So folks, you know that brief and amazingly boring tagline at the top of the blog page that I've been meaning to change but conveniently keep forgetting? "News, Reviews, and the Latest in eSports?" We've got news ...relatively down, Julian has been handling eSports...but we don't have any damn reviews.
That changes today - well, this coming week. Bravely Default has been on my radar since it was announced that it was coming to the states, besides the weird name and slight, yet unnecessary pay-to-win model. That aside, BD will be the first review for the site, with more to follow! The demo that hit the eShop a few weeks ago locked down my choice, and I'm really excited to put hands to keyboard once I finish up the game.
This is probably the best place to tell you how I'll be handling reviews here on Mountaineer Games. First off - it's more than likely you'll see reviews hit after the game's been released, but I'll try to push them out as much as possible. We're nowhere near the stage where we can mail up a publisher and ask for a review copy (although I haven't tried it yet), so give us some time. Whether it's a big title or something from the indie scene, we'll try to let you know what the next review will be ahead of time. I'd like to shoot for three reviews each month to start. May seem small, but MG is run by a crack team of two students. The classwork is always going to have to come first I'm afraid, but the commitment is there.
Secondly - Reviews won't have any numbers or stars or any ratings attached to the end. I'm a big believer in understanding how someone feels about a game through their writing. This isn't to knock on other sites using numbers - it's a preference for a lot of folks. But with all the battles and comments over numbers and scores, I'd rather have a conversation/argument over the review itself, rather than a mere argument over a score.
All that said - look out for our review of Bravely Default, coming soon.
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