This woman doesn’t know what ludo narrative dissonance is. Basically, game play sections are exaggerated (like the swagger of a black teen) and aren’t wholly canon
Dude probably would rather watch Netflix than play any game. So many journalists only work in games because it's an easier industry get into at the bottom.
He reeks of that smug "I know I'm the smartest person in the room" attitude that may work out for him on Reddit but is so off-putting irl. When he dropped the "Well if you think critically..." line it made it obvious to me that he has no problem discounting anyone he feels is beneath him intellectually. He's basically saying "No no, you see I didn't spoil anything at all. I had assumed incorrectly that my audience would be able to think as critically as I do". Like, ok dude. He's so self absorbed I bet he gets aroused by the smell of his own farts.
Can we all agree today that 8/10 is perfectly fair for TLOU? The comment about Joel was dumb, no question. But maybe the excellent story made us more forgiving of the gameplay than it deserved in hindsight?
It's like all those assholes complaining about games having too many optional side quests and collectables, well guess what you don't have to complete an of those.
Why does everyone treat a 7 or 8 out of 10 like it's a bad thing? 8/10 for TLoU is fine. People act like anything under a 9 means a game is unplayable dog shit. Dumb.
Game journalist complain about "gamey things" in video games because they hate their job and only do it because gaming outlets hire anyone that isn't illiterate.
Normally, I don't care if I see a review that I disagree with. There's games out there that are popular that I don't like, so I understand. But I can't help but feel a sort of animosity when I see some of my favorite games like Mad Max, Alien Isolation, and Days Gone get grossly underscored and I feel as though they play a huge role in why we never got/will get sequels to them.
It's the reason why they never got a sequel, before releasing Days Gone the devs already planned for a second game. After the release of Alien Isolation, the devs seeing how the game grow they wanted to make a sequel. But then the Game journalist Nation attacked.
I remember how much hate they got giving Cyberpunk 2077 release version a 7. The comment section was mad as hell. But a 7 was really generous for this version.
A lot of JRPG fans have truma from mainstream gaming journalism in the late 2000s being xenophobic at best and racist at worst (X Play's review of Baten Kaitos Orgins litterally opens with Morgan Webb doing white replacement) so when Soul Hackers 2 got average scores, JRPG fans were outraged...and all the reviews made by JRPG channels are calling it mid. Soul Hackers 2 falls into 2 camps the first is "I have no strong feelings one way or the other" and the second are fans of the first game like myself "I'm not mad...I'm just disappointed".
A lot of these bad reviews started happening when these companies started hiring “reviewers” that don’t even play games. Brad at Giantbomb was the first open example of this, that I remember. He stated many times that he didn’t have time to play the games he was supposed to be reviewing.
How the fuck they even find 20-somethings that haven't played videogames through their adolescence, I have no idea. It's such a huge pool to draw from. Well, I guess nowadays you get people that only played mobile shit growing up.
What’s up with the re-upload? Answer: He included the “Cuphead Tutorial Fail Controversy” as a Gamespot incident. In reality it was from Venture/Gamebeat (Dean Takahashi). Thanks for addressing it mate!
The Alien Isolation review... Did I play the same game as the reviewer? One of the most effective survival horror games I have ever played! And as a huge fan of the first two films they nailed the vibe perfectly.
I think the wedding scene in Days Gone is pretty clear given the flashback ; Sarah is indeed dead, enabling Deacon to marry his fuckbuddy Boozer (who allways wanted a biker wedding). But his sick mind give him the appearance of his deceased wife to ease the pain of the loss.
I don't get it, why it that when IGN and Gamespot give low scores to well-received games they get thousands of dislikes and get meme'd and clowned on... but when Dunkey, Yahtzee and Jim Sterling do that exact same thing (on top of insulting the creators and their fans) they get praised and people celebrate them as "the only reviewers who tell the truth"?
Different fanbases. IGN and Gamespot have also built up a reputation for never giving AAA releases anything lower than an 8 or 9, so when something receives a 7 or lower people treat it like a 0/10
I totally agree with you, dunkey shit all over the Batman games, a ridiculous statement, Yahtzee and sterling love to sound smarter than they really are.
Did guy reviewing Tropical Freeze even play the game? He did not like the game as much as I did that is perfectly fair no game is for everyone. But to claim that the levels weren't inventive just seems flat out wrong to me.
