At what point is it fair to judge a game?

[Gorilla Gravy]

For me it's within the first few hours. If I hated the first two hours of a game then I'm probably going to hate the next 20.

Case in point: L.A. Noire. The first few hours bored me to death but I thought maybe if I stick with the game it would get better. Twenty shitgargling hours later as the credits were rolling I swore I'd never put myself through that again.

Of course some people think it's only fair to judge a game after you've completed it 100%. Some people also think the Holocaust didn't happen and that God put dinosaur bones n the ground to fuck with us.

Coincidence? Yes, probably.

[TurboKill]

Depends on the game, for me. For example, the beginning of Bioshock Infinite I loved, but after 3 hours...man did I feel disappointed. None of it drew me in as much as Bioshock 1. I didn't even feel that disappointed with 2. Although Infinite had a far more interesting story, something about it made me care less. (It was the gameplay.)

And on the other side, it took me well over 2 hours to start getting a feel for Persona 2 and actually start enjoying it.

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Sidebar comment: If it weren't for that awesome pre-order deal from GMG that came with Bio1, Civ5, Bio2 (iirc), and eventually Xcom, I would've been pissed at paying $60 for Bio:Infinite.

[PhilKenSebben]

It can really vary game to game, XCOM, one of my favorites this gen, I hated for the first 2 hours until it opened up. Tomb Raider (which you've covered in another thread), I hated the first hour or so, then fell in love with it. Bioshock: Inf. Disliked the first hour and haven't been back. Then theres those game that open with a bang and peter out and end up sucking (Battlefield 3, GTA 4, Saints 3).

[Tarvu]

Ten seconds after rumours of it existing are posted. If not sooner.

[Puhnkss]

There's only one thing I can say to you!

When ever you want!

Unless I disagree of course...