The Critic's Plight

[Runa216]

Troll_Whisperer said:
I read your thoughts on FFXIII. I agreed on some, disagreed on some others (I liked the battle system, played without auto-battle and was fine, and you can actually slow the battles in the menu. It can be simple, yes, but in that case you will also be inefficient).

However, I thought you had at least explained your reasons, and that's what a review is about.

When you read a review for a movie, you don't expect the reviewer to tell you what you think, you want to hear an opinion based on some facts.

I liked your review. If you write a review like that and trash a game I absolutely love, I wouldn't get hurt. Don't worry about what people on the internet think.

to be fair, I don't consider harsh criticism to be 'trashing', that word has a negative connotation and would indicate that I'm pointing things out to make it look bad, which I'm not. (well, I guess you could argue that I am, but it's not for malice, it's for honesty) 

Honestly though, I'm glad you liked the battle system, it reminds me how important it is to have differing opinions, I just found it fundamentally flawed.  With some tweaks it could be good, but as it stands I wasn't impressed.