I think an issue is maybe there just aren’t enough major female characters that aren’t stereotypes. There is depth to some of the male characters, so it’s a fair criticism. I think GTA 6 having the main char being a female should rectify this
Anyone else remember thier orginal written review for Narnia Prince Caspian for the DS? Where it was just an incoherent rambling about a boss battle and the crafting system. It was quickly taken down and repleaced by an actual review.
I forgot about that meme, but when I realized what was about to be said I straight up made a POG face. That review will forever live in infamy and it’s hilarious
IGN gives most games a 7 so I'd say that's average I'd say 5 and below - Bad 6 - below average 7 - average 8 - above average 9 - very good 10 - perfect/masterpiece So no an 8 is not bad by any means that's still good
Days gone has never had any love from reviewers for some reason. Yet anyone who has played it knows what an amazing game it is . The story was one of the best I have seen in a video game and the voice acting is brilliant. For anyone who hasn’t played it.. don’t listen to reviewers, go play the Days Gone you will not be disappointed. Such a shame there will never be a sequel
YES, it was one of the best games I've played, and I've played a crapton of games since I was only 7. these Reviewers, their outlets, PC elitists and the nasty casuals are why the art of video games is dying.
You know what's the worst part? The wedding scene.. They focus on that one line.. And they forget the point of the scene, which was Deacon grieving over his freakin' wife. Something we barely have in games, where protagonists instantly move on after the loss of a loved one.
Or people just like it more than you and that's fine. Not everything is because of "hype" I've certainly never liked something because of hype and simply because I think it's neat. If you ask me, rating systems in general are dumb.
@@yipflaptheexecutioner6519 what i mean is just because you like something and other people online like it too doesnt mean its a 10/10 game. The reviewer took a step back and gave it a fair and seemingly accurate review but because of hype (people loving it and knowing others loved it) they assumed it deserved a 10/10 instead of just a fair score with fair criticisms.
Expect if GTA 6 is gonna be scored 6 or 7 by whatever some dummy's points out some problems. Slow pace. Too much things to do. & The one protagonist where you play as a lady in a GTA game gets some criticisms by gaming journalists & haters
Days Gone is one of my top five games of all time. It definitely deserves a sequel. It solder really well as well. All and all it’s a great game and that’s what most people say who played it.
What's crazy is that a lot of the points these reviewers make are actually pretty valid, if they had just conveyed their criticisms better people probably wouldn't get upset. Gamers will get upset no matter what the score. Always worth remembering that these reviews are usually done by one person, and that's as low a sample size you can get - it's down to personal feelings when it's just one person. You shouldn't have to justify your purchase of a game based on what reviewers say anyway.
relax buddy, this isnt instagram or tiktok, youre not gonna harvest those likes by overexaggerating a reaction to something you realistically dont care about. im black and i thought it was was in bad taste but it didnt "literally make my jaw drop". Just like how if he said "this game lacked rythm just like a white person trying to dance" or "the ingredients just werent there, like a white person trying to season food" i wouldnt care and Im sure you wouldnt either. You either prioritise approval from strangers through virtue signaling or you genuinely see the black race as some vulnerable group of people that need to be spoken for and protected by you and your brave white liberal counterparts. Just stop, its embarrassing and quite frankly insulting.
Yeah i get so annoyed when a dragon in skyrim can burn me and i survive while on full health, but die to a guard in one hit when I'm low on health. So dumb right?
He is gauging the hatred for the review based on dislikes on the youtube video and comment section. I think its harder to get an accurate idea of how fans took the Majora's Mask review in 99 way before something like TH-cam was created.
I disagree with your angle on Days Gone. I think it's a great game overall but a lot of the characters, including Deacon, are one-dimensional. Your point is that Days Gone is a video game, not an Adam Sandler movie. Fair enough. However, if a game throws so much story bullshit on you, one has the right to critizise it. This game was fun, but there was so much potential they wasted. It's a shame we'll never get a sequel.
I disagree with you saying characters in Days Gone is one dimensional. Unfortunately, I can't explain why since it's been years since I played it (but I know they arent one dimensional). Also, can you tell me what bs the story throws to you? But you're right, it deserve a sequel
Oh dear Lord, that "black teen" sentence. It is like the guy had some kind of corporate mandate to praise representation in the game, but his racism just couldn't fully contain itself.
I loved Aliens Isolation so much I bought it twice. I got it on Xbox One then again on PS4. It platinumed the thing and spent well over 100hrs combined. IGN and Gamespot completely ruined its chances of getting a sequel over their terrible reviews of a great game
Great video. Tone was perfect to reflect the absurd reviews like alien isolation and mad max, and then tempered and fair with the ones given 9s which still came off poorly for gamespot. Those reaction videos for cyberpunk and mad max are brutal.
