Critical Chris

Critical Chris is a video game review show broadcast on ChrizmanTV. The show covers a wide variety of gaming genres and time periods. The pilot episode, featuring Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe, was the culmination of two months of planning and production. It was broadcast on 8th November 2015. A full six-episode season is due to air in March 2016.

History
It had long been the ambition of Chris Wilkinson to conduct a series of video game reviews to supplement the Let's Plays that ChrizmanTV was known for. Planning began in the summer of 2015. Under the working title of 'Chris-ique' (a portmanteau of Chris and critique), a first series of twelve episodes was sketched out for broadcast in the final quarter of 2015. Among the five common grading criteria, the original show was to feature 'Fast Facts' that were displayed rapidly between each segment. This idea was dropped and the name was changed to 'Critical Chris' by late September 2015.

It was soon realised that a full series would not be possible in 2015 due to the sheer length of time needed to write, record and edit the episodes. Instead, a pilot episode was broadcast on 8th November 2015 to much acclaim, featuring a review of Rollercoaster Tycoon Deluxe. Due to the success of the pilot, a full series was commissioned with a tentative release date in March 2016.

Format
The episodes start with a brief introduction to the game, a history of its development, and initial thoughts. Each of the five main segments used to score the games are signposted throughout the review. Finally, there is a summary of the score, availability of the video game reviewed and any other similar games on the market.

Each review has a set format with which to grade each video game. Five categories help determine the final score; gameplay, graphics, audio, functionality and playability. Each category can score up to a maximum of 10 points, meaning that the total possible score a game can achieve is 50.