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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7874743" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>I’m not saying amazon reviews have zero worth, or that there aren’t any decent reviews. I’m simply saying that they have little value when compared to actual professional reviews based on but not limited to:</p><p></p><p>*fake reviews all over the place</p><p>*inexperienced people who don’t have a comparison to review</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people treating it like eBay, where you give 5 stars out of habit unless something was broken because that was the unwritten rule to help each other out</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people assuming 5 stars is default, and you only take away for bad things, rather than realize 3 stars is good, and 5 is outstanding (that’s how we view workplace personal reviews as well, like a 3 is bad or something, when it actually means you’re doing a good job). I mean, HotDQ is what? 4.5? That means it’s a near perfect product. I don’t think anyone really agrees with that, and yet that’s how the reviews are.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">people giving reviews based on factors unrelated to the</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p>That’s why I don’t put much faith or weighting into amazon reviews</p><p></p><p>Personally, I didn’t think it was awful, but mediocre. I had a good DM which probably helped a lot. Didn’t like the railroadiness (especially scene 1. As a 1st level PC, We ran away from the dragon because we didn’t want to die, which immediately threw a wrench into the system), and getting Hazeron (sp) at a lower level was almost game breaking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7874743, member: 15700"] I’m not saying amazon reviews have zero worth, or that there aren’t any decent reviews. I’m simply saying that they have little value when compared to actual professional reviews based on but not limited to: *fake reviews all over the place *inexperienced people who don’t have a comparison to review [LIST] [*]people treating it like eBay, where you give 5 stars out of habit unless something was broken because that was the unwritten rule to help each other out [*]people assuming 5 stars is default, and you only take away for bad things, rather than realize 3 stars is good, and 5 is outstanding (that’s how we view workplace personal reviews as well, like a 3 is bad or something, when it actually means you’re doing a good job). I mean, HotDQ is what? 4.5? That means it’s a near perfect product. I don’t think anyone really agrees with that, and yet that’s how the reviews are. [*]people giving reviews based on factors unrelated to the [/LIST] That’s why I don’t put much faith or weighting into amazon reviews Personally, I didn’t think it was awful, but mediocre. I had a good DM which probably helped a lot. Didn’t like the railroadiness (especially scene 1. As a 1st level PC, We ran away from the dragon because we didn’t want to die, which immediately threw a wrench into the system), and getting Hazeron (sp) at a lower level was almost game breaking. [/QUOTE]
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