LordTheNightKnight said:
Gamerace said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Gamerace said:
I agree gamers put too much empathize on review scores but that's totally the gaming publics fault.
It's no different than movie reviews. If people paid the same kind of adherence to movie reviewers as they do game reviewers then all Academy Award Nominees would be 100M movies and Transformers 2 and such would be megabombs. But we don't pay movie reviewers that respect, because we know critically acclaimed movies, while good are somewhat boring (with some exceptions) and summer blockbusters while trash are fun to watch (usually)!
More casual gamers don't have this problem. They look at Amazon reviews or word-of-mouth or just buy their favorite franchises. It's not an issue.
So why are we making it one?
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How does the point in the third paragraph make this not an issue? I'm obviously not refering to those who buy games outside of metacritic scores, but to those who bash those people for doing that.
And movies still have jerks that act like there is something wrong with you if you watch films like those Bay directs.
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Sorry, maybe I'm slow, but I don't get it. It's a gaming forum. It's full of gaming enthusiasts. Enthusiasts of anything will always be 'snobs'. It's like going onto a movie forum and complaining people there sneer at Transformers.
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No, they will not always be snobs, especially when you get a site even half as popular as this one. And even if they are there doesn't mean we shouldn't call on them for that.
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It true they won't all be snobs. You always have the people with the broader vision but then enthusiast sites always attract those with a very narrow definition of what's 'good'. Those that adore the 'art' of the media (or whatever) and adhore the commercially successful. Or alternatively, the equivilant to the Trekkies, Star Wars fans, Potter fans, Twilight Fans, etc.
I think those people get called on being 'snobs/elitists/fanboys' on this site all the time. But heck, I think everyone on here is a 'fanboy' so some degree.
Yes it's a shame some think they are too good to enjoy a game that scored in the 60's/70's or 80's. But you'll always have those purists and you're guaranteed to find them on a site like this. So either call them on their lack of vision, ignore them or just don't go where you'll bound to find them.