Could of sworn that resident evil village got a 9, although you pick up about 10,000. pounds of scrap for crafting in that game. The reviews weren't written by the same person but still. Wtf.
I understand that it was just an opportunity to clown on the guy at 6:20, but I assume he was leading up to a point? Seems like the clip ended abruptly. Edit: I thought their take on The Last of Us was pretty fair. An 8/10 is a pretty damn good score (other outlet scores shouldn't matter to an individual's take) and the criticisms mentioned seemed valid, even if I find them to be minor issues. For what it's worth, I love both games.
“If the regular levels were as inventive as the boss battles...” *DK kicking bells to summon vines to slide down. …wha? Oh yeah, that old, tired trope! 😂
@@michaelmiller4105 because the fiction and all the films revolve around car combat and stunts. U see fury road? Imagine if they could've done something like that. Hand to hand but on a caravan of moving vehicles. Maybe jump from one to another like uncharted 3
If you add easy mode in Dark Souls, people will use it and it's no longer special. So no, not a logical response. That's the issue I have with Final Fantasy remasters adding cheat codes in
The Decan and Sarah wedding scene criticism reminds me of the same that Final Fantasy X forced laughing scene with Yuna and Tidus got. It just goes over peoples heads that like to act like they're the smartest people in the room.
@@jamallayne8195 Yep, out of context it's cringe. Same as the wedding scene. With context, it shows Deacon grieving over his wife as he passed by the place where they married. But nah, they skip over that and focus on that one line. I don't know what's with reviewers being so stuck in the mud. The game focused on Deacon grieving over the loss of his wife, something games barely do with protagonists instantly getting over the pain of loss.
Imagine someone gives every gta game a bad review because of it being to "unrealistic" of just pulling any weapon out, from an AK to a Rocket Launcher from your character 😂
I actually agree with the Cyberpunk 2077 review score. It was very mediocre to me. It felt like mediocre gameplay with wrapped in a pretty bow. Not alot of substance
@@fantoniumnitrous It's pretty good now, but at release it was very buggy and mediocre. it's much better now, but probably still only 8/10 at most. Which, unlike most people think is a really good score, I'm not sure why people complain when something gets an 8, that's very above average. 9 and 10s should be reserved for the stellar and "Perfect" games, which even now I'd say Cyberpunk 2077 isn't.
@@xShadowbane451 I rate games much differently. I base it off of 4 main factors: Story, Character Development, Worldbuilding and Gameplay. A game that gets all of that is what I consider a 9/10. Also, I rate games between a 9 (Amazing), 8 (Great), 7 (Good), 6 (Average) & 5 (Mediocre). I'd never give a game a 4, 3, 2, 1 or 10.
@@fantoniumnitrous Ohhh boy, quick note here after writing the uhh novel here, I got a little carried away so feel free to skimp if needed. oops. That's.. a pretty weird way to rate games ngl. If you are not going to use half of the score system why not just do 1 through 5? That's pretty much what you do now, plus games can be less than mediocre. You would really rate Ride to Hell: Retribution a 5 out of 10? Let's say next to something else not nearly as bad, but actually just personifies mediocre like the new Suicide Squad game. I don't really like the 1 through 5 system because of that and your system is kinda' just the same thing but the numbers "higher" for some reason. I'd personally give RTHR a 1 out of 10 and then Suicide Squad a 4 or 5. If you're rating a game by all that, it should also all be on some kind of spectrum, not just good/bad because a story could be pretty good but held back because of some dumb twits that happens 70% through the game that ruins the rest of the experience. Oh sorry, I actually forgot to mention anything about the actual game in question, my bad. Cyberpunk is a pretty good game now, I've actually had a lot of fun with it. But it wasn't at release, as you could barely play it, yes you should add bugs and glitches to the main factors of the games quality, because they directly effect it. If you can pretty much barely play the game because it keeps crashing or you keep phasing through the environment, that directly effects your enjoyment of the game and said game's score should be lowered. The fact is, a video game shouldn't have the customers/gamers bug tests the games for the developers, games should be released in a playable stable state, as that's what is paid for. Bugs/glitches can be a detriment to your enjoyment of the product you paid for and should be represented in any score given at the time. It of course can be updated later, but it could easily stay because the person didn't go back to something they couldn't play.
Hypothesis : People might consider that those bad reviews are there as punishment because the company refused to follow ESG demands. I'd like to hear if there's truth in that.
