IGN: God of War is a masterpiece and one of the most impressive games ever

[DonFerrari]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

DonFerrari said:

Critics aren't also to evaluate something they don't like by standard as well... like someone that doesn't like racers evaluating GT or FM, doesn't like FPS analyzing CoD, etc... Fair criticism is completely different than harsh score due to different taste.

Sorry, I don't understand what you wrote.

Someone who hates the genre isn't doing a objective analysis of that game with an accurate score for someone who enjoys the genre. And several or perhaps all of his criticisms would fall on the critics of the genre not the game or how he wanted the game to do and not if the game do what it stand to do.

Barkley said:

DonFerrari said:

Critics aren't also to evaluate something they don't like by standard as well... like someone that doesn't like racers evaluating GT or FM, doesn't like FPS analyzing CoD, etc... Fair criticism is completely different than harsh score due to different taste.

It serves a purpose, someone who doesn't typically like fps games can look at review by someone who they know also usually dislikes fps games. If that reviewer gives it a good score then they know that even though they usually don't like that genre, they may still like this particular game.

An issue only really arises when combining all opinions into one, as with metacritic. While a review by someone who usually dislikes the genre does have a place, it's place isn't to be an outlier for an aggregate score.

If I don't like a specific type of game I won't even look for reviews of that game, there is already a lot of games on genres I like to play. We are talking about professional reviews and publications, they have the option to chose someone that understand the genre instead of someone who hates it. This isn't someone on youtube saying his individual preferences.