PieToast said:
Abun said:
Why do people keep saying stuff like this? The graphcis ar enot the issue.The horrible design,many glitches and poorly optimized engine are the issue.The graphics just sit like a cherry on top of a pile of crap.Games should not be rated on fun anyway,because that is subjective,which is why reviews should be irrelevant.
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I can't tell if this is a sarcastic post or not, but isn't that the point of reviews?
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But what IS fun? What is objectively fun? I play games for a lot of reasons, like my own personal definition of fun for instance. But I also play and recognize games that push boundaries to go where no games have dared to go and see if I would like or maybe even prefer that unfamiliar pathway. At first I might not consider it fun, but later end up liking it more than games I currently considered fun. Besides fun, I also play games to be attached to the story and hopefully feel a sense of poignancy. Everybody has their reasons.
As for reviews, It's much easier to point out objective cons rather than pros. FPS dipping for instance (although imo not that big a deal until it hits a certain level). On the other hand what about too many similarities to switch gears a little?
I'm hearing that Fallout 4 has too many similarities to Fallout 3 from some reviews. You can easily prove similarities or cut and pasted designs as a flaw. It doesn't matter if people are ok with it, I believe I said this before either in this thread or another thread recently but games should not be getting away with that; regardless of release windows..
You can copy and paste OoT, SMB3, Fallout 3, Oblivion, Halo, God of War, Gears and so on with a new coat of paint and people will still enjoy them and consider them fun for forever. But if we're going by the integrity of a game and as contenders against other games, it should be considered lazy and be counted against. After all, we're looking at so many different developers work and comparing them all. You can't have this one game from this one established series get ridiculously high scores even if there's a slightly new mechanic here or there. If the experience is too similar, then it should be taken into consideration.
The game can be your own personal GOTY if you feel that strongly about it as a professional reviewer getting paid to review games, but you have to do your job first and dot your i's and so forth.
Please note this isn't simply a rant on Fallout 4 per se, just in general about some series' that impressed people at one point and now hardly change keep getting the same high reviews and plenty of awards for minimal thought in game design effort.