@@goldenfiberwheat238 Environmental, Social and Governance - It is a set of criterias parading as "good" , to force inclusivity, diversity, pseudo ecological policies , imposed by investment funds as a mean to blackmail companies into accepting their set of rules, their power ultimately. Basically if a company doesn't accept their set of ideologies, they almost won't have anyone willing to invest money in them . It's not even financial, is truly a slow global power grab to lead to some one global "government" crazyness This is a rabbit hole subject . Truly cannot be explained in a single TH-cam comment. Please go and find New Discourses and the videos about ESG and stakeholder capitalism. You will understand what's hidden behind the sheep's clothing. In very short: it's from the people who push wokism and globalism everywhere, constantly.
Cyberpunk review was on point that poor girl was harassed by morons for speaking the truth before patches that game was just exactly how she mentioned and kudos to her for having balls so say that game was 7 at best
But the core game itself behind the bugs is a definite 9/10 as it's an amazing game. A 7/10 is still pretty ridiculous plus she even admitted to not upgrading or doing some of the sidequests most of the time.
@fantoniumnitrous cyberpunk was fucked on release and completely broken. You can't just hand wave it all and say "well look past the bugs" when the game was nothing but bugs. A 7/10 is a tremendous score for what was released. The game was totally broke
@@StEvEn420BrUlE But what if the game gets patched out which it eventually did but you still gave it a 7/10 because of said bugs? It would make your review looked dated.
@@fantoniumnitrous you are being so obtuse. The game wasn't patched and truly fixed until the DLC came at. Should game reviews just not review games at release at this point? It's not like Cyberpunk had a day 1 patch that fixed all its issues that the build that GameSpot played was lacking. THE GAME WAS BROKEN FOR MONTHS AFTER RELEASE. It honestly didn't deserve a 7/10, it deserved something like a 4
@@StEvEn420BrUlE so now you're being even more dishonest. A buggy game doesn't make it unplayable. They would've still been able to finish the game in its entirety but Kallie Plagge didn't even do a lot of the side missions, let alone upgraded some of her weapons. A 4/10 would just be plain ridiculous.
I do appreciate that you pointed out when you thought they actually gave a pretty fair score based on your own experience, yet also explained why others would’ve been angry about it.
Some real classics of bad game reviewing here. Alien Isolation, Mad Max, who could forget those. But Days Gone for me is the icing on the cake. I truly believe the reviewer skipped through the wedding proposal scene, thus failing to understand the meaning behind Sarah's wedding vows. This is what happens not only when you chose the wrong reviewer for a game, but when game reviewing becomes nothing but a job that you want to rush through. All these reviews hurt these games. I remember the days, long long ago, when game reviewers had passion for gaming. Guess those Days are... Gone.
Speaking of Alien Isolation. While it is not Gamespot another alien game Alien Resurrection that was critzied way too harshly, the gave it a bad review as it was the first game to use the dualshock system a system that became a stable for gaming to this day. Like can you believe it?
i feel like that review is only funny in hindsight, at the time that control setup was very uncommon and would be standard for quite awhile, even after Halo released. i give that review some slack considering when the game came out.
I'm just gonna say it: the Batman: Arkham combat sucks and it IS repetitive and dumbed-down. That would probably be my biggest turnoff from giving Mad Max a shot. I also think the idea of having fast travel in a game centered around cars is pretty dumb.
Red dead is amazing, but i do agree. The gameplay is much better than tlou, but that's mainly because of freedom of choice. The core mechanics are a little bit outdated, and looting is kind of a joke, but i think a 9 is a big low. For me it's a 9.6
"though Ellie is a standout, the rest of the characters lack hearts". Saying that about The Last of Us 1 while completely ignoring Joel, Tommy and Tess is one of dumbest things a game reviewer could have said. I know there are a lot of dumb things reviewers said in this video, but that one really just floored me. The only thing worse than this was hearing that tr00n complain about how women were represented in Grand Theft Auto, lmao.
I think the reasons for them not liking Days Gone are dubious. But I found that game to be pretty bleh. The story telling was disjointed and left me carrying very little about anything that was happening. It was the first story game I ever gave up on. I enjoyed the combat and the feel of the world. But the story felt so lacking in focus I just gave up.
I really enjoyed Days Gone & I know a lot of people are still mad about the low scores. But the game was released in a buggy mess & wasn’t promoted properly by the devs. They constantly showed end game content having Deacon look like a bad ass then when you turned the game on Deacon & his bike was under powered like a mofo. People going in thinking they gonna take out 300 zombies then get wrecked by 10 I imagine was a huge immediate turn off.
