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digitalpress
11-16-2003, 03:33 PM
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digitalpress
11-16-2003, 03:33 PM
Critique the critique!
Rate this review on a scale of 1-10. Please explain your score. Was the review entertaining? Informative? Well-written? All of these things should go toward your critique.
http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/contest/slycooper.htm
Trellisaze
11-17-2003, 12:33 AM
7/10 (Good)
The parts about the art and sound are fantastic. I got an incredible sense for those parts of the game reading this review.
It's too bad that other parts of the review (for example, talking about the characters' marketability and begging for a sequel) make this feel somewhat like a fan letter to Sony. As well, it would have been nice to hear about the reduced focus on 3D exploration in this game.
Trellisaze
11-17-2003, 12:33 AM
7/10 (Good)
The parts about the art and sound are fantastic. I got an incredible sense for those parts of the game reading this review.
It's too bad that other parts of the review (for example, talking about the characters' marketability and begging for a sequel) make this feel somewhat like a fan letter to Sony. As well, it would have been nice to hear about the reduced focus on 3D exploration in this game.
o2william
11-17-2003, 12:59 PM
I don't have a lot of experience with 3D platformers, so I could have used more details about the gameplay and play control. Just a couple sentences would have been enough. In general, I just didn't get a good sense of how the game plays. But I agree the parts about the audiovisuals are great -- those parts alone are enough to make me want to check the game out. I almost gave this review a 6 considering what it leaves out, but what it has is good enough to bump it up a point.
7/10
o2william
11-17-2003, 12:59 PM
I don't have a lot of experience with 3D platformers, so I could have used more details about the gameplay and play control. Just a couple sentences would have been enough. In general, I just didn't get a good sense of how the game plays. But I agree the parts about the audiovisuals are great -- those parts alone are enough to make me want to check the game out. I almost gave this review a 6 considering what it leaves out, but what it has is good enough to bump it up a point.
7/10
maxlords
11-17-2003, 01:19 PM
Well written, missing some vital info as stated by others, but overall, quite good. 7/10
maxlords
11-17-2003, 01:19 PM
Well written, missing some vital info as stated by others, but overall, quite good. 7/10
Scoots
11-17-2003, 01:43 PM
I thought this was really good. I'm willing to overlook the de-emphasis on gameplay descriptiveness considering his audience (I think it's safe to assume most of us have an idea what a 3D platformer is going to play like). 8/10.
Scoots
11-17-2003, 01:43 PM
I thought this was really good. I'm willing to overlook the de-emphasis on gameplay descriptiveness considering his audience (I think it's safe to assume most of us have an idea what a 3D platformer is going to play like). 8/10.
hamburgler
11-17-2003, 05:15 PM
8 of 10
a lot of detail was put into this review.
Flack
11-17-2003, 07:42 PM
7.
As mentioned above, I thought the writing and descriptions were good, but some of the basics were missing, and there were some problems with the "voice".
Jorpho
11-22-2003, 09:39 AM
The grammar is a bit off at times, and aside from that the review is still lacking. (Is there a lot of difficult jumping? Is there a lot of difficult fighting? How are these elements handled? "hop 'n' bop" is not very descriptive on its own.) But aside from that, the review is well-structured and reasonably thorough.
7/10
Drexel923
11-29-2003, 06:07 PM
A very good review, with a fair amount of information about each aspect of the game. I would have liked to see a little bit more about the gameplay.
9/10
Ascending Wordsmith
11-30-2003, 06:58 PM
I like reviews this. It's very informative and reads along very well. The aspects of the game are discussed nicely. There are a few things missing like more elaboration in a few areas, but the review is good and the accompanying screenshots are more than welcome.
8/10
Captain Wrong
12-01-2003, 04:14 PM
Good detail about the game, but we're missing why this game is good. Starts out proclaiming this game as fun, but then doesn't really give me a feel for why it's fun. There's a lot about what happens and how you play, but not much opinion on things other than the game as a whole is fun.
This person could use an editor as there's quite a bit of tightening up that can be done here. The language is less formal, and topics don't flow as naturally as they should.
Score: 7
digitalpress
12-29-2003, 08:39 AM
I'll give this one a 7/10.
Well written review that covers the aesthetics of the game really well, but not the mechanics. I don't think this is terribly important, most people "get" these 3D platformers but you have to assume you're writing to a wide audience of people, some of whom do NOT "get it". Well done otherwise!