This thread is in response to a review for Psychonauts on the PlayStation 2. You are encouraged to view the review in a new window before reading this thread.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: July 28, 2009 (01:12 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
See? I knew you could write an awesome review.
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic." |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: July 28, 2009 (01:18 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Holy crap. That just got put up! Haha.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: zippdementia
Posted: July 28, 2009 (08:48 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Yes, this is very good. You took absolutely the right approach. Give it one more read through for some grammatical errors (there are quite a few... honestly, I was too engaged in reading the review to remember them all) but otherwise, this is an awesome piece.
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic." |
Author: psychopenguin
Posted: July 28, 2009 (09:02 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Huh? This is beyond awful. I'm not even entirely sure I know what kind of game it is after reading that. I get it's a very nice piece of writing, but as a review on a video game I've never heard of, it fails. And it's supposed to be a review on a video game I've never heard of, right?
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: July 28, 2009 (09:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Sadness. Another poor soul who has not played Psychonauts. I direct you here, good sir:
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic." |
Author: zippdementia
Posted: July 28, 2009 (09:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Sadness. Another poor soul who has not played Psychonauts. I direct you here, good sir:
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic." |
Author: psychopenguin
Posted: July 29, 2009 (01:26 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'll check it out one day. I'm just saying the review did absolutely nothing to tell me about the game except you can use psychic abilities. Hey, you can do that in Psi Ops, too, but that game sucked.
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Author: threetimes
Posted: July 29, 2009 (02:25 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
MEAT CIRCUS!
Don't panic! |
Author: sashanan
Posted: July 29, 2009 (03:03 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
As someone who has only seen Psychonauts in action briefly, I'd say your point about its personality is well made, but perhaps a little more attention to the basics (what kind of game is this in the first place?) would improve the piece. It's a general nagging feeling I get with a lot of HG reviews, though, where an otherwise strong piece does leave me wondering if it would be sufficient to inform a newcomer to the game what they're dealing with.
"Deep in the earth I faced a fight that I could never win. The blameless and the base destroyed, and all that might have been. -- GK" |
Author: JANUS2
Posted: July 29, 2009 (06:53 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I like the underlying theme behind this review, that Psychonauts is special despite its simple gameplay. Having an idea or argument that runs throughout the writing is definitely a good thing, and will lead to sophisticated, interesting reviews. However, as others have said, the review does gloss over the gameplay a bit too much and the Freud thing was confusing and awkward. I think this may be partly due to the fact that you haven't written anything for a while. It's not easy to jump straight back into writing after a break and say exactly what you mean in the most eloquent way.
"fuck yeah oblivion" - Jihad |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: July 29, 2009 (10:15 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Ok. I've taken everyone's feedback into consideration and have edited the review appropriately as best I could. Mainly I tried making things smoother and less confusing, though I didn't cut out whole paragraphs or anything because the whole point for me writing the review was to argue something non-traditional. That being said, I did take out some sentences that were perhaps irrelevant or otherwise rearranged and rewrote things to make them more relevant, so hopefully it's better now. Either way, I'm satisfied enough with it; even with editing, I still end up arguing the things I wanted to argue. Despite what Zipp says, I still don't expect a whole lot from it, though I do hope the edited version gets at least a little better reception.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
Author: threetimes
Posted: July 30, 2009 (04:12 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Just read your revision and I now recognise the game I played. The introductory paragraphs really help.
Don't panic! |
Author: wolfqueen001
Posted: July 30, 2009 (11:48 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks. Glad that works out better now.
[Eating EmP's brain] probably isn't a good idea. I mean... He's British, which means his brain's wired for PAL and your eyes are NTSC. - Will |
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