Its certainly a good idea, the level of "office buzz" for a game is often a very good indicator of how good the game is.

But for Uncharted (for instance) it would be a bad indicator, because we only had a single copy, and it was Pre-release code which would only play on the debug (Test) PS3. And because it was (originally) embargoed until October 6th, I took the PS3 Test and the code home and played it at my leisure. ALthough I completed it in 12 hours, I did so in five sessions (about 3 x 2 hours and 2 x 3 hours)... so no one else in the office got too much of a chance to play it.

They have played it of course, a little before I took the Test home and since the review was finished last Friday. And the general feelings are very positive. TimSPOnG was not a big fan at first, but it won him over eventually.

In the end, the embargo was lifted early, but instead of rush our review for the new earlier embargo date, we decided to hold back publication until Monday when the review was complete, since the game is not out until the 16th.

Just to clarify... it was Review code that had not been cut to retail release disc so had to be played on the debug. Nothing from the copy Dee reviewed was changed in the retail release... or I would have said so at the start of the copy.

Cheers

Tim

Yeah I see the problem, especially as most of the games you review are pre-release, you could include which games are being played in the office that week, although that doesn't really help with the review side of things, unless perhaps you include the last 3 games the reviewer choose to play.

I think the BETA sucks the whole Uncharted franchise fails Xbxo 360 FTW

I think the BETA sucks the whole Uncharted franchise fails Xbox 360 FTW BTW i have a PS3 but i Know Xbox OWNZ all FABLE 2