And there's no law that says you can't write a re-visit review after the game patches. I've bought games based on what you have published on this site.
Like it or not Ben, your words and everyone else's in your field influence sales activity. Nothing says 'do a better job' like a video game that doesn't sell. I just read a solid page of 'We gave Fallout: NV a good review, but maybe we shouldn't can't do that because.well, it's a Fallout game.'Įither admit you're going to do as you are told by game developers (IF Name LIKE 'Fallout' THEN Review = 'Good'), or write a review that says this kind of thing is unacceptable for a game hitting the shelf, which might influence better behavior on the part of said developers. A game CAN suck even if it has a popular name. When do games stop releasing with as many bugs as Fallout: NV? When reviewing publications stop blowing their load over it because it's called 'Fallout', or 'Call of Duty', 'Final Fantasy'.