| Ajescent said: Nothing refering to Yahtzee here but I've always wondered why some games can get away with lacking originality but others are crucified for it. I'm not sure why but it's the frankenstein aspects that I enjoy about the game, there's almost something for everybody. |
I imagine the answer to that is blatantness and scope.
In general, direct copycats are seen as homages and nice side diversions.
However, when the copycats end up becomeing more successful then the original... well people take it seriously. Or when a game that doesn't have an original thought surpasses a number of original games... once again... people take seriously.
The overexaggerations in review scores likely only added to annoy Yahtzee in particular, since in his mind Uncharted 1 = Uncharted 2 but prettier which a game shouldn't get bonus points for since it's only natural to expect the graphics to get better later on in a genration.
Uncharted 1&2 likely remind him of the old "failed film student" stereotype we see so often on TV... or even sometimes meet in real life "It's like Resovoir Dogs... but with some Scarface and a little bit of Bloodsport!" Etc.
