Game Reviews, Uh? What are they Good For?

Maybe I'm in the minority here but I quite often look at who reviewed a game and I think it would be a nice feature to be able to quickly see which other games they've reviewed along with the scores.

That way there is chance you might have played some of these games and you'd be able to compare the reviewers score/review with your own experiences. Giving you a better understanding of the current review.

Thanks for the feedback.I'll stick it toward to top of the pile, because it's far less complicated then some of the other stuff people want adding ;)

That's a pretty nifty idea, that. I like it.

@miacid Definitely a good idea.

This is also the type of constructive commentary that I was on about in my piece. You've made an old and sentimental man very happy.

most of the critics have the same opinions for some reasons. mostly because their are Elements in Each game that has high chances of being considered flaws or goodies.

you can see IGN and several other Web Sites rating mario galaxy 2 10/10 and most of the critics gives halo reach Between 9/10 and 10/10.

Metro id other m had 8.5/10 8/10 reviews.
its just about the majority of people's opinions, a player could either play the game or listen to what the majority thinks. personally if the review states why he/she didn't like the specific games and unbiased then I can take it into consideration.

Good points Butler, I think the various podcasts have helped this a lot. Listening to someone explain why they like it and defending their point makes a big difference to over hyped games. I'd really like to see more of Capone Adam style Good Review: Bad Review 1) its really good to see someone both talk up a game and put it down and 2) Its a great way to engage with people (like me) sick of one sided reviews

Also love the idea of comparing similar rated games!

I give this feature 9/10. 8/10 for graphics.

@PaulRayment that's so totally meta

@miacid i agree. whilst not with games so much i always listen to one reviewer (mark Kermode) for film reviews not because i agree with him but i can gauge how i will like a film based on his review. it is tricky with computer games as they take longer to review and the spread of reviews will be over multiple formats and genres. reviewers just have to work hard to concisely convey the reasons for liking or disliking a game and avoid the Yahzee effect of just slagging it off for the sake of it

@config Yup, I'd use it too! Would be great to easily see if the reviewers opinion on games I know meshes with mine. Should I find out that s/he rated, say, Fallout 3 as a lowly 6, then I'd know to dismiss him/her as an imbecile ;)