I think the opinions of people who play more games might even be MORE valuable because they have a wide diversity of experience with different dev styles and game types. I'm one of those people with over 100 games in my library, and it has been quite eye-opening.
The lack of bugs in many other games often feels like a breath of fresh air after doing, for example, a daily where 80% of the mobs are LoS'd (VP healing daily, I'm lookin' at you!). The level of communication and engagement some developers have with their community also makes me understand how much the Rift community has been getting the shaft (until very recently when a critical mass of criticism finally forced staff changes). I see one-person indie devs communicating and personally bug fixing games on a timescale that I just don't see on Rift anymore. I see games where all you have to do to get the important gear is kill the boss. Not kill the boss hundreds of times and have to pay extra for the gear, just kill the boss and get the item. After being nickel and dimed to get ANYWHERE in terms of gear, it feels miraculous now only having to kill something once to get what I need. It's nice seeing things from the POV of the general gamer community instead of someone who has been isolated in just one MMO for years. It makes me see the things other games are doing well and makes me wish that those things were done as well in Rift, too.
I think the opinions of people who have played more than just one game all the time are extremely relevant. Plus, it's a huge storefront. We should care about the reviews there because it might scare away new players or attract them.
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