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<blockquote data-quote="Vanuslux" data-source="post: 2013868" data-attributes="member: 937">Well, by the nature of review a reviewer is going to look at something with a more critical eye.&nbsp; Most casual users of these products aren't going to notice a lot of the problems with a product.&nbsp; And ultimately those problems may not matter much to the casual user, especially those who buy things for ideas rather than for total utility.&nbsp; That doesn't mean companies like Fast Forward Games shouldn't be called out on their mechanical ineptitude. Personally, I have plenty of ideas.&nbsp; What I lack is the time to invest in fleshing out and playtesting mechanics to go along with them.&nbsp; Therefore poor mechanics is a major turn-off in a product from me...since I mostly buy for those mechanics.&nbsp; If Fast Forward Games paid attention to blatant problems in their product line they might not have ended up with so many pulped books...and apparently they've not even learned their lesson from that.&nbsp; Companies like that deserve to be singled out and mocked as examples of how not to do things.&nbsp; The fact that there exist people who like their work does not change the fact that there exist more people who huff paint thinner than there are those that feel good about their purchase of these products.&nbsp; That's not saying that their work is completely without merit...their ideas are pretty good and God knows that I'd merrily buy many of their products if I didn't have the luxury of being able to look through books pretty thoroughly before buying them...but substance has far more value to me than style and I think reviewers should always concentrate on the former since style is much more subjective to personal taste (yes, substance is also subjective, but not nearly so much so).&nbsp; This is just my 3:40am ramblings on the subject...don't mind me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Vanuslux, post: 2013868, member: 937"] Well, by the nature of review a reviewer is going to look at something with a more critical eye. Most casual users of these products aren't going to notice a lot of the problems with a product. And ultimately those problems may not matter much to the casual user, especially those who buy things for ideas rather than for total utility. That doesn't mean companies like Fast Forward Games shouldn't be called out on their mechanical ineptitude. Personally, I have plenty of ideas. What I lack is the time to invest in fleshing out and playtesting mechanics to go along with them. Therefore poor mechanics is a major turn-off in a product from me...since I mostly buy for those mechanics. If Fast Forward Games paid attention to blatant problems in their product line they might not have ended up with so many pulped books...and apparently they've not even learned their lesson from that. Companies like that deserve to be singled out and mocked as examples of how not to do things. The fact that there exist people who like their work does not change the fact that there exist more people who huff paint thinner than there are those that feel good about their purchase of these products. That's not saying that their work is completely without merit...their ideas are pretty good and God knows that I'd merrily buy many of their products if I didn't have the luxury of being able to look through books pretty thoroughly before buying them...but substance has far more value to me than style and I think reviewers should always concentrate on the former since style is much more subjective to personal taste (yes, substance is also subjective, but not nearly so much so). This is just my 3:40am ramblings on the subject...don't mind me. [/QUOTE]

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