Why reviews don’t matter, Part 3
Posted in games, iOS, stupidity on September 6th, 2010 by RevStuBecause sometimes even the most grown-up and respectable of publications, such as The Guardian, let completely gormless idiots do them, devaluing the whole concept and embarrassing all concerned in the process.
DoDonPachi Resurrection is in fact one of the finest games ever released on the iPod/iPhone, but subjective opinions on quality aren't the issue here. (Although so far DDPR has an average App Store review rating of 90%, and it's only that low because some tool couldn't run it and gave it 1/5.)
What's more important is the complete ignorance with which someone has been allowed to denigrate a tremendously well-executed game, while implying – entirely inaccurately – that they have some idea what they're talking about.
