we can refer to the debates caused by loot boxes in the past. The games themselves have a part in this thinking and their approach leads us to this conclusion. Of course, they may believe in something other than this, but in practice they behave differently. Unfortunately, even something like Journey can’t change that among critics. The truth is that we see video games not as a form of art but more as a commercial product made with the sole purpose of making money. Should we consider strongly negative reviews or strongly positive reviews? Considering the average of strongly positive and negative reviews leaves us even more confused. The creativity does not necessarily mean that we must praise the game and the opposite is also true! What’s worse, the critics don’t even offer a good reason for this huge gap. Why is there so much difference between the reviews? Disagreement is not a problem, but we are talking about fundamental disagreement. On the other hand, some critics introduced this game as one of the best games in history, especially for its creativity and avoiding stereotypes! Death Stranding was mostly criticized for its boring gameplay and lack of creativity. Games are not traditional products games belong to the future! Even the first Super Mario game contains amazing pieces of technology, cinema, literature and music. Of course, I agree that examining the components of a game separately is one of the main elements of traditional reviews, but we have a problem exactly with this element: traditional! We separate many inseparable aspects of games and rate them like consumer products.

Professional game critics are less likely to believe this principle. In reviewing books, movies, or even food, we have more norm-breaking critics who believe that the title in front of them is a single work, not a separable thing. when we want to review a game, we consider 4 parts: Story, Gameplay, Graphics, Music but this isn’t true! In this article I’ll tell you why I think the current game review system still has a long way to go. The last time I explained how to review a game to an amateur critic, I saw more problems than ever before. But can I just say out loud how much I’ve been wrong in reviewing video games? And even worse, should I say it out loud that I’ll probably repeat these mistakes again in the future? I’m a video game critic and I’ll say it out loud.

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