Saturday, 27 February 2016

Remember Me reviews comparison

Both reviewers make gameplay and narrative the two key topics within their reviews and have very similar views on them. The story line is generally praised by both and they agree on their opinion of the combat, they both go into a fair amount of detail and explain how it can be frustrating and pretty repetitive. They both respond positively to the 'Memory Remix' sequences as they felt like it gave the game a sense of identity. Except for combat, Bramwell skims over the rest of his play through experience as opposed to Krupa who dedicating an entire paragraph and a half to his dislike of the traversal elements in the game. With a more varied review, Bramwell speaks a little more about characters, explaining some of the protagonist's abilities and experiences, whereas Krupa includes nothing similar, but instead a short statement mocking one of the enemies. Neither reviewers mention platforms, but both websites that they came from did have a list of platforms that the game is available on. Similarly, target audience is not seen as essential by either reviewer as it is only briefly mentioned by Bramwell when he speaks about "fighting game experts." Bramwell is also the only one to touch upon genre and speak highly of it and how the game is a "classic," nothing like this is ever said with Krupa's review. Regarding personal recommendation, Bramwell is a lot more vocal about his own unique experience with the game, describing how he felt emotionally after specific events and ending his review with a short overview,and a rating, Krupa, on the other hand, has little recommendation in his review, but instead has a text box on the web page with a quick overview, a few positive and negative bullet points and a rating.

Overall, while Krupa does touch upon gameplay a lot  in his review and has a clear opinion on the gameplay and its narrative, Bramwell gives more varied information and suggestions, talking about genre, characters and personal recommendation and not just gameplay and story.

No comments:

Post a Comment