Azuren said:
Couldn't be that he just doesn't care for more mature themed games?
Trends don't always indicate correlation. For example, high ice cream sales trend with higher shark attacks. Not because sharks hate ice cream, but because ice cream is eaten more in the summer and people also swim more in the summer. |
@bold
Then he shouldn't be reviewing the game in the first place.
Lets use the ice cream for example. A food critic that doesn't like ice cream review how the ice cream tasted in a ice cream parlor. Do you think he/she will be able to critic it objectively? Do you think the critic will have the experience and knowledge to even know on why it's good or bad?
It's the same with game reviews if he hates those kind of games then he doesn't have the right criteria to review the game.
Errorist76 said:
Don’t tell me you think that a 5/10 for Uncharted 4 is in any way justifiable. Same goes for the others. Even though reviews always are to an extent subjective, professionalism dictates that reviewers should at least TRY to stay objective. This is in no way the case with all those games. If they work like that they clearly shouldn’t review games. And they especially shouldn’t be listed on MC. They clearly have an agenda, don’t try to justify it. |
Agree with the bold. Professionalism should always be the priority and be objective as much as possible.
VGPolyglot said:
Different reviewers use different meanings for their scores, you call their 5/10 unjustifiable yet game reviews are subjective, so of course it's justifiable, it's based on personal experiences with the game. |
What's justifiable for you? Does reviewer should be subjective?
Reviewing a game has a scale to be followed. It shouldn't be subjective. As much as possible you should be objective because you are being paid to review a game and liking and reviewing are two different things.
Reviewing a game should have a scale.
I will use GT reviews (shame they are gone)
They use a scale
- Presentation
- Design
- gameplay
- story
Gamecritics : PS exclusives:
Bloodborne 92 meta -> 70 Gc
Uncharted 4 93 meta -> 50 Gc
Horizon ZD 89 meta -> 65 Gc
Uncharted TLL 84 meta -> 65 Gc
NieR Automata 92 meta -> 65 Gc
Persona 5 93 meta -> 65 Gc
But still it's really hard to justify the list above and the timing of releasing the review. It's really hard not to think they are doing it for clicks and this kind of reviewer should not be tolerated.
Purposely lowering a score for the sake of personal interest.