I get that the low scores hurt MadMax and Alien, but people need to chill when it comes to some of these. RDR2 is a 10, TLoU is really a 8, Cyberpunk is really a 7. You have to take these reviews way too seriously to be offended by a deduction of 1 point out of 10.
What about Alien Resurrection? They criticised it for its control scheme, not knowing that it would later be used in EVERY SINGLE FPS GAME TO THIS DAY. I guess they had trouble adapting to change.
15:08 Nah, I pre-ordered the game and played it since Day 1. I don't recall encountering any bugs on my side, thankfully. And 30FPS didn't make me enjoy the game any less. A game isn't defines by its 60FPS. If anything, I was amazed to have hordes of freakers running after me without the game falling to 5FPS
The Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze review is one I think about every single time I think about Donkey Kong for how much it baffled me when I read it back in the day. Like...what were they smoking? It's arguably the best side scrolling platformer made in the last 20 years.
I remember I used to watch their review until a Zelda one came out, maybe it was Skyward Sword? I was so offended by it that I never watched a GameSpot review ever again
I think the biggest issue with a lot of these is that we’re so used to hyperinflated scores like 9s and 10s being given out to any AAA release that when a game receives a 7 we think that’s calling it a bad game, when a 7 is supposed to mean a game is still pretty good. But to be fair, you expect high ratings from publications like GameSpot or IGN so it’s confusing for sure. Also in general, people online think everything good is a 9/10, when 9/10 should be like top 3 game of the year
nah. man. just listen to most of their points of criticism, it all sounds like bullshit if you played the games. that's my problem, not the score, I agree that 8 is a pretty great score. but these people ARE GETTING PAID FOR BEING WRONG AND ARE SMUG ABOUT IT!!!
Uggggghhhhh... The Mad Max reviewer exudes "I think I'm the smartest guy in the room wherever I go". "Well if you think critically 🤓☝️..." Sneakily implying that everyone annoyed at him spoiling one of the final boss fights is an idiot. All he had to say was "sorry, I dropped the ball on that one. While I don't think it was as egregious as some may say, I still acknowledge how disrespectful it may come across to potential players watching our review." See... Easy-peasy. God I usually try to not be openly negative towards people online but this guy is the absolute worst kind of person.
I feel sorry for people that played CyberPunk on console or weak machines, & I admit that some of the promises/expectations weren't met, but what was delivered (to PC users) was still incredible.
Visual perhaps, but many of the bugs still existed on the PC, such as coming out of the all foods building before Jackie in the pickup mission, and the game refusing to progress any further.
I’m not into MMO games so if I gave you my opinion about one I tried my opinion would not be reliable to someone who loves MMOs. So why do these companies who review video games often have people who hate the genre of game doing a review?
Anyone who gets mad that a game is given an 8/10 or a 9/10 is not to be taken seriously. If you spend your time mad that some reviewer calls a game great or superb when you thought it was “excellent” or “perfect”, you need to get a life.
"pedantic nutcase" is a little harsh for someone who prefers more realism than you. Like ok he's wrong, I'm not saying he's not wrong, but you reacted almost like he objected to the color brown, or that there weren't enough birds in the sky or something.
Eh the guy seemed like an absolute tool, no one cares if his fee'fees get hurt because he gets called out for being a hypocritical smug douche. It's not about the "more realism" his points were just dumb, it's a videogame and if he had to haul all that scrap even 10ft he would have complained about that as well. Or if he could've gotten any metal as "scrap" he would have whined about the resource being "too abundant" he was fishing for stuff to complain about and then defended himself really poorly and smugly when being called out.
In all honesty, the gameplay is not for everyone. I was having a decent time until the first section where you have to actually do things while sneaking around the alien, and even though I could have gotten through it with enough trial & error, it was just frustrating. Every time I died, I didn't really feel like I'd learnt anything because the alien is unpredictable. Which also made it impossible to follow a guide even if I wanted to. After enough deaths, anxiety turns to frustration, and how much will vary from player to player.
Alien Isolation made me feel like I was watching a different version of the 1st Alien movie each time I played because you simply never knew where the Alien was going to pop up from. I just loved the tension in that game.
You're missing the Kane and Lynch review which got someone fired and the Grand theft Auto V review written by the trans guy complaining about it being offensive.
