Open Call for Reviews

[Haba]

Iz writing. Would appreciate if someone could source me some old magazine reviews for Knights of Xentar or any MegaTech release really (Powerdolls, Steel and Lace, Cobra Mission) for reference. To refresh my memory on what the reception back in the day was.

 

[Zed]

Iz writing. Would appreciate if someone could source me some old magazine reviews for Knights of Xentar or any MegaTech release really (Powerdolls, Steel and Lace, Cobra Mission) for reference. To refresh my memory on what the reception back in the day was.

http://www.cgwmuseum.org/
http://www.oldpcgaming.net/vintage-gaming-magazines/

 

[Haba]

Oh man, I had forgotten what an absolute shitbucket PC Zone was... Game journalism...

Thanks none the less Zed!

 

[Murk]

I got the Kult one written up -- gonna take the rest of the weekend off (work to do for the coming week) and then review/edit it. I'll have the finished draft to you in a week felipepepe .

 

[felipepepe]

Ian S. Frazier does Ultima V:

High hopes for Mass Effect 4 if he's in charge.

 

[Jaesun]

Of ALL the people THAT is the right man to write that article. MASSIVE brofists bro.

 

[Darth Roxor]

BLOBERT's was better

 

[Murk]

My initial draft for Kult was over 9,000 characters (joke here) and I'm condensing it down. It's a bit trickier than I thought.

felipepepe I'm at a bit of a junction where I can either cut out stuff that is more factual review (explanation of aspects of the game) or I can cut out stuff that is more subjective (me gushing over it).

So, let me ask this. Are these entries supposed to be subjective and fanboyish (within reasonable limits, of course) or are they supposed to read like an informative and unbiased review?

I am thinking it is more of the former, and so I will work on making a new draft that cuts out talk about mechanics and focus more on the experience of the game and what novel or interesting things it did.

 

[felipepepe]

Mikayel , you could send me your draft and we debate / edit over it.

Answering your question, the most important thing is that a reader that never heard about the gamer understand how it plays and why it's an interesting title. Tim Cain's review of Star Control II is a great example, as he manages to describe the game, profess his love and talk about the legacy & influence it had:

Spoiler

 

[felipepepe]

Wrote an article on unreleased & canceled CRPGs: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/wish-you-were-here-15-crpgs-that-never-made-it/

It will probably be in the book as well, in an edited format.

 

[Darth Roxor]

so you are making clickbait list articles now huh

working hard for that place at kotaku

 

[V_K]

Why there are no super-hero RPGs?

No love for Superhero League of Hoboken?

 

[felipepepe]

so you are making clickbait list articles now huh
working hard for that place at kotaku

You think that Totilo-senpai will notice me? :3

Why there are no super-hero RPGs?

No love for Superhero League of Hoboken?

It will be on the book, with a review from Johnny L. Wilson even, but really, it's an exception to prove the rule. And it's more a parody than a real super-hero game... your main character has organizational flowcharts as a super-power, FFS.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Giving up on my Summoner review, too busy to form anything but a complete mess.
Krraloth, take my place ASAP.

 

[Krraloth]

Giving up on my Summoner review, too busy to form anything but a complete mess.
Krraloth, take my place ASAP.

I wish I had the time, mate, I got 3 tests coming up and I'd seriously need to replay it to scrape the rust off my memory.

 

[felipepepe]

Every time a reviewer gives up, a brazilian child youth dude must whore himself to gaming media and corporate demons. Stop Pepe's prostitution, deliver your reviews.

 

[Deuce Traveler]

so you are making clickbait list articles now huh

working hard for that place at kotaku

Clickbait for RPGCodex. There were plenty of mentions for the community, with verbiage such as "the Codex isn’t the sanest of places" making the uninitiated so very tempted to click the hyperlink and see what all the fuss is about.

A brofist for mentioning Newcomer. I still have hopes that one may get revived one day.



And I'm trying to beat ADOM for your review, but I'm on my 20th gnome elementalist death, 10th troll healer death and 5th orc archer death. Death... death everywhere...

 

[LESS T_T]

Wrote an article on unreleased & canceled CRPGs: https://crpgbook.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/wish-you-were-here-15-crpgs-that-never-made-it/

It will probably be in the book as well, in an edited format.

I think it's also worth mentioning that there was one more cancelled RPG for Larian before LMK, called Ragnarok Unless.

 

[purpleblob]

Aah you mentioned The Broken Hourglass.... it broke my heart when it was cancelled...

 

[felipepepe]

I think it's also worth mentioning that there was one more cancelled RPG for Larian before LMK, called Ragnarok Unless.

It's the same game, they just changed the name after doing LEDWars.

But yeah, I should edit the article to mention that.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Every time a reviewer gives up, a brazilian child youth dude must whore himself to gaming media and corporate demons. Stop Pepe's prostitution, deliver your reviews.

I can still consult whoever is going to write a review about the lore, gameplay and shits.
Unless I get some free time at work, don't count on it from me.

 

[norolim]

I'm in the 6th chapter of IWD2. I'm hoping to finish it this weekend, which means I'll finally write my review. You should have it by the end of next week felipepepe

 

[GarfunkeL]

This is probably a stupid question but does format matter? Can I write my reviews as .docx or is pure text format preferred?

 

[felipepepe]

You can send me it whatever way you want. I've edited countless videos based on stuff clients would send in powerpoint presentations or even fucking DAT tapes. My PC is ready.

 

[GarfunkeL]

Nice. As I've been writing the UFO/X-Com one in the latest Word.

You can thank Alizee for this sudden surge of motivation.

EDIT: UFO/X-Com review sent in.

Not sure when I'll have time to write about NWN2 so if you someone else willing to do that, maybe poke them. Or prod me later.