"My pet peeve is that game reviewers are lazy," he told Shacknews. "Not all, but in terms of the reviews [something like] 'This game isn't as good because let's compare it to that game over there and that game was great.' Who gives a, you know, bleep?"
"How can you review a game, how can you give a comment about a game like Grand Theft Auto IV, that has 40-plus hours or more of gameplay, if you've only spent 2 1/2 to 3 hours playing it," he added.
Olin said that's like critiquing a movie after watching the first reel. "I don't think that's fair, or is it accurate."
Journalists for mainstream publications recently tackled the idea that games need to be finished before review. Following the release of GTA IV, Variety's Ben Fritz said he didn't finish the game.
"Do I think games should be 'finished' to review them? Ideally, in most cases," he said.
"But in an open-world, multi-player game like GTA, completing the story doesn’t mean you finished the game in any real sense. Would a review of GTA IV in which the writer finished the story but did nothing else be more complete? I don’t personally think so."