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Anyone mind a user posting two reviews of the same item?

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Deleted 12 years, 8 months ago at Sep 4 19:03 -
Are you guys okay with my posting two reviews for video games when they're structured and styled really, really differently from one another?

I've written up a review of Metroid that's very different from this one posted just over four months ago, and I intend to do the same for some of my other Metroidvania reviews. If this is okay with the general public, I'll keep doing two versions of my analysis for each Metroidvania I review on future occasion.

If no one objects, I'll put it up and be sure to post a link to the review just sos you guys can see for certain how truly different it is. Basically, it's humorous and less strictly structured. With original characters and banter between them. Er... I've already revealed too much.

How do you guys feel about having alternate reviews by one user when they're noticeably, obviously different from those posted prior?
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Deleted 12 years, 8 months ago at Sep 4 23:47 -
There - posted.

Both reviews fulfill their own purposes, and neither one renders the others' existence unjustified. I don't think this is a problem, but it'd be nice to establish some ground rules for posting alternate reviews.

Don't worry, by the way; I've no intentions of doing a third review for the game! I acknowledge some shadow of a reflection of social norms, after all.
ape 12 years, 8 months ago at Sep 5 12:06 -
From the perspective of somebody who isn't part of the rule enforcement or creations here, I don't see the harm in it...If folks who like to copy and paste reviews take it as an opportunity to copy and paste several for the same item, then maybe that's an issue...But this is different and interesting.

I think it'd also be interesting for someone to write a review on an item and then a year or so down the road, go back and read/watch/play/listen to the reviewed item again and respond with a follow-up review...Just to see how opinions can change over time. Whether or not anyone would actually do that is a whole different story, but I think it would be an interesting read comparing the two.
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Deleted 12 years, 8 months ago at Sep 5 22:55 -
I wouldn't mind that either. I have a number of slightly older reviews that I'm replacing, so I'll ponder keeping them available in list form... Which they already are - I'll just have to face the decision as to whether I hide them away or do whichever.

But yeah, copy/pasting a bunch of reviews that aren't yours... That's no good.

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LordDarkrai 11 years, 10 months ago at Jun 22 13:28 -
This sounds very interesting.
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The O.P. 11 years, 10 months ago at Jun 22 13:42 -
There's never too many good reviews! :)