binary solo said:
Bloodborne (the souls series in general) is a Japanese game...just sayin'. Is there actually any real evidence for this bias? There are a great many Japanese games that get well reviewed. And there are plenty of western games that get bad reviews. Do some analysis and present some facts if you're going to make this sort of claim. |
With loads of Western inspiration. For certain games there will be unfair bias because our cultures are so different. For example I hate the look of the armour and weapons in xenoblade chronicles, but the Japanese seem to like those kind of designs (because it's everywhere!). Would it be fair to deduce points for that? Not really, even though I'd still mention it in the review as my personal opinion. Some reviewers might take points off for such things that can be explained by cultural differences though. Keep in mind this is just an example.
So yeah, metacritic is unfair in that regard as it has no reviews from Japanese sites/magazines to compensate.
