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That's the name of the video! I thought it was pretty funny and it holds some truth! You all probably saw it already, but I just saw it yesterday and I wanted to share it with you guys! Hope you like it! There are also a couple more on the related videos, "Make way for DLC" or the other one wih Ariel is really funny too!



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

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This was awesome and hilarious! Love this song!



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One of my favorite disney songs and they didn't ruin it. Matched the singing surprisingly well.


Surpisingly they don't sing THAT bad in this video. There are some on the related videos that are atrocious though.



"I've Underestimated the Horse Power from Mario Kart 8, I'll Never Doubt the WiiU's Engine Again"

I think the video was very funny, but I do think that every game getting high scores is greatly exaggerated. With every game, you have people giving a game a much lower score for sake of driving up interest in the game.



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Good video and a very interesting point well made, though I would question some of the review scores they seem to promote.

What this video seems to be pushing isn't critical thinking, but simply unwavering cynicism. Some games genuinely do deserve high scores, and it's interesting to see this video pushing the "6/10" as the expected result. Now, granted, perhaps that's fair. Perhaps games like 'Bioshock Infinite' and 'The Last Of Us' actually do deserve a 6/10, but they probably also deserve a 9/10 depending on personal bias. I'd be happy to see range in reviews, to see an aggregate score of say 7.5/10 for these games would be really reassuring for me.

There are a few games I would genuinely give high scores too, and I wonder if the makers of this video would be accepting of such things, or would they simply write off the opinion as "fanboyism". Excessive cynicism and an unpleasable public is just as bad as people calling every polished turd "brilliant".



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Review scores in the 7th gen have been severely inflated, I'm shocked at the scores certain games received, especially games with crucial flaws and/or poor design choices. Some games that are into the high 80's and even 90's have mindblowing faults and issues, many reviewers seem to let them pass since they have redeeming features, it's just not balanced and I often find myself wondering if the final score is actually related to the text of the review in those cases where they actually write up about these flaws. I've seen reviews that have 70% negative text and then end up giving a 9/10, it's ridiculous.

To me, this is sort of like a really hot and dumb woman having a speech for a bunch of horny men; they will walk away feeling good despite the fact that she wasn't really a good orator and they will focus on the wrong things. There you go; a slightly mysogynistic analog to enjoy...

That said; in my honest opinion, The Last of Us deserves a lot more than a 6/10, it was actually one of the best game I played in the 7th gen overall. The video is still awesome though!