Halo Wars 2 Metacritic Thread: 81

[Normchacho]

Snoopy said:

Normchacho said:

1. The bold is bullshit. Gaming media is a difficult field to get into and doesn't pay that well. Nobody would do it if they didn't love video games.

2. You complain about cinematic games getting good reviews and then say that Windows Central is your favorite publication because they "Actually like games for trying to be games" When the gave both Abzu and Virginia good scores? (4.5 and 4 respectively)

1. Bullshit. Most of these reviewers probably wanted to review movies, but couldn't get into that industry so they went to video game industry. And in all honesty no reviewer outside the big ones are making money in any industry.  Also check this vid out regarding polyhacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3pQ0oO_cDE. Believe me there is more. Angry Joe for example apparently used AUTO AIM for uncharted 4 lol. 

2. I never said they didn't give good reviews to movie/cinnematic based games. They respect cinnematic/movie based games too, but they appreciate games for being games firstmost and story gets the back seat which a lot of games get flack for. You can litterally have a shit game with a decent story and get a free pass/ get good reviews. However, if you have good gameplay, but a shit story you will get huge deductions.

I don't want to drag the thread too off topic but real quick.

1.  Not being good at a game =/= not a gamer.

 

2. That is demonstrably not true. Doom, Dark Souls, Bloodborne, God of War, Halo 5, nearly all racing, fighting, Nintendo games, and 2D platformers. All of those have stories that are vague, bad, or nonexistent and yet they all are well reviewed in their own regard.