The most I’ve heard about reviewers getting extra help is that they have a small tip sheet for the trickiest parts, and only sometimes. If they need extra help beyond that, they’re messaging their colleagues on Discord who are also under embargo.
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Nikls94@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoMost “reviewers” get a version of the game with infinite money and health to get through the game quickly and only talk about story and size.
I bet there’s bosses and quests that have a special place in our rage that these people just breezed through and they don’t remember them a single bit.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
qarbone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’ve gotten release copies of games for review. Unless they have another secret tier of pressers, this is nonsense. If anything, review copies are more likely to have bugs that making completing the game harder.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Indie or AA and AAA?
qarbone@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Indie and AA.