Did you remove a bunch of reviews or something, Rand? I know you had more than four reviews on the site. I liked some of those, too!
This isn't a badly written review, but it doesn't grab the reader in the way it should. The problem, I feel, is the approach. You keep comparing it to other RPGs when really, Dragon Warrior has already established itself as classic adventure. What we need to know in a modern review is not how the game handles so much as how it holds up. Your review sounds like it's trying to sell the game, but you're a good twenty years late for that. We want to know why we should revisit it and such a review requires that you treat this less like a traditional review and more like either an over-excited send up, an angry bash, or a humourous look at how the game has aged.
The truth is, this is an old game. Most of us remember playing it as children. We know it can't be held up to the same standards as modern RPGs. If it truly can be held up to the same standards, then you need to make that argument and make it stronger and more energetic. Right now it's just taking itself a little too stoically for what it is.
This isn't a badly written review, but it doesn't grab the reader in the way it should. The problem, I feel, is the approach. You keep comparing it to other RPGs when really, Dragon Warrior has already established itself as classic adventure. What we need to know in a modern review is not how the game handles so much as how it holds up. Your review sounds like it's trying to sell the game, but you're a good twenty years late for that. We want to know why we should revisit it and such a review requires that you treat this less like a traditional review and more like either an over-excited send up, an angry bash, or a humourous look at how the game has aged.
The truth is, this is an old game. Most of us remember playing it as children. We know it can't be held up to the same standards as modern RPGs. If it truly can be held up to the same standards, then you need to make that argument and make it stronger and more energetic. Right now it's just taking itself a little too stoically for what it is.
Note to gamers: when someone shoots you in the face, they aren't "gay." They are "psychopathic."
