A review usually consists of an analysis or examination of something.
Revision , from the Latin revisio , is the action of revising . This verb refers to submitting something to examination or seeing it with attention and care. For example: “Tomorrow I will dedicate myself to reviewing the accounts” , “This afternoon I took the car for a technical inspection” , “Dr McTalibur, I think we will have to carry out a review of the clauses of the agreement” .
There are various types of review depending on the area in question. At home , we often review things informally, without a prior plan, regulation or statute for presenting the results. A person can check the bathroom faucet if they notice a leak, or they can check a closet when they can't find their ID.
Some types of review
A report that analyzes and discusses a text , usually of a scientific nature, is known as a literary review . This review is usually developed as part of a thesis proposal.
Peer review , for its part, is a method that allows written works to be validated. It consists of a number of authors with the same rank as the author reviewing the writing and being responsible for making corrections or annotations. This process may be necessary for the text to be admitted to a scientific publication, for example.
The revision of history ( historical revisionism ) is a current that seeks to reinterpret history . It is common for it to develop from the appearance of new data or a new analysis, although some also use the concept pejoratively to refer to the manipulation of history for certain interests.
It is common for a review to enable the development of a rating or evaluation.
Analysis of digital games
Also known as analysis , video game review is one of the fundamental tasks of journalists in this field, generally a few weeks before the launch of a title, to inform readers about its most outstanding features, its strengths and their defects.
Until a few years ago, it was a work with a level of formality and objectivity that is in short supply today, especially since current trends lean towards light and casual reading, as long as the preferred option does not exist: video review . .
However, analyzing a video game requires extensive knowledge and extensive experience as a player, to be able to clearly and effectively express to readers one's own feelings during the gaming session. Although a journalist is not expected to have as deep a technical background as the developers of the titles he reviews, a background always helps to generate more sensible opinions and avoid unfair criticism .
Issues analyzed in video game reviews
One of the points that are usually judged in a review is the graphic section ; The objective is to determine the quality of the design of the characters, their animations, the settings and the graphic interface, as well as any visual element, to communicate to the public whether it meets the standards of its time.
Music and sound are two other aspects of great importance for a video game: when a console is turned off, the graphics disappear and the controller no longer responds, but it is possible to continue humming and whistling the melodies that cling to our memory to accompany us, in many cases, throughout life.
On the other hand is the playability , an unavoidable point of any review and, for many, the most important. A game can have a poor graphical presentation and unmemorable music, but if its controls and the objectives it sets are solid and attractive, then it can become a true addiction, overshadowing more than one film- quality production.