IGN Again Illustrates Why I No Longer Visit Their Site.

[Andrespetmonkey]

RolStoppable said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

A) I think that's a legit reason. Like you said, a new IP is more original than an established one, just because that's obvious doesn't mean it isn't a good point.
B) Just because it wouldn't work well in that game, doesn't mean it doesn't exist in comparison to another game. If his point is, game 1 has good co-op, game 2 doesn't, and that's another reason to pick game 1 over game 2, there is nothing wrong with that. 
3) I agree with you there.

Basically it boils down to him giving an opinion. He knows that not everyone will agree with him and even if the opinion isn't supported very well, it's still an opinion. Even if he asserts that this is so, he's assuming everyone will still realise it's just his opinion.

The one thing that really pisses me off is that he'll get so much shit for something rare like that, but he won't ever get the same amount of attention for the brilliant podcasts he produces and hosts or his other great reviews and editorials. 

A) It's a moot point, because it is a given. The Conduit is also more original than Killzone 2, but it really isn't a point that speaks against Guerilla's game, because many people do like the Killzone universe.

B) This point is restricted to online co-op. He doesn't talk about local multiplayer. Logically, if 'Splosion Man had better multiplayer on the whole, he would have mentioned it. As it is, he only talks about what NSMB Wii doesn't have. Which is basically all he ever could bring up in favor of 'Splosion Man. All of his three exhibits were restricted to what NSMB Wii didn't have: Originality, online co-op and leaderboards and 100 levels. The actual quality of the platforming is a subject he never touches.

As a writer for one of the biggest gaming websites on the internet, we should hold Daemon Hatfield to a higher standard than an average forum poster. Page 2 of his editorial is really nothing to be proud of. If a gaming journalist decides to write a controversial editorial, he better explains himself well.

He probably doesn't get praise for the rest of his work, because hardly anyone thinks of it as "brilliant".

I keep my original reasons. Sure, maybe he should of defended himself better, but my more important point was that this is a very rare occurance, infact, I'm not aware of anything else he's done like that. And people are so quick to talk shit about him and ignore his other stuff, and a pretty big reason as to why people do this is simly because he works for ign.

"we should hold Daemon Hatfield to a higher standard than an average forum poster "And I do, but I can see past one apparantly crappy editorial to see a lot of his much better work. He probably regrets that editorial and has learnt from it. 

 

He actually does get a crapload of praise for a lot of his stuff, especially his podcasts and music. What bothers me is how people talk so much shit about him on well, forums. It's one editorial for fucks sake xD. And he explained in a blog post what happened with pixeljunk. http://www.ign.com/blogs/daemon-ign/2011/10/26/concerning-my-pixeljunk-sidescroller-review/