Jim Sterling changes his Rating on Hellblade

[Cerebralbore101]

Darashiva said:

Cerebralbore101 said:
Destructoid is a much better site without Jim doing the reviews. Jim is one of those reviewers that will review a game solely on his own opinion of it without considering what others might think. Yes, Jim we know you don't like turn based combat. No, Jim that doesn't make this game a 6/10. It's only a 6/10 for you. There's a whole group of gamers that love turn based combat, and would find this to be an 8/10.

But that's what a review is, a single person's subjective view of a specific game, or at least should be. A review that does not reflect the opinion of its writer seems like a complete waste of time to me.

I don't think that's how a review should be done at all. Imagine an art critic is going over a painting of elepahnts. Personally the art critic thinks that elephants are the ugliest animals on the face of the earth. But the art critic can see that the painting has good balance, lighting, and is painted from an interesting viewing angle. Should the critic give the painting a 4/10 because he doesn't like elephants? Or should he recognize the talent put into the work and give it a higher score? The purpose of a review is to give a recommendation to your audience. 

When a reviewer steps back and asks "How would my peers like this?", instead of "How do I like this?", that's about as close as you can get to being objective in a review.