a lot more today, because we've seen the evolution of gaming, and a lot of the issues are ones we've all seen a million times. We're justified when we complain about shite camera control, illogical control layout, or any other trope we've been forced to endure. Sometimes, a game is just bad. Simple enough. And if you can't agree with this, then guess what buddy. You're biased! All journalism will have at least a bit of bias somewhere.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

I don't read reviews for good reason. I'll take word of mouth from friends over a score any day. Demos are also a pretty good way of selling me a game.

Game reviews, and all reviews, are inherently biased.