Muntu, what it comes down to is simply this:
Reviewers frequently don't finish games they review. My only problem is that they're never open about how little they finished.
Previously Recorded obviously has reviewed games they haven't finished, they reviewed a game that itself wasn't finished. Necrodancer is still early access and they had that review up months ago.
the problem is more that they aren't open about how little they finish, but you can review endless games, unfinished games, etc. No one needs to wait and beat a finished game to have an opinion about anything anymore, let alone an unfinished one
you're expecting:
I'd want more than "it is/it's not worth it". I want to know if it's worth it the whole way through.
I don't know what more you want out of a review other than "if it is worth it." That is what a review is for. You're expecting "more" -- what is it that you are expecting, exactly? Most people will not go and spoil games in their reviews since most people like to play a game and see it for themselves.
Rarely ever will you see a reviewer spoil a game and talk about what things mean or symbolize, and whether the last boss of the game sucks, etc. Why would you want to know who the last boss of the game is, or that there even IS one? It ruins the game for people at a certain point if you are trying to sell a writing/video piece as a review and not a deconstruction of the game as a whole.
Thesis was an embellishment, but it isn't far off from expecting a higher level of criticism than a standard review.
But if we're talking about a review that's coming after the game has already released, I think the reviewer should finish the game before reviewing it if they want the review to have any weight - they're clearly not in a hurry to push the review out.
which is fine IF that is what they are going for. Most reviewers who try to push out a multitude of reviews will move on to the next game when they have an informed opinion and call it. They are trying to have some sort of regularity in their reviews, otherwise you have someone who updates very infrequently.
You missed my point
My fault, should have worded that better
your point seems to be that since Bloodborne has an "end point" it should be played to completion, but since Tetris doesn't have an "end point' it doesn't need to be. Seems like an unequal expectation since most people understand the mechanics of both games at a certain point and then can write a review when they deem necessary.
