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CLOUDBOND007 wrote:

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Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allan Poe Conspiracy

Is criticizing a casual game like kicking someone when they're down?

Although they probably shouldn't be held to the same standards of regular games, I think casual games could benefit from more legitimate criticism.

I think that review was actually very fair and brought up valid points. The only casual gaming site I visit with any frequency is jayisgames.com. It's supposed to be a Casual Gaming reviews blog, but the articles there rarely contain actual criticism. So, it's refreshing to see something like this. I'd like to see you review something a little more high-profile, though, because most hidden object games are just copy-pastes of the same formula in different settings. That review really could have applied to a great many of them.

I've actually considered reviewing some browser-based games myself, but because the designers aren't usually making a lot of money off of those, and also they're usually just meant to be mindless diversions, I wonder if it would even be worth it.

The sort of games I was considering targeting are stuff like this which hold pretensions of being "artistic," yet lack depth or even half-way decent gameplay.