I decided to check this out. A review show about games, something I've wanted for a long time, and yet I spent no more than 10 minutes on this show before concluding that the people who present this show, probably don't even know what DLC stands for.
They spent less than 2 minutes on a proper game (Final Fantasy XV, a game I love and really wanted to hear about), before jumping to mobile games and staying there for the rest of the segment.
Most gamers who are passionate enough to watch a TV show about games, aren't that interested in mobile games, I know I'm not.
The people who present this show don't understand what video game are. Two of them even announced with no sense of regret, that they've never spent money on a game before, and this was from the main host of the show.
The only thing that sparked a little interest was when Dara O'Briain showed up to play some games with the team, and they played one of the most uninteresting fighting games I've ever seen, in a segment that was less impressive than a co-op YouTube let's play by someone with 4 subscribers.
It was painful to watch. If this show decides to actually get some hosts who understand what the topics they're discussing (video games), mean to people like me who have a passion for them, this show could be very entertaining, but as it stands, with hosts who look at Video Games without actually understanding what makes them fun, this show is not worth watching.
Dave is not the right place for a Video Game review show. As much as it thinks it can do everything, Dave does not have the money to do this.
For a successful video games review show, you need to look at the latest Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft games, not 10 year old indie games no-one's ever heard of, and while it's always great to see a classic 80s game being played, I can go to YouTube right now and find thousands of these.
You'll say that getting the license to show off these games is pretty expensive. Yes, which is exactly why Dave can't pull off a show like this.
The BBC could have a go, but even they might struggle to find an audience.
