Week 4

Having the qualifications of English and media (journalist) does not mean you’re a reviewer it could mean a lot more. You could only be a good reviewer if you have the knowledge, the history of games and getting information to the public by few sentences. The reviewer has to be really good on what they do and most of all should enjoy their job. The main intention of a reviewer is to get the attention of the public eye by their opening statement. So it will have to be professionally done.

Issues will be accounted if the reviewers have made a false statement about the game or over exaggerated. For example if I have brought the game after reading the review mentioning that it’s one of the best game of all time etc. but when it was played I was really disappointed as it was nothing like the reviewers have told I would be really annoyed. So I think the reviewers could only face issues if they are not telling the truth as the reviews catches the public eye. So they better be careful on what they say. In my opinion a reviewer telling the truth is never unless if I am satisfied with the review!

A reviewer will obviously get paid by the game company of who wants to advertise their game to the public. If a new game were released the director will want good insight of the game play and story from the reviewers. Reviewers will only get paid if they wrote good things about the game. This is where it becomes difficult for the public to trust the reviewers. Sometimes reviewers add their own judgement about the game which will obviously be the truth. I will think of it as an opinion and adhere to my decision.

The rank system is created by the public opinions and votes and then gets placed in the category. After every game was voted they all had a percentage or been ranked out of 10. This was done to show its popularity and how good the game actually is. I believe the rank is necessary because it makes it easier to decide. Some people might decide after watching the game play or by playing the demo. Most of the time they do give a disc with the magazine which is very thoughtful in my opinion as I think it’s more preferable to make your decision after playing the demo or watching clips of the game.