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

[DonFerrari]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

DonFerrari said:

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.

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.

None of this is objective, DonFerrari. Every review is the opinion of an individual man or woman. The idea is to find the review that matches your specific tastes.

Furthermore, it's foolish to think someone who likes a specific genre or series is somehow more worthy than someone who dislikes a specific genre or series. How is handing a review to someone inclined to praise a game any different from handing a review to someone disinclined to praise a game?

The more opinions and perspectives, the better. Your system would satisfy only publishers and the fanboys who worship them. 

If I wanted an informed opinion about something I like, I would rather listen to someone that have a taste for that.

Would you take the criticism of someone that likes comics as relevant to books just because both are written? Sure all reviews are subjective (but can still point to objectively verifiable things), still when a game is generally considered 90+ and you as someone that doesn't like the genre grades it as a 40 don't say it is "good to listen to the ones that don't agree". If the person likes the genre and give a harsh criticism that is totally fine, when someone doesn't like it goes to the hating... at least that is usually what our moderation team do on their moderation over here, harsh critics from people that are outside of the fanbase go to the classification of hate not fair criticism.