I’ve played a lot of games, and the vast majority of them I have enjoyed. While some games I have outright loved, some other games I have moderately enjoyed. And while some games weren’t found by many others as great, I was able to see through some of the flaws of most games and see the positives that they have. So while some games have their flaws, be it difficulty, pacing or otherwise, there is some good to the games.
That positive view has been damaged.
I think that I have a benefit that I get sent some games to review. While there are a few games that I have reviewed that I have either purchased or were “free-to-play,” there are a select few publishers who send me review copies or codes. And while I never feel obligated to give them a good review to make sure I can get another “freebie” I have always felt that this was a privilege and chose to forgive minor missteps and look at the broader picture.
I think it’s also made games that I didn’t really enjoy that much easier to pallet, because I wasn’t spending my hard earned money to get these games. Some of the games aren’t ones that I would have sought out and purchased in the first place, because I am very frugal with my money. With that being said I was pleasently surprised with a great number of them.
Full disclosure: I received a complimentary review copy of Tenkai Knights: Brave Battle.
Spoiler alert: I didn’t like it. And it’s really unfortunate, because I was actually really looking forward to this game, though I had no previous experience with any of the anime that came before I was optimistic.
