I completely disagree, actually. Most "feature articles" are little more than free advertisements for the game, with crowing interviews with the programmers or designers or whatever and luscious screen shots. I have never seen a critical feature article of a game. (The same goes for movies, btw. It is often hilarious to read the glowing 10 page article about some new blockbuster movie and the cruel 500 word C- review in the same issue of Entertainment Weekly.)
The purpose of a review is to critique all of the reasons a person might or might not want to play the game. That includes gameplay, soundtrack, morality, gross imagery, interface, everything. Why would you exclude a topic that seriously affects potential purchasers from a review?
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The purpose of a review is to critique all of the reasons a person might or might not want to play the game. That includes gameplay, soundtrack, morality, gross imagery, interface, everything. Why would you exclude a topic that seriously affects potential purchasers from a review?