Captain_Yuri said:
Personally, I don't really delve into whatifisms very much. What if the game had this or what if the game had that isn't very useful to look at because that generally overlooks what the game devs were going for. Game doesn't need to add copious amounts of new things if the game itself turns out to be really good which is what ER is if you like this type of a game. ER does add plenty of new things to the franchise which you can watch reviews for to find out. The amount of new things may not be as comprehensive as some of the other Open World games but what they have works quite well. ER being open world and the way they paced the game fundamentally changes ER from previous From Software games while still having that familiar feel. The thing is that, I am not going to try and change your opinion of the game or you taste in games. But personally, I think that people like Mac doesn't actually do much for the industry similar to the reviewers that easily gives out 10/10s. He can despise AAA games all he wants but he's part of the problem. If he wants to make real change in the industry, then he needs to give the games a proper chance. But because he doesn't, it's very hard to take him seriously and most importantly, it's hard for companies to take him seriously. This is why I like DF so much. They don't go into games with the intent of disliking them which is what feels like Mac does. They go into the games with the intent to like them and when there's major issues or minor issues, they report on it and developers listen to them. That's how you get real change in the industry similar to what TB used to do (but granted DF isn't as critical at times). DF now has their new video out about ER on PC and they show how the optimization on PC is quite poor: And because of the way DF does their videos, the developers do generally listen to them. |
Mac isn't the type of guy that could even change the industry, even if he wanted to, simply because he's not DF. You even see folks like NXGamer still trying to do technical reviews, but his content doesn't reach anywhere like DF's does, and sites like IGN, Kotaku and the like do next to nothing to help either, which honestly leaves DF being the only ones a dev could ever listen to (besides overly negative reviews, which goes without saying, you've got to listen when you've fucked up that bad or you lose).
My major gripe with DF is that they still haven't pushed very far with their PC side of things, in that they still only have Alex pushing PC content and half the time he's too busy going all Tony stark levels of wonder at certain tech being used, and then offering a settings annotation halfway through. I'm all for mentioning tech being used, but if I'm working for a company, I'm not going to want to let my geekiness shine through and take over the show (which alex allows willingly and I wish he'd move on to the main point).
There's also times where Alex is willing to let certain things slide, whereas I wouldn't, but that then gets chalked up to a simple "what ya gonna do?", and that's where I strongly oppose DF, in that I'd rather side with someone like Mac who wants a change made where someone like Alex doesn't care, because if Alex doesn't care, then nothing is really going to change, is it? (just like if you and other DS fans don't care, things will relatively stay the same, which can also influence other games to borrow concepts and also stay the same, which has a knock-on effect).
That was your first glimpse at Mac though, tbf, that's you not giving him a chance, because you haven't watched his other reviews and I've seen him being positive before and even fair at times, but like him, I expect a company that isn't a mom & pop studio to learn and pick up the pace, not remain stagnant and releasing stuff in a busted state.
TB I found was more critical compared to what DF is like, often at times vouching more for customer expectations and well, customers not getting fucked over, while as far as I've seen over the years, DF is purely about technicals, not "wow $50 is a ripoff" (seriously, I've yet to see that customer side of things pushed more from DF and so far that hasn't been much the case, based on their background of focusing benchmarks/tech talks).
Jim Sterling was almost like a copy of TB, but he was more negative, focusing on the bad that needed to be fixed, but he's changed into something completely different and thus not really contributing much, but I did still value his opinion on the bad needing to be spotlighted and fixed on the spot (something I wish was done more often, because being overly positive doesn't always fix a problem).
That being said, I expect FS to fix *some* of the PC ports issues, but I don't entirely see it being based on DF's recently released video, seeing as how the Steam forums filled up with complains and bug issues since people could play it.
