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| Matrix Blog Link » /matrix/blog.asp/66178/730 |   Joluha (4) Nov 08, 2007 - 02:21 am
| | Thanks for the tips. If I can find the time, maybe I'll make a revised version of this review for the second prelim. Then people can pick which they like better, especially seeing as this has gotten poor ratings from other users so far. Flag this | Edit this post |
| Matrix Blog Link » /matrix/blog.asp/66178/730 | Joluha (4) Nov 07, 2007 - 11:00 am » Edited on Nov 07, 2007 - 11:04 am
| I appreciate the feedback and constructive criticism. I purposely chose a hard game to review because I wanted to test my reviewing ability.
Like Kessandra said, the Civilization series in itself is unique and theres really no other game to compare them to(at least that I've played or heard of). That's why I tried comparing it to board games, since the original Civilization was largely based on a British Board game(according to Wikipedia).
In terms of my informality, that was my decision as the author to establish my relationship to the reader. No where in the contest rules did this say it was supposed to be a "professional review". In my experience, a friend's review is much more useful and accurate to me than a "professional's". So, in order to express my ideas better, I took on the voice of a peer or friend. I purposely did it this way to engage the reader.
Also, the whole reason I brought up the fps was to put the game in context. I thought giving it a numerical rating would be inappropriate, because most people I've encountered either loved it or hated it. This was my alternative in order to recommend the game to some segments of the audience while not recommending it to others, since I thought a rating could be misleading.
More comments and feedback on my review or on my ideas about review style would me much appreciated. I want to make this as good as possible so alternative methods to deal with the identified problems would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks guys!! Flag this | Edit this post |
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