Writing about games

Game reviewers who give an objective report of a game are under constant pressure from the readers as well as the creators of the games. The readers of the magazines that publish these reviews want an accurate layout of the game that shows the pro’s and con’s of the game as well as giving a well argued opinion. The creators of the games need good reviews of the games they make in order to get readers to buy the game. This puts the reviewer under pressure from both the readers and the creators to give an accurate review of the game. This pressure is increased due to the fact that the reviewer had very little time to do any research on the game or get a real good account of playing the game before the review has to be published. This is because a modern day magazine is put together in 19 working days so the reviewer has barely any time to get their review done before they have to start on the next one. And there is no way of cutting corners or extending their deadline as it is the companies they work for that pay their wages and if they can’t get the job done in the time the company will fire the reviewer and find someone who can.

However, I feel that the objective way of reviewing games gives the gamer a more fixed rating of the game than NGJ. I feel that the reviews given in magazines are very opinion based, but the people who play and review have obviously played many games in their time and reviewed many games so that makes their opinion a little more relevant than a normal reader. I feel that this is the case due to it being their job instead of their hobby and so it is their job to know what makes a great game. I also feel that the objective way of reviewing games is a little more straight to the point and the way magazine reviews are put together i believe provides the reader with more information on the game.

NGJ is a load of rubbish in my opinion and the way it is written seems unproffesional and does not give a good account or review about the game. I much prefer reading an objective report in a magazine as it gives me a better quality of report and tells me what i want to know about the game.