Saturday, December 09, 2006

Story of one Dungeon Siege review

As you have probably noticed, I write about games (duh). I review them or just share my impressions, but generally I put quite a lot of effort into making it interesting and error-free. Since English is not my native tongue, I happen to use strange structures sometimes or make mistakes. I am afraid that's unavoidable, even though I really try to iron out the texts before I submit them.

Some time ago I posted a note mentioning that I am preparing a Dungeon Siege : Throne of Agony review. I actually managed to finish it and I sent it to HonestGamers page. After some waiting (subjectively for a long time) for critique, I was informed that my review was rejected. The reviewer of a review (this doesn't sound good, I know) judged it to be bad enough not to post it on their site. Quote :

The writing was rough enough that I didn't read more than the first few paragraphs, which seemed a little dry.

I could point to similarly rough sentences throughout your review, but your tendency to let your sentences get too complex for their own good is strong enough that there wouldn't be much point in doing so.

I know that there are some issues with my review, but was it really that bad? Well, I thought I'd share it with the world nevertheless and see what others think about it. You can read it here :


I would be very grateful if you would like to share your opinion on it via comments. Also, here's a bunch of screenshots that I have prepared to accompany the review.



Ending this post, I'd like to ask you to point out any language problems and grammar mistakes that you can find on this page. It will help me to improve my English.
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