Jim Sterling’s site under attack after Zelda: BotW review

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golfgt170 said:

vivster said:

This BS again. Where is the point of reviews when only people allowed to review are the ones who like the game?

Reviews are a service to the consumer, which includes all consumers. Yes, also people who are more weary of open world games. How would they be properly informed if not someone like them reviews the game? They would actually think the game is worth their time because no one would've pointed out the general flaws this and other open world games have.

This is true ofc but then there is the genre that has to be considered. For instance, i don't like sports games in general, hence i cannot review them properly. I think the reviewer has to be reviewing games, that he generaly likes to play and then give a better and more subjective opinion on the matter.

Just because you dont like a genre it doesnt mean that you cannot have intimate knowledge about how it works. That still doesnt rule out the possibility that the review might be objective. I mean I am not a huge fan of racing games but I could still pretty much explain every major mechanic they used in the last 20 years mostly because in my spare time I had plenty of time to play the games from the genre.