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Old 28th Sep 2005, 04:45 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Old 4th Oct 2005, 02:19 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Can you give a little more details about it plz?
like:
- Are you just asked to review a game, or if you happen to have played a game what your opinion is?
- How proffesional is this, or just an opinion or asked to turn the game inside out?
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Hello Killalot!

We are currently working on details and any ideas & suggestions are welcome!

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Are you just asked to review a game, or if you happen to have played a game what your opinion is?
The original idea was to have "volunteers" review (express opinions / critique) games based upon each individual's perspective. This allows active development of discussion or even debate for "reviewed" games. Besides the basic likes and dislikes, things such as realism, i.e. physics, the lack thereof and performance based on the reviewers hardware, etc. would be covered. That way, if you were curious about a game, you can find "real life" information and opinion instead of the generic "7.2 out of 10" type measurement.

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How proffesional is this, or just an opinion or asked to turn the game inside out?
Professional? Not really. ARP and it's friends are generally willing to provide FREE advice and experiences based on opinion/facts for many of those whom visit. As far as the level of detail is concerned, that is up to the individual reviewing the game. Some may want to go as far as OC'ing to maximize performance of a particular game while others may just offer the bare minimum in terms of opinion. The "minimum" is really what we are working on at the moment. A standard set of things that should be discussed for each review seems to be a must. But, like I said.... We are open for suggestions & ideas.
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Hello Killalot!

We are currently working on details and any ideas & suggestions are welcome!


The original idea was to have "volunteers" review (express opinions / critique) games based upon each individual's perspective. This allows active development of discussion or even debate for "reviewed" games. Besides the basic likes and dislikes, things such as realism, i.e. physics, the lack thereof and performance based on the reviewers hardware, etc. would be covered. That way, if you were curious about a game, you can find "real life" information and opinion instead of the generic "7.2 out of 10" type measurement.


Professional? Not really. ARP and it's friends are generally willing to provide FREE advice and experiences based on opinion/facts for many of those whom visit. As far as the level of detail is concerned, that is up to the individual reviewing the game. Some may want to go as far as OC'ing to maximize performance of a particular game while others may just offer the bare minimum in terms of opinion. The "minimum" is really what we are working on at the moment. A standard set of things that should be discussed for each review seems to be a must. But, like I said.... We are open for suggestions & ideas.
How bout graphics requirement? I am currently using a ATI 9700 Mobility Radeon and can only do light gaming, even after i overcock it. That actually limits the number of games I can play.
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I am currently using a ATI 9700 Mobility Radeon and can only do light gaming, even after i overcock it. That actually limits the number of games I can play.
That's just an advantage, IMO!
Too few reviews are done based on the minimum specs, so telling others how a game behave with lesser systems is really useful!

My own rig is less than half speed of current front end systems, and that doesn't prevent me from running any game I want! (I don't want to run that many games, at least not many new ones...)

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Actually, that's fine.. I'm also using the MR 9700 and I can run Doom 3 just fine.
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Hi!
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The original idea was to have "volunteers" review (express opinions / critique) games based upon each individual's perspective. This allows active development of discussion or even debate for "reviewed" games. Besides the basic likes and dislikes, things such as realism, i.e. physics, the lack thereof and performance based on the reviewers hardware, etc. would be covered. That way, if you were curious about a game, you can find "real life" information and opinion instead of the generic "7.2 out of 10" type measurement.
Sounds good, but ofcourse..difference of opinion will come into play...giving it a rating just show an average of what the people in general think - which is not always correct. Just a few das ago I really enjoyed a movie that 'only' had a 5.5 on IMDB.com
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Professional? Not really. ARP and it's friends are generally willing to provide FREE advice and experiences based on opinion/facts for many of those whom visit. As far as the level of detail is concerned, that is up to the individual reviewing the game. Some may want to go as far as OC'ing to maximize performance of a particular game while others may just offer the bare minimum in terms of opinion. The "minimum" is really what we are working on at the moment. A standard set of things that should be discussed for each review seems to be a must. But, like I said.... We are open for suggestions & ideas.
Hmm...bare minimum ey? Well I do like to maximize performance and apart from hard drive (although a 10K rpm HD is sort of overclock ) I've overclocked about every main part in my system. But that doesnt say that I won't enjoy the bare minimum; just certain games really miss out then.

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That's just an advantage, IMO!
Too few reviews are done based on the minimum specs, so telling others how a game behave with lesser systems is really useful!
Exactly.

But how does this work forumwise? Are you emailed when a new review is up (well I think so as ARP is filling my box up quie nicely already )? Do you get a special status ( )?
Just make a thread about some game I like (or dislike...) or put it in a special thread here in the Games department?
Sorry...but still a little vague

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also, how many games do we have to review?? like 1-2 a week or something else??
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