Dark Souls Producer says Wii U audience doesn't care about Dark Souls.

[Mr Khan]

Aielyn said:

Torillian said:
People need to realize the difference between something said about a post and something said about a person.  I can't call you stupid that's against the rules, but if I have good reasoning I can call your post stupid without any issue.  Can't go crazy with it but it's reasonable to toss out there for a particularly repugnant post/stance (aka yours)

Why can't I use metacritic?  That's exactly what you used in your own analysis.  Pretty convenient stance you're taking that all those high selling Wii games were actually just misunderstood while Haze is a pile of crap that Sony fans bought because they don't know what a good game is.

I didn't say you were attacking me. I said that, as a mod, you should be exercising more restraint, and using more respectful language. Calling a post or argument stupid (or, better yet, misguided) is one thing, calling it "self indulgent masturbatory drivel" is quite another. And for the record, the phrase "Self indulgent" *does* refer to me, and not to the post or the argument.

And when did I use metacritic in my analysis? I used Gamerankings, for one thing. For another, Haze was panned for, and I'm going to quote IGN directly here, "a horrible plot, weak gameplay mechanics and visuals that are truly underwhelming". Its explanation for receiving a 4.5 for gameplay was "A creative concept hampered by gimmicks, a weak story and poor AI, Haze is a disappointment from a developer well versed in shooter mechanics". Now compare with the examples I gave from Michael Jackson: The Experience and Mario Party 8, and tell me which ones you think are rated lower because of problems with the game, and which are rated lower because the game wasn't the reviewer's proverbial cup of tea.

I referred to Haze's Gamerankings ranking for one simple reason - it's a game within a genre that most reviewers like, with a style of play intended for those reviewers, and thus comparing it to, say, the reviews for Call of Duty is a reasonable thing to do.

The value of game reviews depends on the type of game, you see. This is best demonstrated by the fact that one of the most important games of the last generation, Wii Sports, was rated 76%, placing it below games like Red Steel 2, Rayman Raving Rabbids, and LEGO Rock Band.

We're perfectly allowed to have vocal disagreements with users over what we personally perceive as bad opinions. He just took issue with a specific part of your post (a different one than the one I felt was particularly well-conceived).