The History of Polygon - The Worst Gaming Journalists Around

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Aldro said:

F0X said:

Aldro said:

Read the reviews between TLOU, TR and Ryse. Its all from Phil Kollins on Polygon.

TR - 9
TLOU - 7.5
Ryse - 6

His complaints on TLOU are really really mind boggling when compared to how forgiving the other two reviews are (despite Ryse even scoring lower, you'd think the game should be scored 4-5 and TR should be a 7 going by his standards).

I can explain this easily, because there's evidence to my point: Phillip Kollar is heavily biased toward traditional action/adventure games. His prior review work for GameInformer also reflects this.

Ah...

What is TLOU though? I mean ..survival/horror/stealth/action/adventure/shooter all seems to ..kinda work XD

Well, it's much more of an action/adventure than Uncharted could ever claim to be. However, TLOU is a rather linear take on the genre. Much of the enjoyment hinges on whether or not the player enjoys the narrative, and Mr. Kollar isn't the only critic I know who wasn't fawning over the plot (Mr. Croshaw over at The Escapist had a few reservations).

As for me, I'm feeling deja vu. Didn't we get a similar plot last year in the form of The Walking Dead? Am I to expect back-to-back GOTY winners that largely deal with the same subjet matter? Different genres and directions, sure, but still... crazy.