BraLoD said:
It's not that they are treated unfairly, is that Sony games will ALWAYS be prone to more criticism, independant of how good they are. You can see games that win several GOTYs like Uncharted 4, TLoU and GoW just never reach the likes of Rockstar or Mario/Zelda peak scores (97+) even as they get as much recognition from everybody anyway. (GoW wins lots more GOTYs from the same critics that scored it lesser than RDR2, for example). You gets reviews dropping TLoU a 6 because when Joel dies his death is not permanent, or U4 a 4 because the game is too beautiful, or GT6 a low score (forget it, think it was 4) because it's not open world. When it happens to Pokemon for example (too much water) it becomes a widespread meme, but that happens all the with Sony games. Also you see things like this often in reviews: it's the best game I ever played, 9.4 Sony games are not treated unfairly by most of the critics (they are by some, but that happens) but they are definitely way more scrutinized by most of then. So even as they can still score amazingly well, it ends up feeling that if it was made by someone else, it could score even better. |
That review got memed, because that sentence was hilarious. But you realize that exactly this example is countering your stance: No Pokemon game ever has been 90 or more in score, while God of War, TLOU and Uncharted all are above 90. Sony games score incredibly well. Even if another game sells millions more.
