It doesn't matters what medium you used. 
I saw that Sneakers (first party game for the Xbox) would be a Toys 'R Us exclusive. It was known as Have a Mice Day! when it launched (and then bombed) in Japan, and it got a score in the low twenties in Famitsu Weekly if I recall correctly. What I did not knew, is that it was exclusive to the US, in Canada the game was sold in stores and available for rent. So I went to my video store to rent some games, and I saw it! I don't know why, instead of picking, well, any other game on the store, I decided that since Microsoft would never send that game to the press, I'd make a review and be the first one to review it.
I started playing. Well, it had a nice opening FMV, with some rat in fur-shading. The rest, well, I didn't quite knew if I should laugh or cry. :lol Why did these stupid mice had to hunt rats to get a cake for their party? Why was the game on rails made in multiple squares and you could only to from one angle to another? That was the worst. control system. ever. Then I had to get a peek to look for rats, I figured out something interesting would happen. Wow, the rat gets scared, and then I discover you have to scare them all and that's the goal of the game! I ROTFLMAO! :lol
There were a few sporadical battles were you basically couldn't do jack. There were four stages that ended in a hurry and that only lasted a couple hours because of the clunky controls. And the story made no sense whatsover, so in the end I gave the game 12%. I tought out to myself since I was the first: big sites are gonna review the game, what if I am awfully wrong? I was somewhat anxious at some point, and then I saw IGN giving an almost exactly similar score. :lol
I saw that Sneakers (first party game for the Xbox) would be a Toys 'R Us exclusive. It was known as Have a Mice Day! when it launched (and then bombed) in Japan, and it got a score in the low twenties in Famitsu Weekly if I recall correctly. What I did not knew, is that it was exclusive to the US, in Canada the game was sold in stores and available for rent. So I went to my video store to rent some games, and I saw it! I don't know why, instead of picking, well, any other game on the store, I decided that since Microsoft would never send that game to the press, I'd make a review and be the first one to review it.
I started playing. Well, it had a nice opening FMV, with some rat in fur-shading. The rest, well, I didn't quite knew if I should laugh or cry. :lol Why did these stupid mice had to hunt rats to get a cake for their party? Why was the game on rails made in multiple squares and you could only to from one angle to another? That was the worst. control system. ever. Then I had to get a peek to look for rats, I figured out something interesting would happen. Wow, the rat gets scared, and then I discover you have to scare them all and that's the goal of the game! I ROTFLMAO! :lol
There were a few sporadical battles were you basically couldn't do jack. There were four stages that ended in a hurry and that only lasted a couple hours because of the clunky controls. And the story made no sense whatsover, so in the end I gave the game 12%. I tought out to myself since I was the first: big sites are gonna review the game, what if I am awfully wrong? I was somewhat anxious at some point, and then I saw IGN giving an almost exactly similar score. :lol
Threatened twice with libel and once with they'll somehow magically make me lose my job.