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excited to check out Wolverine for myself today (good or bad 😂) wrote about what I was seeing in reviews here: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/perfectly-...

jakesteinberg.substack.comPerfectly FunctionalThe Disappearing Critic

dumdiddly.bsky.social

@dumdiddly.bsky.social

15 Sept

I do also think that I, as a person who buys video games with my own money, need capital R Reviews to clearly tell me the mechanical and functional quality of the thing. Do you think at a certain point we should distinguish the roles of the editorial vs the review?

Jake Slimeberg

@jakesteinberg.substack.com

I guess I just don't think that's particularly necessary or interesting in a modern gaming landscape. Pre-release coverage and social media will tell you on day 0 if the game works. But, more importantly, that's a couple of sentences maybe in a larger critical piece.

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dumdiddly.bsky.social

@dumdiddly.bsky.social

15 Sept

I mean, I was going to buy Wolverine until I read that it’s repetitive, lacks meaningful progression, and lacks challenge. Onimusha got my buy because even tho reviews told me that it’s repetitive, it checked the other two boxes I was looking for. IGN’s review *was* more editorial tho and I liked it

Jake Slimeberg

@jakesteinberg.substack.com

15 Sept

but for the record I am not telling any outlet what they SHOULD do I am representing my own desires as a reader of this material