God of War Ragnarok reviews in!

[Runa216]

DonFerrari said:

Runa216 said:

Man, I knew it was gonna be a war between God of War and Elden Ring but man so much of the discourse between them is toxic and ignorant.

Like, it's okay to like both and simply prefer one. It's okay to not like one or the other. It's okay to have criticism, even, but so much of this is 'hah! that other game is nominated? What a joke, it doesn't even [insert thing it absolutely does do]!"

Like, people are out there saying God of War is just dumb action or that Elden Ring has no story. Like, both of those statements are objectively false, just narratives used to discredit the one you don't like (not on here, I'm actually really pleased with how the discourse is here).

Both God of War Ragnarok and Elden Ring are fantastic games all around, but they're also very different games. They are going to have different approaches and different strengths and different weaknesses. I really wish gamers as a whole could have discussions without being toxic.

I have seem worse, people saying that Pentinent or Bayonetta 3 should be in it instead of GoW:R and HFW.

I have been pretty lucky and I've not seen people making those absurd claims...but like...My head would explode. Bayo and Pentiment are good (If the category was extended to 10 nominees I'd agree) but OVER Forbidden West and especially Ragnarok? That's not rational, that's anti-Sony bias in action.