I suspect that might be a case of me not knowing that about the key, so not suggesting that Thomas try it.

To hopefully completely clarify and lay the issue to rest: we were provided a copy of the game and a key at the start of release week. Thomas played the game for around six days before writing the review (as in actual days, not game-time). After the concerns raised about the original review, I contacted New Star Games asking for a copy of the final game. I did not receive a response, so I suggested Thomas download the release demo to get an idea for stability and any further changes made to the game. A day later, Thomas replied that the game was more stable, but that the content was the same. This was when we ran the amended original review and clarified with this post.

My question is: I bought a key during the beta process, v0.93. It still works now the game’s version is on v1.03. This implies you never bought a key in the first place, meaning the game’s reviewer never played more than ten weeks of gameplay, or you’re using the fact you’d have to “repurchase” a key as an excuse to not fully review the new game again. While it’s not impossible, I strongly doubt the game developer would rescind a key you purchased, or received as part of the reviewing process.

Any way, if either of those are true, it doesn’t speak very highly of your site.

well, you obviously couldn’t have played the final for very long, as you wouldve have noticed that you didnt need to buy another copy of the game. Once you have a code, u dont need to buy another one for a new update, you use the old one. If you didnt play the newer version of the game thoroughly enough, then obviously the new review is not fair or balanced.

Maybe you were too proud to think you could have been wrong in the first review and therefore you simply didnt bother with the second one.

heres a fair and balanced review you can use as an example http://captaind-pc-gaming.blogspot.com/2010/01/pc-game-review-new-star-tennis.html

“Even ardent fans of New Star’s games are likely to be disappointed by this lacklustre effort from the indie developer.”

Well, i’m one of those ardent fans, and in my opinion, NST is one of the best releases from new star games (second only to NSS4)

If you would care to look here – http://www.newstargames.com/newstarforum/showthread.php?t=10640&page=2 – you’ll see that most ardent fans are not dissappointed by NSG’s efforts.

However, this statement clears up why those issues arose. You can only review what they send you. If a publisher sends you buggy code, then you review buggy code.