Nicely said, Cygoth!
I have long had issues with the professional game reviewers. Of course as with any reviewer you have to have some understanding of "where they are coming from " to put any perspective on their reviews. Even so, too many of them seem to be more inclined to show off how refined/elitest they are and rarely do their likes and dislikes match my own. The media in general is often like this. A few people are in a position to make critiques which affect markets and the actual people who make up the market don't have a fair opportunity to voice their opinions or counter act the damage done by the reviewers. The other unfair aspect is that reviews are written with a deadline - wanting to appear when the game goes on the market or even before which does not give the reviewer any time to really play the game longer, reconsider their critique or take a look at what the real public reaction to the game is. A reviewer who had to read this board and THEN write a review of W&W would have written a much different review.
Wyv
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