Video Game Reviews and Deadlines

A lot of times journalists will get advanced copies, but they can be without the all important day on patch. And for those that don't send advance copies, you'll still see the all important meda critic score pop up within a day. In the case of larger open world games, or j r p gs, e ra, surely they're not meant to be played by rushing through and trying to hit a dead line? So you can write a seven out of ten review for the inner net to then scream at you. Another example i saw of this was yakusa like a dragon, which, by a number of major critics, was critiqued for its difficulty spike. But