VGPolyglot said:
Well, the quality of a game is completely subjective, I love FFX for example but I know there are others that absolutely hate it. |
I don't think the quality of a truly well made game is subjective. It's pretty easy to discern if you understand the medium. Now personal taste is another matter. Maybe some just don't like action games or they don't like Norse mythology or something so this wouldn't be as appealing. But a critic trashing it just because it's not necessarily their favorite genre, while ignoring how well made it seems to be in each individual metric would be a troll review, imo. After all, the point of someone whose job is a game critic isn't to say "well, I don't personally like open world games, so therefore this is a 1/10." Their personal preference obviously should play a factor in their review, but so should the objective, unbiased quality of the game. After all, they get paid to write these reviews for others to see and to help give others a sense of if the game is right for them.
