L02 Analysis/Comparison of game reviews

LO2: Analysis of Game Reviews

Lord of the Rings: War in the North review

The review of Lord of the rings war in the north  is good in some aspects, it gives you the features and outline of the game. The genre is an action role playing game, the review also happened to connote that the developers focused mainly on the co-op mode of the game which connotes that this is its best feature

Also, the review does not really  give you an insight into the  narrative or the story line of the game, it tells you things like you can take key events in any order but still falls to the same finish. Although the reviewer might not have been allowed to talk about any of story so they didn't give away any key facts they didn't even hint about what and why there is a sequel to the first game. So this game lacks in the story line and narrative area of the review.

The production processes mentioned in the review is things about what engine they have used. Although they don't reveal the name of the engine, they say that the company has made a entirely new engine for the game to make enemies look more ferocious. Other than that the production process of the game is mainly left out of the review. They also talk about the director of the game and how this worried people thinking they would make it easier.

The characters mentioned is vague, it hardly mentions anything about the character. Although in the first game you made your own character as changing the facial features and such like. So the reviewer may not have needed to talk about the characters and let the reader assume that the characters are the same as the previous game. Although they talk about some of the bad guys that are different there is still nothing about the main character.

The gameplay, this is where the review really comes to life, it goes on and on about it. They talk about and how they have modified certain aspects of the game from the previous game in the series. They talk about how the game is nigh impossible to play and that you will get your butt handed to you over and over again. So in this review this is what it talks about the most and this is what it focuses on.

The target audience mentioned is for veteran gamers it seems like and for masochists as this game is ferociously hard. Other than that they mention no other thing about the audience such as what age rating the game is for so they haven't mentioned that much about the target audience.
The only thing it mentions about the different platforms is right at the very end of the review. It just mentions the different platforms, not whether they have different content on them and which they would get Lord of the rings war in the north on.
So overall this review is a good, well balanced review that tends to pass over a lot of information but gives you some key details on the game.

Lord of The Rings, War in the North video review

The Review

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhZMAJOeEis

This review is completely different to the written one, it hardly talks about anything about the game, such as the target audience, the production process, the platforms, the characters and the narrative/storyline. 

The reviewer likes to talk about his own view on the game, he mainly criticises the game and about how he doesn't like how they have made it. Also, he talks about how they have made the game, he says that it was completely different to the first game as they designed the scenery quickly and so it doesn't look as good as the first scenery wise.

So compared with the written review, it definitely is not as good, as all it does is criticise the games and doesn't compliment it and point out where the game excels. It is no where near as in depth as the written review as well so I would not go to this review to see whether it was a good game or not as it is very biased. 

So in comparison I prefer the written review as a whole because it is better and more detailed.