K&L got someone fired because Gamespot wanted him to review it positively, he didn't and that affected their advertiser dollars. The general consensus among the community was that the review was accurate. Therefor it doesn't belong on this list.
I liked it too. I also liked the sequel. The first one felt janky to the point of being a budget title. It was pretty sloppy, especially the havana/ jungle warfare sequence (ugh) The story, characters and HEAT inspired elements made up for a lot of that. @@John-nb6ep
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The Mad Max reviewer was infuriating.
He has no chin, no jaw, and no brain.
They hated it so much they doubled down on the hate with two videos.
"He kills a Ton of People & never reflects on it" she must absolutely hate Uncharted then 😏
Still one of my all-time favorite game franchises.
This woman doesn’t know what ludo narrative dissonance is. Basically, game play sections are exaggerated (like the swagger of a black teen) and aren’t wholly canon
@@goldenfiberwheat238This!
That dude that reviewed Mad Max doesn't have a clue what he was talking about, he made no sense.. its a GAME!
Dude probably would rather watch Netflix than play any game. So many journalists only work in games because it's an easier industry get into at the bottom.
lol I was just going to comment same thing about the mad max reviewer.. what a joke
He reeks of that smug "I know I'm the smartest person in the room" attitude that may work out for him on Reddit but is so off-putting irl. When he dropped the "Well if you think critically..." line it made it obvious to me that he has no problem discounting anyone he feels is beneath him intellectually. He's basically saying "No no, you see I didn't spoil anything at all. I had assumed incorrectly that my audience would be able to think as critically as I do". Like, ok dude.
He's so self absorbed I bet he gets aroused by the smell of his own farts.
Woah, it is!?!?
Wait it's a game?!
Can we all agree today that 8/10 is perfectly fair for TLOU? The comment about Joel was dumb, no question. But maybe the excellent story made us more forgiving of the gameplay than it deserved in hindsight?
Yeah I agree. I didn't beat it, but the story is a 9.5, gameplay is probably a 7. I think 8 is fair for the game
Yep, agreed. The gameplay is downright tedious at times.
If you didn't know, the girl who reviewed Days Gone is the "too much water" reviewer when she was at IGN.
It's so funny how that guy didn't like the fast travel when it's always just an option you can avoid entirely...
Having options changes the game though.
It literally doesn’t if you don’t, wait for it… exercise that option!
It's like all those assholes complaining about games having too many optional side quests and collectables, well guess what you don't have to complete an of those.
@@user-oj7co5wm8g By that logic let's add the autowin button for every combat in the game. But you don't have to press it!
@@stravvman literally wouldn't matter because again.... you don't have to press it. So stop complaining
Why does everyone treat a 7 or 8 out of 10 like it's a bad thing? 8/10 for TLoU is fine. People act like anything under a 9 means a game is unplayable dog shit. Dumb.
Game journalist complain about "gamey things" in video games because they hate their job and only do it because gaming outlets hire anyone that isn't illiterate.
When you realize gaming corporate would manipulate reviews…
I wonder how Team Ninja handled it.
A lot of gaming journalists nowadays looks like someone who would prefer be writing to VICE. Not the old VICE, the modern one that is now dead.
@@theLikou1 What do you mean its dead...!?
@@fernie-fernandez They fired a lot of people and announced a reestruturation. And they just announced that they will stop posting on their site.
@@theLikou1 I didn't think Vice had a blog, other than a TV channel...
Normally, I don't care if I see a review that I disagree with. There's games out there that are popular that I don't like, so I understand. But I can't help but feel a sort of animosity when I see some of my favorite games like Mad Max, Alien Isolation, and Days Gone get grossly underscored and I feel as though they play a huge role in why we never got/will get sequels to them.
It's the reason why they never got a sequel, before releasing Days Gone the devs already planned for a second game. After the release of Alien Isolation, the devs seeing how the game grow they wanted to make a sequel. But then the Game journalist Nation attacked.
One thing i absolutely fucking hate is when gamers complain about an option or a game mechanic THAT IS COMPLETELY OPTIONAL
I remember how much hate they got giving Cyberpunk 2077 release version a 7. The comment section was mad as hell. But a 7 was really generous for this version.
Its still generous
Hell, I would probably give Cyberpunk 1.0 a 6 or 7, 2.0 (without PL) an 8, and Phantom Liberty by itself a 9.
