WK 2: Game Reviews as Entertainment vs. Analysis

9/4/2013

HW: D1 "Current Commercial Game Review" due date is Week 5. As you play your game, consider the tone you wish to achieve in your D1 and search for some video or text reviews of your game. You will not NEED to cite sources in your paper, but post here links to a few contemporary reviews of your game. You don't want to plagiarize, so make sure that your opinions are your own (even if they are shared by others) by doing this simple research. Don't forget - 5 minute game reviews CAN be done by recording a video and playing it to the class.

[Note to those who took ATEC 3352 in the past - the tone here is different than the D1 "Critical analysis" done for that course. This is very clearly an opinion piece with a more casual tone. The use of first person "I" is encouraged and recommended for this project unlike in the other as you may recall. No recycling!]

If you want to see more about the Yogscast, that prezi is below.

21 Comments

Judy

9/5/2013 06:06:03 am

Created a google spreadsheet for game reviews choices in case anyone anyone didn't see my e-mail and wants to share! :)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ao3_sWDwqEqZdE5hMXg1dUMwMFhJcjdCRjVmTU04dHc&usp=sharing

David

9/5/2013 10:14:49 am

It might be my PC, but I am having trouble accessing the YOGSCAST Prezi. Is anyone else having this problem?

9/6/2013 06:09:48 am

works for me. did you click the little arrows at the bottom?

Amanda

9/7/2013 04:54:32 pm

I'm being indecisive and I'm not sure which game I'm going to review yet. Here are some reviews for the ones that I am considering:

Silent Hill: Downpour
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/5595-Silent-Hill-Downpour
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/12/silent-hill-downpour-review
http://www.destructoid.com/review-silent-hill-downpour-222794.phtml

Fallout: New Vegas
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/8229-Review-Fallout-New-Vegas
http://www.destructoid.com/review-fallout-new-vegas-186210.phtml
http://www.destructoid.com/review-fallout-new-vegas-186210.phtml

Amnesia: The Dark Descent
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2092-Amnesia-The-Dark-Descent
http://www.pcgamer.com/review/amnesia-the-dark-descent-review/
http://www.gamespot.com/amnesia-the-dark-descent/reviews/amnesia-the-dark-descent-review-6280302/

Sammy C

9/10/2013 01:01:03 pm

I'm still not sure which game I'm going to do. I've narrowed down my choices to either The Last of Us (PS3) or Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale (3ds eShop title). I bought both over the summer and haven't played them so they've just been sitting there.

So here are quick links to reviews for both games.

Last of Us
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http://www.giantbomb.com/reviews/the-last-of-us-review/1900-580/
http://www.gametrailers.com/reviews/rt9xz3/the-last-of-us-review
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10366-The-Last-of-Us-Review-A-New-Apocalypse

Attack of the Friday Monsters! A Tokyo Tale
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http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/25/attack-of-the-friday-monsters-a-tokyo-tale-review
http://www.destructoid.com/review-attack-of-the-friday-monsters-a-tokyo-tale-258514.phtml

Taylor B

9/11/2013 01:20:45 pm

I'm pretty sure I want to do my review over Assassins creed revelation.

1) http://m.ign.com/articles/2011/11/14/assassins-creed-revelations-review

2) http://www.1up.com/reviews/assassins-creed-revelations-ps3-xbox360

3) http://www.g4tv.com/games/xbox-360/65220/assassins-creed-revelations/review/

Daniel Lee

9/11/2013 01:21:19 pm

After giving it some thoughts, I will most likely do my review on Bastion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_(video_game)
http://supergiantgames.com/index.php/media/

Old man's voice was very sexy.

Dalton

9/11/2013 01:44:23 pm

I'm intending to do Bioshock Infinite. Don't know what would have to happen to change my mind at this point, but that's my expected game review. Wish I could post an Xplay review, but alas, for I cannot.
http://www.gamespot.com/bioshock-infinite/reviews/bioshock-infinite-review-6405762/
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/reviews/10250-BioShock-Infinite-Review-A-Head-in-the-Clouds
http://www.ign.com/blogs/original-mr.jam0/2013/04/14/bioshock-infinite-review-bring-us-the-girl-and-wipe-away-the-dept

Ethan

9/11/2013 02:45:20 pm

I'm reviewing Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword.
IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/11/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review

Kotaku: http://kotaku.com/5860878/the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-the-kotaku-review

Eurogamer: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-11-11-the-legend-of-zelda-skyward-sword-review

Edgar

9/11/2013 07:35:23 pm

I have decided to do my review on Rogue Legacy

http://www.roguelegacy.com/

I love there references to many different games both old and new

9/13/2013 03:01:42 am

Edit:
Here are review for Bastion.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/08/22/bastion-review
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/bastion
http://www.gamespot.com/bastion/reviews/bastion-review-6323664/

Caleb Sherman

9/13/2013 05:18:43 am

I plan to review Play Station All stars Battle Royal considering my familiarity with the fighter genre. As a competitive player I plan to cover not just the presentation and mechanics of the game but also the balance of the characters.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/11/20/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-review

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/379561/reviews/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-review-deep-strategic-but-not-very-exciting-review/

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-20-playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-review

David N

9/14/2013 04:59:03 am

I am reviewing Killer is Dead. I'm a little behind on posting, but I have almost completed my review.

http://www.destructoid.com/review-killer-is-dead-260739.phtml
http://www.gamespot.com/killer-is-dead/reviews/killer-is-dead-review-6413067/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/27/killer-is-dead-review

Patrick H

9/14/2013 08:04:40 am

I'll be playing Metro 2033
http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/03/20/metro-2033-review
http://www.gamespot.com/metro-2033/
http://www.destructoid.com/review-metro-2033-202353.phtml

Adam Becker

9/15/2013 06:31:39 am

I'm doing a review on Payday 2.
http://www.destructoid.com/review-payday-2-260308.phtml
http://www.pcgamer.com/review/payday-2-review/
http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/13/payday-2-review

Christopher L

9/15/2013 07:00:15 am

I picked up Outlast recently, and will play that.
Smosh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rBqGtapcdI
PC Gamer: http://www.pcgamer.com/review/outlast-review/
IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/09/04/outlast-review

Philip Enderlein

9/15/2013 08:28:17 pm

D1 will be Rance Quest, unless everyone tells me not to.

A "good" review:
http://whatistomato.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/rance-quest-a-quest-for-efficiency/

A review by a guy who is famous in eroge society:
http://tsukuru.info/b/?p=1215

And a bad-english review:
http://just4skeikaku.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/rance-quest-review/

Christopher Thompson

9/16/2013 04:43:02 pm

I'm going to be reviewing Endless Space. In addition to covering the base game I'll be covering the expansion "Disharmony" and talking about how the developers continued to work on the game after its official release.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/07/06/endless-space-review
http://www.gamespot.com/endless-space/reviews/endless-space-review-6386365/
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/endless-space

Hugo Rodriguez

9/18/2013 04:23:32 am

I decided to do a review on Rayman Origins.

Destructoid:http://www.destructoid.com/review-rayman-origins-215578.phtml

IGN: http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/03/29/rayman-origins-review-3

Gamespot: http://www.gamespot.com/rayman-origins/reviews/rayman-origins-review-6345830/

Kenneth Marshall

9/18/2013 09:11:14 am

Rogue Legacy

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/326.823467-Rogue-Legacy-Reviewed-by-Unselfish-Knave

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/07/26/rogue-legacy-review

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/rogue-legacy

Spencer

10/9/2013 04:07:25 am

I did mine on Terraria and I'm glad 1.2 wasn't out yet at the time. Would've been way too much to cover if it had been

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