| Wagram said: Gaming critics have failed everyone with their piss poor analysis of games (OMFG COOOLZ GRAPHIX = 10/10) and their utter fanboyism towards certain consoles or franchises. Don't believe they just have it out for casuals. |
While I wouldn't say it goes quite that far, there are clear obsessions from certain groups. I mean, on Gametrailers, every Assassins Creed game got a 9.5 or above. Yet in their reviews, they cite the games having a clear lack of variety haflway through, graphics bugs and a lack of flow. Yet when it comes time to review Batman: Arkham Asylum, which pretty much fixed every point they said was a negative for Assassins Creed, they score the game lower. Despite having no real negative views on the game and even admitting it was one of the best games this gen.
In other words, yes, personal bias fits heavily into reviews. So people have to realize this when expecting their favorite game to get a 9.8. If Bozon or Craig doesn't like the game that much, expect it to go down a few points.
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