| Kyuu said: Examples of games where I "agree" (give or take 5 points) with both the general opinion and critical reception (aggregated): Examples where I kinda agree with critical reception against the general opinion: Examples where I agree with the general opinion against critic scores. Examples where I agree with neither the general opinion nor critical reception: Critical reception can be a joke, especially towards established vs unknown games or developers, or when fanboys and platform warriors are involved. GTA4's Metacritic for instance couldn't be more misleading! NieR wasn't well received, and yet the much more outdated (relative to launch) Remaster was highly praised, because it's now considered cool to be a fan of NieR and Yoko Taro, thanks to the hype and success of NieR Automata. But in the end, checking out what's hot is the safer method for a busy or poor gamer than trying to explore games that are criticized or not recommended by many. |
A lot of the games I like are those where I disagreed with both the general opinion and critical reception. A lot of the games I didn't enjoy were also games where I disagreed with both the critics and the general public.
NieR is an interesting case. It got absolutely hammered in critical reviews on PS3/360 and didn't sell especially well. NieR: Automata being the huge critical and sales success it ended up being was a mild shock to me, though I did have higher hopes for it with Platinum than with the original developers, Cavia.
