My Periodic Talk About Reviews
Posted: June 4th, 2014, 6:29 pm
So, as you may or may not know, I've been reviewing games and media for quite some time- most recently (the past couple of years or so) here. Well, I used to do Atmosphir level reviews as well. I had several similar-to-LOTD review archetypes at one point, I did requested reviews to give better and more precise feedback than is possible in comments alone, and I also served a nearly two year stint on the Editorial Staff as well.
So today I come to you bearing gifts- well, an offer anyway. If you guys would like some in-depth critiques of the pros and cons of your levels (of which there aren't many in the play broswer at the moment, so this won't be too large of a job) I'd be more than willing to provide them in the forum. I can use this or another topic thread as the hub and publish the reviews themselves separately so that it is daily updated without me double-posting here, although I will include links on the main page in this thread.
There is no set criteria other than one simple rule (well, two really I guess):
1. Please make sure your level is possible to complete. If you accidentally left something out, I will play it, notify you, and then replay it once. However if you have purposely made it impossible (or your level is called "The Actually Impossible Level" or something similarly trollish then I will not bother to play it, sorry- no can do.
2. If I for some reason cannot complete your level even after multiple playthroughs, then I must really suck at playing Atmosphir (thank goodness my designing skills are marginally better). In reality, I will notify you via PM and put up what pieces I can review, no matter how miniscule they may be- I wouldn't pass up even a little bit of advice, as any is helpful potentially.
Bear in mind, these reviews aren't going to be thoroughly glowing or thoroughly degrading- they are going to be straight by the books reviews and therefore a mix of praise and prose (teehee). The only request I make in your personal request of a review is that you PM the level name and that it be one of your own levels so I don't have to look up the designer- despite that not being an issue with only 16 pages of levels currently.
So, the offer stands- I'm here frequently enough to be able to get back to you in a decently timely manner. Also, if you want an outside, external link source as well, the reviews will be posted on my review site listed above to boot.
Reviews Archive:
Voipqo D'raquo (Baufritz)
The Return of Captain Cameron (ElectroYoshi)
Treasure Hunter (Papaya)
Illuminate (Gtarmetro)
Muka Kingdoms: Breakout (World 1) [Jr727holst]
Sable (ElectroYoshi)
Pie's Really Small Entry[Small16] (DoctorPie)
Tropica 1 and 2 (ThatOneFox)
Treasure Seeker (Papaya)
Queue:
XXX
So today I come to you bearing gifts- well, an offer anyway. If you guys would like some in-depth critiques of the pros and cons of your levels (of which there aren't many in the play broswer at the moment, so this won't be too large of a job) I'd be more than willing to provide them in the forum. I can use this or another topic thread as the hub and publish the reviews themselves separately so that it is daily updated without me double-posting here, although I will include links on the main page in this thread.
There is no set criteria other than one simple rule (well, two really I guess):
1. Please make sure your level is possible to complete. If you accidentally left something out, I will play it, notify you, and then replay it once. However if you have purposely made it impossible (or your level is called "The Actually Impossible Level" or something similarly trollish then I will not bother to play it, sorry- no can do.
2. If I for some reason cannot complete your level even after multiple playthroughs, then I must really suck at playing Atmosphir (thank goodness my designing skills are marginally better). In reality, I will notify you via PM and put up what pieces I can review, no matter how miniscule they may be- I wouldn't pass up even a little bit of advice, as any is helpful potentially.
Bear in mind, these reviews aren't going to be thoroughly glowing or thoroughly degrading- they are going to be straight by the books reviews and therefore a mix of praise and prose (teehee). The only request I make in your personal request of a review is that you PM the level name and that it be one of your own levels so I don't have to look up the designer- despite that not being an issue with only 16 pages of levels currently.
So, the offer stands- I'm here frequently enough to be able to get back to you in a decently timely manner. Also, if you want an outside, external link source as well, the reviews will be posted on my review site listed above to boot.
Reviews Archive:
Voipqo D'raquo (Baufritz)
The Return of Captain Cameron (ElectroYoshi)
Treasure Hunter (Papaya)
Illuminate (Gtarmetro)
Muka Kingdoms: Breakout (World 1) [Jr727holst]
Sable (ElectroYoshi)
Pie's Really Small Entry[Small16] (DoctorPie)
Tropica 1 and 2 (ThatOneFox)
Treasure Seeker (Papaya)
Queue:
XXX