Movie Reviews

I keep giving my movie reviews around 8 out of 10. This is similar to when I spent years reading software (that means games to be honest) and every review was always in the top 75%.

So in reality, anything that said over 80% was ok, anything less than that was avoidable. Anything over 95% was worth taking a peek at.

Perhaps it was the nature of the technology. Games were (supposedly) always improving with the next big thing. Some terribly named 'engine' behind something which didn't immediately seem as though it had anything to offer, was what the fuss was always about.

So it wasn't really how GOOD a game was, it was more like a HOW BAD it might be. Most of the new stuff (of the time) was bound to look good, and be different from all the other clones in some way, but by defnition wasn't anything exceptional.

They were missing the point somewhat, in that gameplay is still king. No amount of shiney stuff is going to make up for boring thumb mashing time in front of your PC or TV.

And don't forget kiddies, I'm talking about WAYYY back in time, before Playstation 1 even (gasps all round)!