I completely disagree that you can judge a game adequately "after a certain length of time" - it may be a practical necessity but it isn't desirable and it isn't accurate in my opinion for a number of games.
yes ....take for example the "Castlevania thingy" mentioned above...(what a great idea, BTW)
but on the other hand we would have to wait forever to read an accurate review if one needed
to finish a game before writing a review for it! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
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Especially if it was me doing the playing..... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/ROFL.gif" alt="" />