| LordTheNightKnight said: What makes you think "hardcore" gamers buy or don't buy games because of reviews? That implies they are sheep, not people who like games. If this game doesn't sell well, it will be because gamers don't like it, not reviews. As for the question, I'm wondering if the reviews are hating on it more because it wasn't what they thought it should be, not what it actually is. There was a lot of negative feeling over the change from the initial build, and that seems to have caused a lot of people to not give this game a chance, regardless of whether it is any good or not. |
Sheep is exactly what the majority of the current mass of "hardcore" gamers are, as big if not bigger then the "casual" crowd.
There was a time when "hardcore" actually meant something, now any dweeb that gets an achievement on Live calls himself that because he likes to play FPS games or logs in stupid amounts of hours while playing like crap. This is elitist of me, I recognize that but it besmerches the name of the original and true hardcore gamers, those out winning tournaments, finding ways to break or balance the games and other true achievements, the media term that has gone out declaring everyone plays GTA gets to be considered hardcore.
And the fact is, I am not even close to being a hardcore gamer myself, but it irks me.
P.S. I was worried about this game back when it was called Gladiator A.D. and the early previews likened the combat to Punch Out. Granted, I love Punch Out but the warning flares kicked in at that point, oh my Lord the warning flares.
