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RaptorChrist on 07 November 2019
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@DonFerrari

Sorry, I don't mean to drag this conversation on too long with you, but I noticed something that makes me think I may have misunderstood you initially, so maybe our disagreement isn't all that big.

I do agree that a reviewer should be objective, and not give a game a bad score just because it wasn't for them. A good reviewer can, for example, give a game like Sekiro or Dark Souls a good score even if they struggled to find enjoyment due to frustration or lack of hand-eye coordination.

On a side note (mostly unimportant), I would imagine that publications will try to avoid giving a reviewer a game that conflicts with their preferences, or that reviewers will request certain games that they are hyped to play.

But I think that all reviewers know this. No publication would outright state something like "Persona V is a 4/10 because I don't like RPGs". Rather, reviewers that are stating that Death Stranding is not fun are stating it objectively (in most cases I would assume). I haven't read these reviews myself, so I suppose it's possible that some are trolling or have something against Kojima, but besides those outliers, I would like to think most are being professional.

It's not that Death Stranding wasn't to their preference, but rather that Death Stranding is not a satisfying game to play (objectively) according to them. If they believe that consumers will not like the game, I think their score should reflect that.

In a perfect situation, I could see all reviewers arriving at the same score for a given game. Death Stranding has a large standard deviation so it seems that this one is difficult to objectively score.

Historically, I've found MC to be very accurate when it comes to these scores (in my mind). That would be great if this game ends up being a 90 ~ 92, but I am curious about something...

You predicted an 85 for the game, but believe that you will personally feel it's a 90 ~ 92? Is that how you always generally feel (that games tend to deserve better scores than they get), or did reading the DS reviews make you more hyped for the game than you originally were?