How To Review Video Games
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Playing computer games, or gaming, is probably the most popular pastime in the world. Children do not play football in the street t as far as they used to, they sit in their bedrooms or in computer cafes playing video games. This means that there are always millions of kids playing computer games, talking about computer games or reading about them.
Reviews of computer games are everywhere, but still there is a huge requirement for more. If you would like to write reviews on video games, you will find eager publishers on Web gaming sites and if the reviews are decent, you may get them published in gaming magazines too. So how do you go about writing a review of a video game?
The first thing to do is determine your target audience. Gamers are on all sorts of levels, but in essence you can say that there are beginners, hobbyists and experts. So who are you capable of reviewing for. Naturally, an expert will be looking for a more detailed review than a beginner.
What is your own level of expertise? You will find it almost impossible to write on a level much higher than that and still be credible. If you try to fudge it, gamers will see through it and know that you do not really understand what you are writing about, so write to your ability / knowledge of the game and try to increase your ability / knowledge.
Each game strives to be different, but they share a commonality nevertheless. So, there is a basic set of questions that has to be addressed no matter which game you are reviewing.
The questions include: does it load swiftly? Is there a selection of characters? What are their powers? Is the action smooth and fluid? Are the colours true? Is the action fast? Does the game crash? Can it be played by more than one player at a time? Can you play it on the Internet?
Players on every level would like to know the answers to questions like those. Other vital information is: which machines can it be played on? What specifications does that machine or PC need to run the game at top speed - CPU speed, RAM, HD free space and screen resolution.
More advanced players will require to know about specific locations or characters in the game. They may also be searching for a means to get out of a situation that they find impossible to sus out. They will require to know how to earn 'trophies' and what these trophies confer upon the owner.
Specialists and hobbyists may be searching for so-called 'cheats'. Cheats are special, undocumented commands that allow someone 'in the know' to do something special. They might bestow unlimited lives or super powers or allow you to jump to any stage in the game.
Specialists may also be interested in the heritage of the game: who wrote it, who programmed it, who did the graphics, whether it is based on a different game and other technical details.
So, you have to gain a thorough understanding of the game by having played it very frequently and to a high level if not the highest level and you need to be honest with what you find and present your findings in an impartial fashion.
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