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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mal Malenkirk" data-source="post: 127762" data-attributes="member: 834">*Discalimer* I Have no idea about the particular detail of this case *Disclaimer*Reviews are in good measures opionions so you can't expect a reviewer to to write a raving review about a product he doesn't personnaly like.But you can expect enough objectivity from him so that is able to differentiate from a product that he personnaly doesn't like but that has merits from a shoddy product that really stinks Reviewer do have an impact on what I buy and I want them to keep in mind that they are reviewing a product for people who do not automatically share their taste.  As I said, I have no idea of the particular situation that prompted this thread.  But I just wanted to share an experience that happened to me: Hitman 47.Hitman is a computer game where you play the part of, obviously, a professional killer.  Just the concept appealed to me a lot and all I needed to buy this game was an average review.  But gamespot gave it 5.2/10 or something like that.  This basically means that the game was deeply flawed in the reviewer opinion.  Shovelware like Skydiving!  usually gets these kinds of marks.  Since Gamespot is usually a solid source of info and that I hadn't followed that game development, I decided I wasn't about to risk 60 bucks on such a game.  I guess I could have shopped for different reviews, but the first time I had even heard of Hitman was from the gamespot review.  Understandably I moved on and didn't think about the game for a while.A year later I stumbled by chance on a 85+% review in a UK gaming site.  I looked back on gamespot and realized that after a year the reader reviews (over a thousand) were at 8.6.  I couldn't believe it.  Then I bought the game and it turned out to be one of the most fun I have ever played!  It's one of my favorite game ever and I almost missed on it because of a junk of a review.  I could understand that someone would dislike Hitman on a personal level.  It even had some controversial design decision such as no save feature during mission.  But a review of 5.2 was unnacceptable, even if you account for personal dislike.  The game had too many strong points that could be objectively noted.   The bottom line is that the reviewer should have been able to put himself in the shoes of different gamers and realize that while that game wasn't his cup of tea, it had plenty of merits.</blockquote>

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