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Author: jiggs
Posted: February 04, 2010 (11:34 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
massive review for a massive game. this is one game i'm interested in playing, but it will take me a couple sittings to absorb all the information you've provided! i applaud you for writing all that.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: February 05, 2010 (01:25 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
..yeah. It turned out to be a very strange review. :/ More like a critical commentary. But I don't know if it works as a review.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 05, 2010 (01:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I personally think it's a little long. I'm also confused that I don't see any serious addressing of the issue that always plagues co-op online games (and in fact an issue I've heard from other sources plagues MAG): the lack of player co-operation. Players just run around like it's deathmatch-derby and no-one has any concept of "team play."
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Author: zigfried
Posted: February 05, 2010 (01:50 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
To Zipp:
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Author: EmP (Mod)
Posted: February 05, 2010 (02:10 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I'll mirror Zig on this; I read the entire thing and it didn't feel as long as it perhaps should. I enjoyed the approuch.
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Author: aschultz
Posted: February 05, 2010 (04:32 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I have to admit this is my second time through and I still cut out near the end. That said, I find it enjoyable. This may just reflect on my being tired, but if you're interested in general "does the writing work" feedback, overall I think you've done well--speaking as someone who wouldn't play the game.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: February 06, 2010 (06:08 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Thanks, zigfried and Emp. But I also think it's a bit too long, lol.
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Author: zippdementia
Posted: February 08, 2010 (04:15 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
Okay, I've tried giving this a read through a couple more times and I just can't make it. The writing isn't bad at all, that's not the problem. I think it's just lacking the proper hooks. MAG was considered one of the games to look out for this year. It seems like you may have been better served by opening up with a bit more pizzaz and a little less technicality. Maybe get the reader involved in an instance of combat or delve immediately into some of MAG's cooler features that blew you away so much you gotta talk about em' right now!
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Author: Suskie
Posted: February 08, 2010 (04:37 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I can sympathize with what you were trying to do here, Fleinn (reviewing Mass Effect 2 was difficult for me, because there was far more I wanted to talk about than I had space for), but the trouble with going all-out and detailing every aspect of the game is that you lose your readers' attention. I'm glad some of the people here weren't bothered by this review's length, but like Zipp, I have yet to finish it. It's not poorly written by any means, but you need to be a truly talented and charismatic writer to hold my interest for so long.
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Author: fleinn
Posted: February 09, 2010 (05:07 AM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
lol. Yeah. I made a few changes, so I can at least read through it myself without having a break half-way. But if I had started writing it now, I think I would have just created a small story about the game-flow, and then not said anything else.
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