Why do people hate low review scores?

[Runa216]

Roma said:

Torillian said:

Roma said:
Zelda SS gamespot review is one reason why some people get upset. if your so stupid that you can't play a game then you should let someone els do it.

If you can get through an entire game without getting the controls to work correctly doesn't that deserve a mention.  Call him an idiot if you want, but to me that says that the game does not make it obvious to everyone, and for his experience the score matches with what he played.  He should have done research to find out afterwards if he was doing it wrong, but I think going into a game with no predispositions is the best way to judge it because you can't assume that everyone who has issues is going to scour the internet to find out why.  If the game can't lead you to the correct answer and you need to look it up elsewhere, that's usually a fault with the game, particularly when it's a core mechanic like that and not just some puzzle you're finding difficult.

Your right he can’t help it if he can’t read the manual. Its one thing to not be able to play a game and another to blame it on something that the game doesn’t even use! Even an icon pops up and tells you what to do. Read the text that comes up that’s why they are there and if you do those things you will have no problem unless something in the room is making the Wiimote go crazy or your Wiimote is broken!

People can’t be biased as that does not exist at all. Everybody is honest and loves everybody and they are all fair!

BTW the score is not the thing that bothers me when someone reviews a game. Its things in the text that is barely in the game!

Game reviewers are expected to play a lot of games, a lot of genres, and a lot of control schemes.  It's generally accepted that reviewers know a thing or two about how to pick up a game's controls, it's an adaptation they need. If a game's controls are wonky or hard to understand even for someone who does this regularly...then the controls are the issue.  Just becuase some people can master it with ease dosn't mean everyone can.  

For instance, I had absolutely no problems with the controls in dungeon Defenders, but I certainly see how someone else could, becuase they are complicated controls that take some getting used to.  

Or, maybe he just doesn't like motion controls.  I, for one, greatly dislike motion controls, and if I found them to be detrimental to the experience, then I'm going to say so.  It's my job as a revewer to point things out that need to be pointed out and it's up to the gamer to use his brain to determine what is relevant to his interests.  If it's clear that the gamer in question LIKES motion controls, it's fair to disregard the negative comments a reviewer who disliked the controls and focus on the other aspects.  No reviwer can review for EVERYONE's tastes, it wouldn't kill readers to use their brain to filter out the parts of a review that don't apply to them.   The dividing line of motion controls is something to consider.