I want to thank everyone who have posted so far.
"Five minute" comment, I believe that was from either Roger Ebert or Richard Roeper. Considering movie critics watch hundreds of movies every year, I am sure they can figure out early on if they are going to like the movie or not.
Overall, I think the responses seem to indicate that you really can't give a good review of certain games from just one hour of play. As some people suggested, you can call it an "impression". Speaking of which, I did skim some of Jim Sterling's videos of him doing that. I liked that better than trying to watch a Let's Play video.
The one genre of games that will suffer from one hour of play are RPG's. I made an effort last year to play some RPG's. There is definitely a different mind set you need to have to play those games than you do any other game. How long should you play an RPG to get a reasonable impression of the game?
"Five minute" comment, I believe that was from either Roger Ebert or Richard Roeper. Considering movie critics watch hundreds of movies every year, I am sure they can figure out early on if they are going to like the movie or not.
Overall, I think the responses seem to indicate that you really can't give a good review of certain games from just one hour of play. As some people suggested, you can call it an "impression". Speaking of which, I did skim some of Jim Sterling's videos of him doing that. I liked that better than trying to watch a Let's Play video.
The one genre of games that will suffer from one hour of play are RPG's. I made an effort last year to play some RPG's. There is definitely a different mind set you need to have to play those games than you do any other game. How long should you play an RPG to get a reasonable impression of the game?