Hello - my first time trying to write a review of a game; if someone has time, would you mind critiquing my review? I want it to be helpful for the other player, but I haven’t done these before… any tips on writing good reviews would be appreciated.
I think it’s awesome that you want to give back and share your knowledge with beginners Even better if you want to do it well!
Here are some suggestions for your review:
Review from the perspective of the other player. Comment on their moves, thoughts and feelings, not so much on your own.
Give suggestions. Your student wants to know what they should be thinking and doing.
Explain why.
Be concise and mind their attention span. Focus on the core losing moves. Don’t comment everything.
Because I’ve done a bunch of reviews in the exact same format and I am an opinionated person, I’ve written some lengthy posts on the topic. This one has all my tips on writing good reviews:
Here, I found some examples from way back when I used to do more reviews If you are looking for inspiration, to see how I go about my explanations, check this out: