Reviewer's Guide: quando il publisher guida il recensore

Reviews should, in theory, guide players. But what happens when the publisher guides the reviews? Let's analyze the case brought to light by Luca Wright in two phases, one in his live session with Mara Sanvitale and one recently with the good Cyrus of GCLS here: https://tinyurl.com/359fnez4 Guides exist, and they're quite extensive. Huge PDFs with boss strategies, walkthroughs, and optimal paths to facilitate progression. Why do they send them? Presumably, to hide design flaws and orient critical judgment toward a more favorable and less frustrating difficulty rating. And for some people, that seems fine. 00:00 The ideal review 01:07 Necessary premises 02:37 A little transparency would have been enough 03:37 The evangelists 05:45 The problem of git gud 07:30 Facilitated experience 09:22 Distorted judgments 11:46 Advice and common opinion 14:30 Questions for everyone 16:12 Denouncing an injustice ⚡️ Links and affiliations to support the channel: ⚪​ Patreon 👉🏻   / zeusecsi   🟣​ Twitch 👉🏻   / zeusecsi   🟢​ Discord 👉🏻   / discord   ⚫ Telegram 👉🏻 https://t.me/+OiTUdk6UhS40OWVk 🟠 Instant Gaming 👉🏻 https://www.instant-gaming.com/?igr=z... 🔵 NordVPN 👉🏻 https://go.nordvpn.net/aff_c?offer_id... 🟡 Saily 👉🏻 https://go.saily.site/aff_c?offer_id=... 🔴 DLsite: https://shorturl.at/Ze6Yw Special thanks to subscribers Adone1978, MrKatana74, and Dreimar!