Disney's Treasure Planet
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Quite patchy grammar and spelling, while of course nothing near as bad as many other reviews, a proof read and perhaps googling the usage of apostrophes would help. Also, when a sentence has two semi colons and a hyphen as in your second sentence, it's probably overrunning unless you're specifically aiming for a certain literary effect.
Quite a comprehensive review, as I suppose we should expect. Diction seems a bit off at times, but the content seems solid. The music paragraph seemed a bit lacking, never really supporting the points stated. Of course referring to its Oscar triumph does testify to its quality, as do the youtube links but you could do with more precisely pinning down it's style. The "I'm Still Here" song didn't sound particularly piraty to me.
Personally, I would have quite liked to see some actual stills instead of youtube videos. I don't know if others feel the need to go through supplementary material for this review, and while it wouldn't indicate the quality of animation, it would represent the artwork better.
Thanks for writing a review I actually feel I can tackle straight away instead of setting aside some vague future date to try and read them. They tend to be very daunting, and I'm a big JRPG fan as well. Seeing I'm writing a review of an animated feature, I'm probably showing myself to be a hypocrite and will end up falling foul of the same problems.
What rules are these? If you were referring to the mix of drama and action your previous sentence referred to, then that is almost characteristic of Disney and hardly something they, or many other popular film-makers avoid.
Quite a comprehensive review, as I suppose we should expect. Diction seems a bit off at times, but the content seems solid. The music paragraph seemed a bit lacking, never really supporting the points stated. Of course referring to its Oscar triumph does testify to its quality, as do the youtube links but you could do with more precisely pinning down it's style. The "I'm Still Here" song didn't sound particularly piraty to me.
Personally, I would have quite liked to see some actual stills instead of youtube videos. I don't know if others feel the need to go through supplementary material for this review, and while it wouldn't indicate the quality of animation, it would represent the artwork better.
Thanks for writing a review I actually feel I can tackle straight away instead of setting aside some vague future date to try and read them. They tend to be very daunting, and I'm a big JRPG fan as well. Seeing I'm writing a review of an animated feature, I'm probably showing myself to be a hypocrite and will end up falling foul of the same problems.
I dont know how far you are in ToV, but it is going to be a long time till you beat it assuming that you dont know how long it is. It is the first JRPG I've ever played, and I cannot believe how fucking long it is to beat (50 hours in and Im still not done). Have fun reviewing that one, although the basic principles of it are easy to go over. Just try and shorten it so that it isnt as long as your other JRPG reviews.
I'm about 17 hours in:ultimatechance said:
Just after the Don kills himself
but I'll have loads of time to kill soon...and what's wrong with long reviews - I prefer to write them =)?
I don't get it... Is it supposed to be some kind of reference?Prowers said:
ahhh the good old days before Disney closed down their 2D art department and actually cared about the quality of their content, I miss it so.
Yeah, the game consists of nameless chapters. You will swear that the game is right about to end numerous times, and yet 50 hours in I'm still playing. You still have quite a long way to go though, which I believe makes the game well worth its price.D_987 said:
As for length, if you are too descriptive about everything in the game (as JRPGs tend to have a lot), it does get boring for the reader. It may be more self-satisfying for you to cover everything without any care for length, but lets face it. 2500 words (last i recall) is quite a long read for a review.
Most certainly, I just had one of those moments.ultimatechance said:
When you are descending on the capital to stop the commandant only to be destroyed by Estelle's power
In which I believed the game was wrapping up, only to find a whole new chapter waiting - and I'm glad because I don't want the game to end just yet. =) Its certainly worth the money.
Well, D_987's reviews usually get a lot of comments (he does a good job keeping the threads alive, mind) so it doesn't seem to be that big a problem. It's a bit surprising (no offence meant to the OP), as judging by the style of this review, it doesn't seem quite engaging enough to get a lot of reads in a lengthy review. It's certainly informative enough, but given the common TL;DR attitude on the site, the lack of sheer entertainment value in the review doesn't count against it. I have a similar attitude, but so far, much less success in my reviews. Won't reduce the size of my FFVI review when I get round to it though.ultimatechance said:
I don't really see reviews as a place in which entertainment value should be a factor. Either the review is informative and interesting, or it isn't - I personally don't see reviews as anything else. They aren't articles on a large topic, in which the author has a wide variety of examples and facts to splurge out - they are simply opinionated works. I see what you mean with regards to the poor diction, but I don't really see the relevance; I prefer the reader to be able to read my review, gain the necessary facts to make their opinion and then include my own opinions / ideas on them. Having said that I think my style may change depending on the length of the review.pigeon_of_doom said:
Sure a few may be wordy, but I believe the style is concise enough to perform the function of a review - to inform the reader of the product and give my opinion on it. may gain more comments because I like to reply to those that post in my thread (the bookmark option is very useful in this regard) as conversing about something I have recently played is interesting. Yes there may have been times in the past where I may have acted foolishly and merely bumped reviews, but I no longer act in that way.
I agree with you, but the vast amount of Yahtzee imitators and generally frivolous attitude of reviews in the gaming press do tend to veer somewhat in the entertainment direction. I was actually complimenting your style, as I actually got quite a lot from this review, rather than some sketchy details and zany metaphors to puzzle over. I wasn't criticising you of bumping your own threads, artificially through replies or blatantly either.D_987 said:
I suppose I should try and stop my compliments becoming so muddled next time. I've already stated my views on this review, and I had no problem with the more serious tone.
No offense to D_987, but I think that the largest reason why his reviews tend to be more popular is because he is very.............strategic when it comes to bumping (lol, you know its true). Thats not saying anything about the quality of his reviews though, as Im not exactly saying that they deserve any more or less. But anyways, as Pigeon said Im very surprised that the TL;DR attitude is not being so popular around your reviews. I am always open to giving chances to long reviews, but I usually dont really have the patience at times to read reviews that exceed beyond 2000 words on a forum, unless they are truly interesting. I agree that good reviews can be made by simply excelling in being informative, but length should certainly be kept in mind, as being able to be informative while keeping brevity in mind is a very useful skill. I say that it falls under the idea of the review being more well-written, rather than trying to be entertaining.D_987 said:
