Wills
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Suggestion for reviewers: Long reviews have a "too long, didn't read" paragraph at the end that summarizes everything you just said in a couple of sentences or so. So you can make an eight-paragraph review if you want (which I would totally never do), just put a summary at the end so that people who can't be bothered to read your endless display of eloquence and knowledge of Doom can still get a good idea of the wad. Yes it's a minor hassle for some reviewers but there's no point in writing a three-page review if no one reads it.
And for those who argue, "Well, you should just make your review concise and to-the-point in the first place," I say that some wads deserve/need endless reviews because of their nature (long wads), and sometimes reviewers want to write endless reviews so they can adequately go into detail about the maps. Sure, a review like "Some great maps! Check it out!" is okay and all, but it doesn't tell me about the levels in any way except that the reviewer thinks they're awesome. A few more words (anything unusual about the wad, level themes, gameplay, etc.) is good too and actually would be enough for some reviews - one good solid paragraph, or a couple of shorter paragraphs.
Then you have megawads, extremely large maps, etc. where one paragraph doesn't really cut it. A few paragraphs should be enough in most cases. But like I said before, some projects merit massive reviews, and sometimes the reviewer wants to go in-depth about the wad. That's okay, and reviewers have a right to do that, as long as they realize most people won't want to read what they had to say about the level pack. So it's in the best interest of the reviewer (if he wants people to read his review) to summarize what he said in the last paragraph.
tl;dr - Long reviews are okay, some levels need them. Just summarize your review at the end.
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07-17-08 23:41 
