Boom Blox GS Review!! OMG.... :(

Actually, i bought the game BEFORE i read the review. If i had read the review first, i fear i would have used it as fuel to support my original opinion of the game...and never bought or tried the game. Videodogg

Yeah, I knew you bought the game before you saw the review... which means you didn't wait for the review to buy it.

The other more positive reviews wouldn't have outweighed the GS one in your decision?

[QUOTE="Videodogg"]Actually, i bought the game BEFORE i read the review. If i had read the review first, i fear i would have used it as fuel to support my original opinion of the game...and never bought or tried the game. JordanElek

Yeah, I knew you bought the game before you saw the review... which means you didn't wait for the review to buy it.

The other more positive reviews wouldn't have outweighed the GS one in your decision?

It would have taken a lot of convincing. I was really worried about the "kiddy nature" of the game and the GS review would have scared me off because the comments about what Jordon thought was overly cute characters and overt family nature of the presentation would have cemented my original ( wrong ) opinions of the game.

The only problem I have now is that most other reviews I've read say the game has excellent physics and controls (which with this kind of game are two huge things), where as Gamespot says they work but are inconsistant and floaty. Things like physics and controls are usually a bit less opinion based when you critique them..they're either are good or they're not. So that just kind of leaves me confused with what to think of the game. Although I'd lean towards the what the majority have to say.

Wow mods and admin doing damage control. this is getting funny. I am liking boom blox, who gives a (beep) what gamespot and its staff thinks. play it for yourself. their reviews are for the birds most times. they overrate many games and underate many others. of course their "opinions" are held as fact on these boards and cause chaos.

The only problem I have now is that most other reviews I've read say the game has excellent physics and controls (which with this kind of game are two huge things), where as Gamespot says they work but are inconsistant and floaty. Things like physics and controls are usually a bit less opinion based when you critique them..they're either are good or they're not. So that just kind of leaves me confused with what to think of the game. Although I'd lean towards the what the majority have to say.

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Wow mods and admin doing damage control. this is getting funny.frankeyser

........are you serious? What possible reason could I have to do "damage control" for Gamespot? I'm just trying to explain that reviews are being severely mistreated by forum-goers, and it sounds like you're arguing the same thing. Reviews aren't meant to be the final judgment of each and every game, regardless of who writes the review or what score its given. Reviews are meant to help us make good purchasing decisions. That's it.

By the way, as evidence that accusing me of "damage control" is absolutely ridiculous, I completely disagree with the Gamespot No More Heroes review. I think it missed a lot of the flaws the game has. I wasn't prepared for the product I got after reading the GS review. Luckily I got the game for free. This is why I appreciate Aaron pointing out some of the flaws in Boom Blox. The other reviews I read don't really mention them. It was the opposite for the No More Heroes review, in which IGN (and others) pointed out the problems that GS failed to.

[QUOTE="frankeyser"]Wow mods and admin doing damage control. this is getting funny.JordanElek

Reviews are meant to help us make good purchasing decisions. That's it.

Well the review for Boom Blox ISN'T.

Well the review for Boom Blox ISN'T.Relys

He says that it's an excellent puzzle game, fun by yourself but really fun with others. If you don't like quirky characters and childish cartoon stuff, you might be annoyed by the presentation. And there are some minor problems with graphics and physics.

There's the summary. That, plus videos, plus other reviews, make me believe that I will really like this game and won't care about the faults that he points out. The review does its job.

You can argue that the score doesn't match the review text (though I'd respectfully disagree), but in all honesty, I don't care. As a gamer, as someone who will probably buy this game, I don't care what number is tagged onto the review.

As someone interested in gaming journalism, though, I would like a review score to match entirely with its text. But different pros and cons have different levels of value for different people, so we can't argue definitively about a score matching the text. But I've already explained the sole purpose of a score, so I won't go into that again.