A lot of JRPG fans have truma from mainstream gaming journalism in the late 2000s being xenophobic at best and racist at worst (X Play's review of Baten Kaitos Orgins litterally opens with Morgan Webb doing white replacement) so when Soul Hackers 2 got average scores, JRPG fans were outraged...and all the reviews made by JRPG channels are calling it mid. Soul Hackers 2 falls into 2 camps the first is "I have no strong feelings one way or the other" and the second are fans of the first game like myself "I'm not mad...I'm just disappointed".
Cyberpunk 2077 still a 5/10 game nowadays with the v2. Boring, outdated and stupid npcs AI.
Great video. This is really full of the exaggerated sarcasm of a british man. It gives me goosebumps.
Cheers, JJ mate!
A lot of these bad reviews started happening when these companies started hiring “reviewers” that don’t even play games.
Brad at Giantbomb was the first open example of this, that I remember. He stated many times that he didn’t have time to play the games he was supposed to be reviewing.
It’s more devious than you’re alluding to.
for them is more important to hire someone who can write well
That’s just a fucking lie lol
How the fuck they even find 20-somethings that haven't played videogames through their adolescence, I have no idea. It's such a huge pool to draw from. Well, I guess nowadays you get people that only played mobile shit growing up.
What’s up with the re-upload? Answer: He included the “Cuphead Tutorial Fail Controversy” as a Gamespot incident. In reality it was from Venture/Gamebeat (Dean Takahashi). Thanks for addressing it mate!
Thanks for letting me know, mate. I think it was you that pointed it out? No idea why I thought it was. Mandela effect?
@@tominator4468 Yep, I’m the culprit for giving you some extra work :) Having “Games” in the name for both sites definitely doesn’t help.
@@tominator4468dude i could’ve sworn it was too!
You should see Dean's doom eternal review
Maybe he didn't enjoy Alien: Isolation because he only was walking and opening doors and nothing else.
That Mad Max Reviewer wanted to be “too clever” & couldn’t back up any of his points/critiques ..
The Alien Isolation review... Did I play the same game as the reviewer? One of the most effective survival horror games I have ever played! And as a huge fan of the first two films they nailed the vibe perfectly.
"It tries to be an action game"... what?
More proof "professional" critics are not always better than average and ordinary people who review things.
I think the wedding scene in Days Gone is pretty clear given the flashback ; Sarah is indeed dead, enabling Deacon to marry his fuckbuddy Boozer (who allways wanted a biker wedding). But his sick mind give him the appearance of his deceased wife to ease the pain of the loss.
Wow, did he really say the exaggerated swagger of a black teen!?!?!
If people didn't know what he was talking about they wouldn't have known to be offended.
@@johnhein2539you don’t have to be racist to recognise a racist trope when you hear one
Black tient.
Apparently so and that doesn't soubd racist at all..
Oh wait it does.
I’m pretty sure the Miles Morales reviewer was balck himself.
The actual reason the comment got meme’d is because of how absurd and funny it is.
I don't get it, why it that when IGN and Gamespot give low scores to well-received games they get thousands of dislikes and get meme'd and clowned on... but when Dunkey, Yahtzee and Jim Sterling do that exact same thing (on top of insulting the creators and their fans) they get praised and people celebrate them as "the only reviewers who tell the truth"?
IGN and Gamespot's audience is comprised of very stupid people.
Different fanbases. IGN and Gamespot have also built up a reputation for never giving AAA releases anything lower than an 8 or 9, so when something receives a 7 or lower people treat it like a 0/10
Jim Sterling and Yahtzee are laugh out loud funny.
@@BinaryTremor-vs1ivnah their not, specially sterling he (or she idk now) lost his damn mind and his ego is gigantic as his weight.
I totally agree with you, dunkey shit all over the Batman games, a ridiculous statement, Yahtzee and sterling love to sound smarter than they really are.
Did guy reviewing Tropical Freeze even play the game? He did not like the game as much as I did that is perfectly fair no game is for everyone. But to claim that the levels weren't inventive just seems flat out wrong to me.
"Super Mario Bros Wii is a tough game"
It's literally like one of the easiest 2d mario games.
...Nobody comes off good in GTA games, male or female.
Kind of the point. In those games, most people suck.
yeah, no one is safe in gta
I think an issue is maybe there just aren’t enough major female characters that aren’t stereotypes. There is depth to some of the male characters, so it’s a fair criticism. I think GTA 6 having the main char being a female should rectify this
Anyone else remember thier orginal written review for Narnia Prince Caspian for the DS? Where it was just an incoherent rambling about a boss battle and the crafting system. It was quickly taken down and repleaced by an actual review.
No, but you got me curious.
