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Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.



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Just read some of his reviews for the first time in months. His FEAR 3 review is so wrong I don't even want to read Bastion one...



Cactus said:
Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.

Seece it right, opinions can only go so far, we can't always just sit back and accept opinions for what they are.



brendude13 said:
Cactus said:
Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.

Seece it right, opinions can only go so far, we can't always just sit back and accept opinions for what they are.

Because you personally disagree with them?

What if I said that I refuse to accept the opinion that inFamous is a good game?



Cactus said:
brendude13 said:
Cactus said:
Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.

Seece it right, opinions can only go so far, we can't always just sit back and accept opinions for what they are.

Because you personally disagree with them?

What if I said that I refuse to accept the opinion that inFamous is a good game?

Again, that isn't what a review is meant to be, some people get it, some people don't, you're the latter.



 

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Seece said:
Cactus said:
brendude13 said:
Cactus said:
Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.

Seece it right, opinions can only go so far, we can't always just sit back and accept opinions for what they are.

Because you personally disagree with them?

What if I said that I refuse to accept the opinion that inFamous is a good game?

Again, that isn't what a review is meant to be, some people get it, some people don't, you're the latter.


Alright. Read over my initial response to your post and explain to me how I'm wrong. I want to understand your line of thinking, but I'm finding it a bit difficult.



Cactus said:
brendude13 said:
Cactus said:
Seece said:
Wagram said:
Though I hardly ever agree with his reviews. I love how you all flame on him for having an: OPINION.

There comes a point where opinion is wrong, this is the difference between a bad and a good reviewer, being able to put aside your personal likes and dislikes and judging a game on what it is.

How can a a person's subjective experience with a videogame be factually incorrect? I think inFamous is a piece of shit, for example, and I'm sure that relegates me to the minority, but it doesn't make me wrong in any way.

I don't think that's possible. "What it is" implies that there is a correct answer, but no matter how unbiased a person thinks they are being while reviewing a game, the entire review is still based on their own personal and subjective experience.

Seece it right, opinions can only go so far, we can't always just sit back and accept opinions for what they are.

Because you personally disagree with them?

What if I said that I refuse to accept the opinion that inFamous is a good game?

Then I wouldn't really care, it's one of those love or hate games, I personally can't see what's so good about it either. I'm not calling it bad, but it's not something I'm going to spend lots of time on.

Anyway, I think it is fine for you to ridicule another persons opinion, especially when you have a stronger argument than they do.



Cactus said:
Seece said:
Cactus said:

Because you personally disagree with them?

What if I said that I refuse to accept the opinion that inFamous is a good game?

Again, that isn't what a review is meant to be, some people get it, some people don't, you're the latter.


Alright. Read over my initial response to your post and explain to me how I'm wrong. I want to understand your line of thinking, but I'm finding it a bit difficult.

I hate LittleBigPlanet with a passion but I know it's not a bad game. The controls work, the building tools are plentiful, the community is vast, it's just not a game for me. If I were to review it (profesionnally) I couldn't slap a 3 on it just because I can't stand the floaty physics.



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If reviewers actually used the proper 1 to 10 scale like they should. A 6.5 means that it is actually a decent game. I think edge are the only site that actually try to stick to the scale but they have been caught out as xbox fanboys, so they have lost all credibility.



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