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AngryLittleAlchemist on 13 October 2017
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Shaunodon said:
Nuvendil said:

You know, as much as I disliked Jim's Zelda review, this idea he critic bombs popular games is just dumb so drop that narrative.  There's just no basis for it.  He didn't enjoy Zelda as much, he wrote a poorly written review, move on.  He gave Mario Kart 8 Deluxe a 9, Hyrule Warriors a 9 (and Legends a 9.5), Xenoblade Chronicles X a 9, Smash Bros 9.5.  And I'm only focusing on Nintdndo cause that's where people seem to think he fixates. His exit was distasteful and unprofessional but this vendetta/clickbait/reviewbomb narrative is bogus. 

Few sites just lie, the day's traffic isn't worth the damage.  Some do though, I've seen it.

And when they do, by all means put all the blame on them.  Metacritic should filter, but dishonest publications should fold.

My main problem with Jim and why I think he shouldn't have an official score on Metacritic, is because he holds to the ideal that reviews should be based around people's personal opinion, whereas I feel it is the job of a reviewer to give as close to an objective view as possible.

When people are dropping the scores of certain games just cause they had a personal grievance of a particular mechanic, it doesn't give an objective view of the game because most people are unlikely to share that opinion. So when reviewers are just allowed to base everything around their own personal ideals of what they want in the title, the majority or readers probably aren't going to get an objective perspective of what the game will actually offer them. And so what the hell is the point of even having the reviews?

If they want to write their own opinion articles over which games they personally favour, then they can do that in a different and space and I would have no problem with it. But when it comes to reviews there should be a certain standard of professionalism.

There is no objectivity. Objectivity is just a way of saying "Many people love this game critically, and I believe this, so this is the merit at which I judge reviews". The irony is that if you yourself believed BOTW was a 5, you'd probably be here saying that people weren't being objective enough.

I myself think it's close to a 9/10, so it's not like I'm coming from a place of agreeing with Jim. I just can't stand people that fundamentally want to lesser reviews because they don't like the opinion expressed. No, Jim doesn't need to make it an "article", he can make it a review, because it is a review. The problem with reviews is the writing quality, not the opinion expressed.