| pikashoe said: Do people here consider the user reviews for games like call of duty and destiny 2 to be accurate. I don't like the call of duty series but the user reviews tend to be very overboard in negativity. |
I actually tend to trust user reviews over professional "critics" because regular consumers don't tend to have agendas, at least not in large numbers. They are actually the ones who spent money on the product and are reacting accordingly, based on raw reactions. Critics, while they may know a bit more of what they're talking about, have superior writing skills, and can pick up on more nuances of these products, tend to be a lot more biased and are thus harder to trust/take seriously. I'm a reviewer for a smaller gaming site, and even I've had experiences of getting free game copies and being wined and dined to where I haven't been directly bribed but at least indirectly coaxed into looking at a game more favorably rather than just buying the game like a typical customer.
To me the crazy disparity between the "critics" and user scores when it comes to TLJ, especially on Rotten Tomatoes has made this critic bias as transparent as a freaking window, and for my money has pretty much evaporated the last shred of credibility of most of these guys.
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