The mini review is a dreadful format - at least if you can't effectively convey a point in such a small amount of time. And I'd argue that's going to be tough to do for the majority of games, so it would be a very niche format when used sensibly. If you want to hold on to this format, perhaps consider making it so that formal reviews simply have a "TLDR Corner" with a distilled review like this.
The people who can't be bothered to read more than 4 sentences without becoming bored can check that out along with the score, and then the people like us - those who prefer to understand why a score was given, not just that the author didn't like it "because" - can read the full-fat variant.
Reviews this short don't do anything. You'd be better off removing the text at that point and just giving a score - I'll be honest, I can't imagine much would be lost by chopping off such a short amount of text simply due to the fact that such extreme brevity inherently lacks nuance. Reviews need that nuance.
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Re: Mini Review: Last Labyrinth - PSVR's Most Baffling Experience
The mini review is a dreadful format - at least if you can't effectively convey a point in such a small amount of time. And I'd argue that's going to be tough to do for the majority of games, so it would be a very niche format when used sensibly. If you want to hold on to this format, perhaps consider making it so that formal reviews simply have a "TLDR Corner" with a distilled review like this.
The people who can't be bothered to read more than 4 sentences without becoming bored can check that out along with the score, and then the people like us - those who prefer to understand why a score was given, not just that the author didn't like it "because" - can read the full-fat variant.
Reviews this short don't do anything. You'd be better off removing the text at that point and just giving a score - I'll be honest, I can't imagine much would be lost by chopping off such a short amount of text simply due to the fact that such extreme brevity inherently lacks nuance. Reviews need that nuance.