Reviewing Criteria

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By Ravenhawk | October 13, 2006

By saturday I should have posted my first game review. Before doing so, I figured I’d make a post explaining the criteria under which all reviews of mmo’s will be judged:

Grind: Let’s face it, most MMOs revolve around some kind of level grind. The game developers need to create a balance with their grinding so that, while not leveling too fast so the game is still sufficiently challenging, they can’t make it too hard to level, or it makes the game less fun.

Graphics: It’s self explainatory, how good are the graphics? Now keep in mind that this doesn’t mean necessarily that they have to super realistic, you can have a really good looking game, that doesn’t kill CPU. It’s a judgement on how good a game looks.

Sound: All games need sound. How nice is the music? How about the sound effects? These things have a large effect on the enjoyability of a game. Without music, your atmosphere takes a big hit.

Community: One of the largest things that make up a MMO are its people. Thus the name Massively Multiplayer. This is the grade of how good the community on the game is, the interaction with other players, etc.

Fun: Games are made to be fun. Obviously effected by all the other categories, this is an overall grade of how fun I found the game.

Overall: This score is an average of all the others. Here will be a few comments on how all the other elements were pulled together.