Top Gamespot Reader Review Cliches
Pick any game and scan through the reader reviews. You will notice a certain pattern to the title headings:
"Instant Classic"
"Immersive"
"Masterpiece"
"Highly Addictive"
"Amazing"
"Just Plain Fun"
"Rocks"
And my personal favourite:
"All it's cracked up to be"
Negative reviews tend towards the following taglines:
"Mixed reactions"
"Rent it first"
"Don't believe the hype"
"Almost, but not quite"
"Overrated"
"Been there, done that"
You'd think they have a phrase generator churning out these headings with such regularity.
posted by Clinton @ 1:57 a.m.
4 Comments:
I'll have to try and use all of these in my next review :)
Since sarcasm is a tough cookie to crack in the written word, I thought I would just clarify that they do have a pre-generated list of titles.
Thanks Taylor, that would explain a lot and it makes sense considering the eerie recurrences of these titles.
It also totally deflates the sarcastic impact of my post. Moving on... :p
No problem. When looking at the quality of most reader reviews out there, headings like "Rocks", and "All it's cracked up to be", don't look at all out of place.
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