Sunday, 1 November 2015

My comparison of the 2 reviews. Reviewing reviews.

Review Comparisons:

The most obvious comparison between these reviews is that the first review i chose is much longer than the second review i chose as it goes into greater depth and explains more.

The biased Review Starts With A loaded Sentence that is "Double Fine’s fantastic take on tower defence", this sentence is loaded as it tells you that the game is good before the review has begun, while the More Critical review starts with"...a humorous tower defence game..." and this implies that the game has a deep rooted comedy aspect to it like most other games that Double Fine has made.

The critical review begins with a introduction to the back story of the game as well as some elements of the game that is being reviewed in the first 2 paragraphs whereas the more biased review mentions the other versions of the game and the fact that you get what was DLC on the box 360 version of the game for free( The rise of the Martian bear DLC) and mentions some of the game's back story it is interesting that neither review mention the points that the other makes as it shows that the reviewers took different approaches to their reviews.

both reviews mention the many different play-styles that you can use in game as well as the satisfaction that can be had from the trial and error that may be needed to find your specific play-style for example the second review specifically mentions the "sit back and watch type" type of play and the "shooter" play-style and the first review mentions the multi-player game play in its seventh paragraph.

in the second review the final paragraph factually states that the campaign of the game, even with the DLC extending the campaign, is very short as well as the fact you can not remove your own emplacements so it is possible to mess up the placement of turrets. I mention this as the first review does not mention the brevity of the game and the inability to replace miss placed turrets.

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