Reviewing Clarification

LunarEcho

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One thing that stuck out to me about the rules for reviewing is rule 3 that specifies in the parentheses that pricing shouldn't be a focus (assuming I'm reading it correctly). Is it still fine to mention pricing within a review for games that are on Steam as I would do for an actual Steam review, such as simply having an aside to mention that the game is worth it on a sale and/or how big of a sale? Or are we not supposed to mention price at all even if it's not affecting the actual rating listed (i.e. not raising/lowering the star rating because of a pricing point).

I guess it doesn't matter too much since the games can be downloaded on here regardless for people to try before they buy, so I could be overthinking it.
 

moskyx

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One thing that stuck out to me about the rules for reviewing is rule 3 that specifies in the parentheses that pricing shouldn't be a focus (assuming I'm reading it correctly). Is it still fine to mention pricing within a review for games that are on Steam as I would do for an actual Steam review, such as simply having an aside to mention that the game is worth it on a sale and/or how big of a sale? Or are we not supposed to mention price at all even if it's not affecting the actual rating listed (i.e. not raising/lowering the star rating because of a pricing point).

I guess it doesn't matter too much since the games can be downloaded on here regardless for people to try before they buy, so I could be overthinking it.
Sure you can mention a game's price, but what would be the point? Your review is posted on a pirate forum, next to several, free download links. What do you exactly want to tell pirates with your review? After all, pricing won't be a factor on the gaming experience for players who are getting the game for free, and it shouldn't affect your opinion about said game's technical or artistical merits. Who's going to care about the dev's pricing policy when they are reading the reviews just to know if they could be interested in downloading a game for free?
 
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