What constitutes a good video game review you ask? Well lets start with the obvious answer. COMPLETE THE GAME. When I read a game review I operate under the assumption that the reviewer has played the game through 100% (unless stated otherwise) and therefore can judge whether the review is reliable or not.
A good review will weigh the pros and cons and will often times breakdown what was good and bad about various aspects of the game (story, graphics, sound, re-playability, etc.). A great review will give you a decent idea of the feel of the game without ruining any surprises.
And of course, the best reviews will do all this with an extra bit of humor to top it all off. Extreme example of this:
In the next blog I will discuss the horrors of this greedy industry by siting the infamous case of Gamespot's Kane & Lynch review...
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