AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Wait, you were talking about MEEE??? The guy who said Sony beat Nintendo in 2017? Because I joked about ... Uncharted???? Did you read this thread at all??? I thought you were talking about other people! All this over one joke haha. I thought a joke would be harmless, guess I was wrong |
Jokes are never harmless around here.
RolStoppable said:
You must improve your skills of judgment and observation. |
Yeah, I guess I still have to improve my vgc skills
RolStoppable said:
Yes, kind of true. But it's not the whole truth. He didn't get crucified for giving Zelda less than a 10, he got flack because he gave it a 7 and then fueled the fire by acting like he had no idea why people were angry. On one hand he is an over the top character, but on the other hand he really enjoys being a jerk. |
Yeah, that was one of the reasons I couldn't stomach his content in the aftermath of the Zelda review. I found the review itself a little off, but the way he gloatingly proclaimed that he had given Zelda a good score with everyone he produces content with just nodding along and then saying:'Seeeee? We're adults and we disagree about something without getting angry', was just so blatantly baiting everyone immature enough to respond to something like that.
What I find sad about that is that he is a valuable industry critic, often makes very good points as an industy and a game critic both and has a good writing style. If he could keep himself from throwing temper tantrums and blatant baiting for the drama, he'd potentially be a much more positive influence on teh industry.
guiduc said:
Yes, and that is why I couldn't rely on him to make up my mind about games. Flamboyant characters are dangerous - they get caught up in their act and tend to hinge on the edge of sensationalism to fuel their character agenda. There is a fine line between acting like a jerk and being one - something vivster can't grasp the subtleties. You give 7 to BotW because you felt like it was the score it deserved, not because you want to be edgy and ''more honest'' - all reviewers that aspires to be in the margin borrow the same excuse, but it's an easy one. Those last 3 sentences felt like a jolt and undermined his review in a whole, akin to how he handled the Zelda flack. He could have stand in a honorable way by his decision, because the article was well-written. |
Agree with all of this.
Green098 said:
I don't think there was anything wrong with him doing reviews, I just don't know why on earth they were being taken as seriously or with the same value as EDGE for example being included on metacritic. |
I actually quite liked some of his reviews. He usually is totally upfront about his biases (looking at every warriors game ever....), so in a way he was a more reliable reviewer than someone working for EDGE might be. Unfortunately he also enjoys and takes pride in his reputation as an 'industry wildcard' and produces outlier scores to bolster that reputation of independence.
I don't think he was being straight up dishonest about not thinking that Zelda was a 10/10. He probably didin't enjoy the game as much as others did. I also think he decided to bait some Nintendo fans by causing some Metacritic drama. The 7/10 was so masterfully placed to catch flack, especially in context with his other 7/10 scores.
RolStoppable said:
The final three paragraphs are so mean. |
Lol, he is still butthurt.
I guess certain nintendo fans really hit the mark.
Intel Core i7 8700K | 32 GB DDR 4 PC 3200 | ROG STRIX Z370-F Gaming | RTX 3090 FE| Crappy Monitor| HTC Vive Pro :3
| Miyamotoo said: They gave only 20 perfect scores in more than 20 years and they gave two perfect score for two games that Switch receiving in first 8 months!? That's damn impressive and hell of start for Switch. |
Can't wait for all those salty people to start complaining again about 'paid reviews' or 'nostaligia bias'.
Though, I wish one day to see another Nintendo franchise other than Mario and Zelda joins the honorable EDGE pantheon of perfection 
| guiduc said: Though, I wish one day to see another Nintendo franchise other than Mario and Zelda joins the honorable EDGE pantheon of perfection |
Prime 4 babey. Prime 4.
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Prime 4 babey. Prime 4. |
Prime 1, 2 and 3 missed the mark.
I'll wait 'til I hear developers praising their creative liberty to be assured it will hit 95 Meta.
Interesting that Jim Sterling is quitting game reviews after his temper tantrum over that indie game. I love how his defenders tried to justify his flip-flopping and claim it was more professional. A professional never would have exploded like that in the first place. His Raspberry Pi comment just shows how vitriolic he is about the whole thing. He’s a good critic of the industry, but morally he likes to hold others to standards he doesn’t even follow himself.
On topic, Super Mario Odyssey might end up being the best game of the year!
Nintendo is really dominating this year. Theyre just cranking out gold. My top 10 list this year will be very Nintendo heavy. Good times
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