It's a game for crying out loud. You saying that there isn't a difference of emotion to be had from experiencing something first hand rather than reading about it?!! unbelievable...

Well you can watch the game on Youtube. Its like if someone reads a book to you, then you cant have an opinion on the book because you didnt read the book yourself?

Go and explain death stranding to someone. Do you know how many people went on to love the game after first reading about it and having doubts??  Plus it's not all about just watching, sometimes it's feeling it  for youself, and being immersed on your own. Sometimes it's the controls, or the figuring out part for yourself that is completely different to watching someone else do it.  Plus every game seems to have its high and low reviews. You don't know for sure where exactly you will fit in if you don't go in with an open mind and try it yourself. 

I almost want to ask people "have you ever tried death?. You can't say much about it unless you've tried it, because I know how batshit crazy that sounds, but that's what "you can't say shit unless you've touched it with two thumbs" sounds to me, as if using those things called eyes and ears aren't something you can use already to determine is something is good or not, let alone the tongue or nose for smelling and tasting.

I can't believe in all my years that I had to actually mention something so glaringly basic, on a site like this.

Imagine ignoring all of history, because it's easy to access and view for everyone to see, but because you didn't take part in a specific era of history, you don't get to judge the rest of history, like for real, that sounds completely fucking asinine and stupid.

So if you watch a game on Youtube and you think "This game looks boring and I hate the story" all the way through. That can all change completely after playing the game for yourself? Just seems like an excuse because you yourself love the game so much. Not saying that is the case, it just kinda comes off that way.

Now TLOU2 is my GOTY, but I still think its interesting to hear from people who didnt like it. Doesnt make the game any less enjoyable to me.

So if I watch someone playing Bloodborne or any souls like game and the person makes a flawless play of the game I can then have the right impression that the game is very easy?

I can bet someone watching it on YT doesn`t have the same level of attention and immersion than someone playing first hand nor the investment on the game.

Well then we can never discuss a new game until it releases and we have all played it. If I see a trailer of a new game, I cant say it looks fun. I have to play it to be sure that its fun? I find this a bit silly. We have all been gaming for many years, yet we cant even make up our mind unless we play a game? Like we have zero experience to draw from?

Nope, don`t get confused. You can have preliminary impression and even like or dislike what you have seem, but to pretend you done a deep analysis and the game is very flawed and undeserving of praise and prizes based on the youtubers you choose to watch that coincide with being negative is another thing.

It's a game for crying out loud. You saying that there isn't a difference of emotion to be had from experiencing something first hand rather than reading about it?!! unbelievable...

So if you watch a game on Youtube and you think "This game looks boring and I hate the story" all the way through. That can all change completely after playing the game for yourself? Just seems like an excuse because you yourself love the game so much. Not saying that is the case, it just kinda comes off that way.

Now TLOU2 is my GOTY, but I still think its interesting to hear from people who didnt like it. Doesnt make the game any less enjoyable to me.

Well then we can never discuss a new game until it releases and we have all played it. If I see a trailer of a new game, I cant say it looks fun. I have to play it to be sure that its fun? I find this a bit silly. We have all been gaming for many years, yet we cant even make up our mind unless we play a game? Like we have zero experience to draw from?