Re: [BNW] Fwd: BNW review at RPGnet

["g. m." <gm1970@hotmail.com>]

My problem with the review is the "reviewer bias" that this guy doesn't even 
try to hide. He seriously dislikes meta-plot games, says so, and then 
advocates not buying this or other meta-plot games because he doesn't like 
them. He only likes "superman" style superhero games, and slams the game 
since it doesn't provide it. He likes quick character advancement, and 
thinks the game doesn't provide it. Most of the review is "I like game type 
A. This is not game type A, so it's BAD BAD BAD."

In a review, just tell me 1) how the system works, in thumbnail. 2) Major 
background notes & 3) leave the personal bias out until the end notes. Don't 
make the review a forum for your personal biases. And do not attribute 
possible motives to the writer of the game unless you know them. As much as 
J. Wick can annoy me, his article at Gaming Outpost about what's wrong with 
reviews pretty much summed up what's going wrong in most RPG reviews these 
days. And this review hit most of those problems. He had a few legit 
concerns/comments, but overall he was just grousing.

As for the comments, Munch Wolf ascribing the meta-plot to "Matt's Ego" was 
the worst offender to me.

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