CLARIFICATION FOR COMPARING REVIEWS

author=SnowOwl
Maybe submit it as a article instead of a review or something along those lines? I'm not sure why you need to compare two games like that though. Are they somehow connected to each other?

Well, their only connection is their game-play style. They are in many aspects similar but have distinctive differences to them.

Why do we need to do anything, right? It's just another style of reviewing I want to pursue, effectively benefiting both games regardless of the conclusional verdict by spawning debate and interest.

For myself I'm very interested in disagreement. (Sounds strange, doesn't it) People are bound to have their personal opinion. Also, that way, people who played Game 1 (therefore liking it) but never heard of Game 2 will have a direct connection to it and vice versa.

It might proof to be very interesting to see people arguing the pros and cons of either game, immersing users who normaly don't see the need to comment to do so.

author=kentona
This is an... interesting experiment. I would, however, advise you to write two separate reviews, tailored to each game, and link to each other, and SCORE each review fairly. Referencing the other game you reviewed is fine, as long as you are upfront and clear in your experiment at the beginning of each review.

I think that is the alternative, less satisfying option. Thanks for that.
Though one of the most interesting parts is to see the fluctuation of certain aspects.

Let's say it looks like this (Refer to my profile if this here isn't clear)

Game 1 Game 2
Gameplay - (++) Gameplay - (+++)
... ...
Skills/Skillsystem - (+++) Skills/Skillsystem - (++)
... ...

Then there are certain interesting aspects to discuss. Like, in this artificial example, Game 1 is gameplaywise not as fun as Game 2, but still very fun, but the Skill-System, which for many people is important as preperation-for-gameplay, is better in Game 1.

And this detail would slip behind the curtain if I have two seperates instead of 1 full.

author=kentona
But I would like my review arbiter to weigh in on this before this is allowed.

Now, who might that be? :)

Thank you Addit.

I understand that it may seem strange. Like alot of my requests.

It's difficult for me to argue my exact viewpoint without dropping the name of either of the 2 games.

Please don't misunderstand me though,
just because I want to directly compare one game to another doesn't mean that they won't both receive the care I gave in my 1 official Review (on this site) as of now.

I also feel that it is wishful thinking assuming that SMBX 2.5 is anything different to any other Mario Game. It is the very same thing with the differences setting it apart from each other, but not a completely solitary game, as such they are always compared to each other depending on which one the reviewer played. Really, I would do nothing different except be completely upfront with something that is usually behind the curtain.

It may be just my own lonely opinion, but I think comparison is for the best. Acting like that other game that "totally is not like my game at all! My Mario has white shoes!" does not exist is kinda... well... unsmart. And can lead to design desisions solely made to be "different" and "edgy" instead of looking respectfully at the other game and learn from the things that it may have done better to ultimatively provide a game that is fun to play.

Thank you very much for the name drop :) With Solitayre I'll be able to be upfront with all of this, so at least there will be no confusion over it.

Greetings,
Krolan

P.s. Oh, and I agree about the "most Reviews" part. It is not like I plan on doing nothing else. I really just want to have my "Series'" ready to then continue to work on them individually, therefor right now I'm working on having one Review of each sort. If it is not possible to do such thing as a review, I'll be fine with that. I can just make an Article (Thanks Snowowl) and link to in in the respective comment sections. The only thing about it that bothers me is that the respective score will not be added to the games. So maybe I'll even pursue the Option kentona mentioned, which is an alternative that is likely not against any rules or guidelines

author=Liberty
Oh, and maybe it'd be nice to put up the reviews for both on their respective game pages with a link to the article once it's done, too. ^.^

That is actually a great idea o.o I'll just have to make sure that they're accepted (almost) at the same time. That Way I can keep the comparisson exactly as what it is supposed to be, let them enter the "Arena" and all that and still provide the Review. So I don't have to make a Review/Comparisson Hybrid (which would've been an interesting personal challange though...). Oh well :)


Regarding Apples and Oranges:

From the top of my head I couldn't think of any other games that I know of that could even remotely get this treatment, so it is a rare occasion anyway. It's not like it is a straight RPG which are, mostly, not comparable in the slightest.

It is not like I try to compare The Legend of Zelda (NES) to Super Mario World or A Link to the Past to Super Mario RPG. It is more like a comparison between Gothic 1 and TES: Morrowind, or CoD:Modern Warfare and Battlefield 3, which are, lets face it, the exact same thing with slightly altered features.

RPG-Maker games are very personalized, I agree with that, and this is why most of them cannot be compared to one another. However, some games follow a very specific type of play, as of now I only found one such incident with those 2 games after about 4 months. So this is a Series which will rarely be updated but probably exactly because of that be more interesting.

author=Solitayre
I think I would suggest a mixture of what SnowOwl, kentona, and Addit said.

I would say submit your series as an article comparing the two games, and if you want to rate each game independently you'd need to submit your individual thoughts about that individual game independently as a review.

That's just my initial thoughts.

Thank you Solitayre, that's pretty much what I'm gonna do :)

Thanks to all you other guys. All your suggestions lead to how I'm gonna go on about this. Appreciate it :)

In my Book this topic's Solved and Cleared.