The Video Game Critic reviews Aetherbyte's Insanity

[Gentlegamer]

 Despite what its name would imply Insanity is remarkably slow and mundane.  It doesn't get remotely challenging until about the 10-minute mark, and by then a lot of gamers will have lost interest.

http://videogamecritic.com/t16el.htm?e=22838#rev4430

He rates it "D" ... surely a Berzerk clone is better than that?

[Arkhan]

It's at least a D+.

Really though, the thing about people who assign arbitrary letter grades is, well, they're arbitrary.

Without providing some sort of point breakdown, it's just some dumbass letter that's been assigned with no real explanation.   I prefer it when the review actually has some kind of point-thingy-breakdown. 



The art comment made me LOL pretty hard.   He's basically correct there.

They only got 18,000 points, though.  So, clearly, they suck at the game.   If you haven't gotten to the teal robots, you is a chump.

[cjameslv]

What i don't get is how the guy says his favorite classic game is berserk then goes on to say how Insanity looks like a 3rd grader doodle. Wtf does he think the original Berserk looks like then 

[Jibbajaba]

The fact that all of his screenshots are in widescreen format really takes away from his credibility.

[Necromancer]

I agree that the art is pretty basic and the action is kinda slow in the beginning, but it deserves better than a D.  Valis III and Alien Crush both got Ds as well, though, so I guess Insanity has good company.

The fact that all of his screenshots are in widescreen format really takes away from his credibility.

[Arkhan]

INSANITY IS AS GOOD AS VALIS III

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

[ClodBuster]

INSANITY IS AS GOOD AS VALIS III

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.

Quote of the month.

[BigusSchmuck]

This is coming from a guy who didn't like Guardian Heroes for the Saturn. Enough said.

[lukester]

This is coming from a guy who didn't like Guardian Heroes for the Saturn. Enough said.

He's reviewed thousands of games. Everyone has their tastes.

You can also submit game ideas for him to do. He's discovered both SonSon II and Parasol Stars (both were rated B+) because of me.

[esteban]

I will not even read the review. This reviewer has no credibility, but, sadly, he is at the top of the Google rankings for many TG-16 searches.

Oh well.

[Arkhan]

This is coming from a guy who didn't like Guardian Heroes for the Saturn. Enough said.

He's reviewed thousands of games. Everyone has their tastes.

You can also submit game ideas for him to do. He's discovered both SonSon II and Parasol Stars (both were rated B+) because of me.

Tastes are one thing.  Inconsistencies are another.

My crappy game received the same letter grade as Valis III and Alien Crush.

Keith Courage scored less.


All the shmups scored higher.

If you can't approach the reviews without letting your personal preferences sway the votes, you shouldn't be reviewing.

[Gentlegamer]

If you can't approach the reviews without letting your personal preferences sway the votes, you shouldn't be reviewing.

I disagree with this strongly. He's giving his personal take on the games, there's no better basis than his personal preferences.

Don't forget, he gave China Warrior and Bravoman B-, calling both hidden gems.

[Arkhan]

I prefer objective reviews.    A reviewer who scores my doofy game the same as Valis III is really not someone who's opinion I'd take seriously lol.

[Gentlegamer]

Do you disagree with any of the text of the review?

[Arkhan]

Yeah.  It gets challenging before 10 minutes.

Anyway though, the tone of his review sounds like he likes the game quite a bit, and then applies a D rating, arbitrarily.

So, this makes no sense really.   An explanation of where the letter grade was derived from would be useful.

Or just ditch the letter grades, as they're not really valid, nor do they seem to line up with the review text.