Another Game, Another Internet Hate Bandwagon

[naruball]

Arlo said:

naruball said:

How can you determine whether something is a bandwagon exactly? I'm not saying that they only reason to hate it is the "bandwagon", but I'm certain that in many (not necessarily most) cases it is. Especially when  you talk to people and say they hate it even though they haven't played it at all.

But the most important thing is when you do actually play the game to not look for things that justify that hate. When you give it a fair chance and don't like it, fair enough. But when others' opinion have affected you so much that it's all you can think about, then maybe you didn't form that opinion all on your own.

Are you just trying to prove that SOME people hate things when they're not justified?  Because of course that happens.  But simply bringing up the bandwagon idea is suggesting that the games rarely deserve it, and that most haters are just being haters to do it.  That's simply not true.  Even sometimes when people haven't played a game the hate can be justified if they don't approve of what a developer is doing.  It's just another form of voting with your dollar and making your opinion heard.  If a developer does something that people hate, they're going to let them know.  Even if some people are being unfair, things are still always going to generally go the way they should be going.

Never said that, nor did I suggest it. Don't get why you need to make assumptions instead of focusing on what I actually said.