Goodnightmoon said:
And I never ever saw this amount of people lying about a game, just the first day the game had +1000 reviews of people shitting about it on meta and we have seen people here pretending to play it and then refusing to give any proof of that in the moment someone asked for it, never a game has showed the colors of gaming comunity as good as this did, the whole internet was full of people lying in such an obvious way it was so embarrasing, even pretending to finish the game in the first 2 or 3 days, it was fucking sad.
And no, it isn't riodiculous at all because something called "context" exists, he always hated Mario Kart, he said several times he is not into that kind of games at all, but now an enchanted port of mario kart is "the first good thing Switch has to offer"... wether he is inconsistent as fuck with everything he says or this score was a simple way to have all the people in his coment section with the "but I thought jim was a hater" rethoric. He is not a hater, that was never the point, he is a sensationalist that doesn't care about the truth as much as he cares about the attention he gets, and if he needs to exaggerate something to the point it barely resembles the truth in order to get this attention, he will, he has already done this several times.
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How is this different from Halo, GTA, Uncharted, Red Dead Redemption, Assassin's Creed, Bloodborne, Battlefield and a bunch other, high profile game that gets released? This is why I generally avoid metacritic, at least the user section, it's utterly worthless.
As for Jim, he didn't review MK8 on Wii and didn't really like MK7 all that much. What if he actually enjoyed MK8 on Switch, has that thought even crossed your mind? That it's not some conspiracy to please you and your friends so he can hate on Nintendo later with this "free pass" in his belt? Maybe it's that simple, to not even see that as a possibility is a bit strange and leads me to believe that the issue lies with you and your ilk and not actually Sterling in this case.
As for sensationalist; maybe he is in some cases, I've heard it mentioned in other situations before, but giving a 7 to BotW and a 9 to MK8 on Switch isn't a sign from above that he is. I'd argue that a 4/10 for Uncharted is sensationalist though. Gamestyle scored GT3 70, Cinescape gave Halo 2 a 67, Quarter to Three gave The Last of Us a 60, Gamekult gave a 70 to Portal 2, gamecritics gave Halo 3 a 70. Some are odd ones out but I wouldn't consider them sensationalist, especially if they're a breach of pattern and not the pattern itself towards a franchise, platform, publisher or developer.
Jim Sterling scored Rhytm Heaven Megamix an 8, which is perfectly in line with averages, Pokemon Sun and Moon got a 8.5, again in line with averages, he scored Kirby: Planet Robot a 9, where the average is about 8, he scored Hyrule Warriors Legends a massive 9.5 when the average is just 70, His 8.8 for Zelda Twilight Princess HD is above the 86 average, his 8 for Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes is above the 73 average, his 9 for Super Mario Maker in line with the 88 average, his 8 for Splatoon matches the 81 meta, his 8 for Xenoblad Chronicles on 3DS is not a sensational leap from the 86 metascore, his 9.5 for Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D is a bit above the 89 meta, he gave Kirby and the Rainbow Curse a 8.5 when the meta is just 73, Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker got an 8, well in line with 81 metascore, his 9.5 for Super Smash Bros on Wii U matches a 92 meta easily.
I'm sorry, I don't see his unfair Nintendo treatment at all, the ones he butchers are the turds like Devil's Third and Fatal Frame, but so does everyone else. If anything, he gives Nintendo games kinder scores than average, and Sterling is known for giving scores that are about 6 points below average for games on average. This conspiracy and sensationalist claim of yours is all in your head, Jim Sterling is not out to get Nintendo games and their fans for clicks.
I think the real issue is the harsh criticism he's been dosing out towards Nintendo as a company and their many ethical breaches in the industry, this is probably annoying to people who can't see fault in their favorite companies. Sony, MS and Apple fans are the exact same in this regard, make no mistake. So, he's critical of Nintendo as a whole due to their practices, which often fly under the radar due to their perceived kind and charming nature, but he does not unfairly single out Nintendo games for clicks, shits & giggles, kicks or any other proverbs you can come up with, that's just utter nonsense.