This generally means that I like slower, more thought-provoking games and I find that for the most part, my wants are served by:<\/p>\n
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- Adventure games<\/li>\n
- Role Playing games<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
I will play games in other genres, but my experience has been that these tend to emphasize mechanics over plot or character.\u00a0 Usually this results in a one dimensional character that isn\u2019t at all sympathetic or it produces a game world\/story that\u2019s so flat it could have been yanked from the back of a lucky packet.<\/p>\n
Game Acquisition<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Hmmmm. Money. Now to spend it all on foo- games. I mean games. They’re practically the same thing!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n In 2011, I started running a YouTube channel that you can find here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
I wanted to showcase games that I genuinely cared for and liked a lot \u2013 to expose those games to a greater audience and just to have a record of my experience with that particular title.\u00a0 It didn\u2019t take too long for a few developers to knock on my door.\u00a0 They were there so that they could offer me \u201cfree copies\u201d of their game in exchange for a play through.\u00a0 I thought about this long and hard before turning all of them down.\u00a0 I don\u2019t like the idea that I am \u201cbought\u201d by a publisher or a developer.<\/p>\n
This means that if you\u2019re seeing a game show up in my review queue, it\u2019s because I paid for a copy.\u00a0 [Or have reasonable access to a bought copy.]<\/p>\n
Gameplay Considerations<\/h3>\n
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<\/a>Oh, video game. Your game play is in another castle.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n If I can\u2019t finish the game, then it\u2019s not something I\u2019m going to be able to review.\u00a0 I like the idea that you are seeing a review by someone who has actually gone through the game from end to end.\u00a0 I like the idea that I have seen most<\/em> of everything there is to see in that title.\u00a0 By this I mean that if a game requires \u201cmultiple playthroughs,\u201d you will have my review after I\u2019m done with the first run, because I don\u2019t [generally] feel that\u2019s a good basis for most game designs.<\/p>\n
What I Discuss While Reviewing<\/h3>\n
I feel that gaming is mature enough at this point that there are older examples of games we can draw from when talking about current games.\u00a0 To that end, there might be a mild history lesson in my review to set both tone and context.<\/p>\n
Since games are a combination of sight and sound and control scheme, I touch on all of these things, but I feel that a review should be more than a graphics and sound score, so unless the game is exceptional in either department, I won\u2019t do much more than touch on those two items.<\/p>\n
I also think it\u2019s fairly important that you have value for money, because the hobby is expensive.\u00a0 Most of my conclusions try to talk about why you should or should not experience the game. I try to suggest a price-point where it might be worthwhile looking into the product in question if I feel it\u2019s not \u201cworthy of buying at full price.”<\/p>\n
Why I NEVER Score Games<\/h3>\n
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