http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/30/arts/video-games/child-of-eden-video-game-is-a-sensory-trip-to-paradise.html?ref=video-games
Seth Schiesel’s review of the video game Child of Eden is a very strong review. Mr. Schiesel starts his review by describing in vivid detail the world that surrounds the character in the video game. In addition to the vivid details, this paragraph contains sophisticated vocabulary and the reader can clearly see that Mr. Schiesel put a lot of thought into writing this one paragraph.
Mr. Schiesel then goes on to describe the plot of the game and the controls. Child of Eden operates with Kinect and Mr. Schiesel does a great job of explaining how Kinect improves the gameplay as well as giving a brief history of Kinect.
Mr. Schiesel’s figurative language combined with his good reporting make this review a great one.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/sports/ncaafootball/ea-sports-ncaa-football-12-goes-the-extra-yard.html?ref=video-games
Lang Whitaker’s review of NCAA Football 12 is not a very strong review. Although Mr. Whitaker starts off the review with a story, this strategy is not as interesting and effective as Mr. Schiesel’s. Using figurative language would have made Mr. Whitaker’s review much better. Mr. Whitaker does a good job reviewing the game and providing its history, but his review is just not as interesting as the review of Mr. Schiesel.
Hey Simon, I agree with all your points. I checked out the NCAA article and it felt more like a narrative with a game review inside of it. The other article was way better… but I can’t blame Whitaker for the review, its pretty hard to spice up a review of a game that comes out yearly with new graphics.
I think that the more interesting a review is, the more likely somebody will buy it. I agree with your points that the NCAA football game is much more dull. As Kenny has stated, it is quite hard to review a rehashed game that doesn’t change vey much every year.
I agree with the fact that the NCAA review wasn’t as great as the Child of Eden review but i liked how Whitaker uses the story at the beginning of his review. It was a good story and made me believe that it would be fun to be a coach of a college team.
When you’re an established franchise like NCAA, Modern WarFare, and other such names people already know what to expect form your games. The upgraded features are enough to make consumers want to by the game. For this reason reviews of games that come out annually aren’t influential on their sales much