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Originally Posted by munnra
What would be involved in doing a review?
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Several things, I try to summarize them:
First of all, you need to know the game quite well, that means you have to play it or have played it for some time. You do not need to know every last bit, but should be able to describe its main features, what you can do in the game, what is good and bad and how it "feels" to play.
It will be a good idea to spend some time playing it before writing, even if you have lots of memories from the past. While doing so, you can also take screenshots from the most impressive scenes, the title screen, general overview, etc. Try to cover the important parts. We will need around 6 to 8 screens + title screen for the review.
(Btw: in DOSBox, screenshots are taken by pressing CTRL+F5. You find them in the CAPTURE folder of the DOSBox directory afterwards.)
Find out who developed the game and who published it, also the year it was made is needed. You can take a look at any review on site to see what information we give with each game.
Find out about technical aspects. How good are the grafics and sounds, compared to other games of that age.
If you don't know how to structurize your review, take a look at Frodos work on the Questprobe games. She has a clear and nice style in writing.
Test if the game runs in DOSBox, VDMSound, or even in Windows. This part can also be done by an updater, but these guys have to do lots of other tasks and will be happy, if you help them with this.
Give suggestions for other games, which someone who likes this game would also love to play.
Sounds like lots of work, eh? It isn't too bad after all, and it's worth the effort when you have your game and review on site.
Starflight II was a true gem, I think we all would love to see it on Abandonia. Your help would be highly appreciated!
If you need more info take a look at this thread, it's a very good guide on how to write reviews:
http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=2620