@@theLikou1 Sadly there seems to be no trace of it, not even on the Wayback machine. The only mention of it is an editor's note on the revised review.
I never heard about this
I forgot about that meme, but when I realized what was about to be said I straight up made a POG face. That review will forever live in infamy and it’s hilarious
Imagine being upset because your favorite game got a 9/10
Wait 8 is a bad score now? I mean I enjoyed TLOU but it’s not perfect
It's a combination of the PS fanboys and the way he phrases things he didn't like.
im curious to know what you dont like abt it, feel free to write a paragraph
IGN gives most games a 7 so I'd say that's average
I'd say
5 and below - Bad
6 - below average
7 - average
8 - above average
9 - very good
10 - perfect/masterpiece
So no an 8 is not bad by any means that's still good
@@handheldnintendofan An 8 in IGN means ok. They are really bad at scores.
Days gone has never had any love from reviewers for some reason. Yet anyone who has played it knows what an amazing game it is .
The story was one of the best I have seen in a video game and the voice acting is brilliant.
For anyone who hasn’t played it.. don’t listen to reviewers, go play the Days Gone you will not be disappointed.
Such a shame there will never be a sequel
YES, it was one of the best games I've played, and I've played a crapton of games since I was only 7. these Reviewers, their outlets, PC elitists and the nasty casuals are why the art of video games is dying.
You know what's the worst part? The wedding scene.. They focus on that one line.. And they forget the point of the scene, which was Deacon grieving over his freakin' wife. Something we barely have in games, where protagonists instantly move on after the loss of a loved one.
That last of us review actually seems really fair. I think people just believed the hype too much.
Agreed 8 is about right honestly, definitely not 10/10
I completed TLOU 1 in 2020. The story is good, the gameplay is okay. It's just a quality good game. So, 8/10 is fair enough
Or people just like it more than you and that's fine. Not everything is because of "hype"
I've certainly never liked something because of hype and simply because I think it's neat. If you ask me, rating systems in general are dumb.
@@yipflaptheexecutioner6519 what i mean is just because you like something and other people online like it too doesnt mean its a 10/10 game. The reviewer took a step back and gave it a fair and seemingly accurate review but because of hype (people loving it and knowing others loved it) they assumed it deserved a 10/10 instead of just a fair score with fair criticisms.
Expect if GTA 6 is gonna be scored 6 or 7 by whatever some dummy's points out some problems. Slow pace. Too much things to do. & The one protagonist where you play as a lady in a GTA game gets some criticisms by gaming journalists & haters
Days Gone is one of my top five games of all time. It definitely deserves a sequel. It solder really well as well. All and all it’s a great game and that’s what most people say who played it.
Zombie fad is dead. Go back to 2012
Great to see you back mate. Awesome video as usual. Any chance you'll be doing any more retro vids in the future? Love your back again anyway mate
Ah, thanks Toejam mate! Yeah, the next video I have in mind is based around the NES. Haven't started on it yet, but I think it'll make a cool video.
I feel like this list started off strong but then just turned into fair reviews that prove that capital-g Gamers are babies.
What's crazy is that a lot of the points these reviewers make are actually pretty valid, if they had just conveyed their criticisms better people probably wouldn't get upset. Gamers will get upset no matter what the score.
Always worth remembering that these reviews are usually done by one person, and that's as low a sample size you can get - it's down to personal feelings when it's just one person. You shouldn't have to justify your purchase of a game based on what reviewers say anyway.
Biggest example is what the mad max guy said about spoiling the boss fight. He’s completely right, but he should’ve at least apologized for it
the hell they're valid!
"Is just full of the exaggerated swagger of a black teen." First time hearing this and it literally made my jaw drop. What the hell!?
relax buddy, this isnt instagram or tiktok, youre not gonna harvest those likes by overexaggerating a reaction to something you realistically dont care about. im black and i thought it was was in bad taste but it didnt "literally make my jaw drop". Just like how if he said "this game lacked rythm just like a white person trying to dance" or "the ingredients just werent there, like a white person trying to season food" i wouldnt care and Im sure you wouldnt either. You either prioritise approval from strangers through virtue signaling or you genuinely see the black race as some vulnerable group of people that need to be spoken for and protected by you and your brave white liberal counterparts. Just stop, its embarrassing and quite frankly insulting.
Yeah i get so annoyed when a dragon in skyrim can burn me and i survive while on full health, but die to a guard in one hit when I'm low on health. So dumb right?
I’m really surprised Gerstmann’s Majora’s Mask review isn’t on here. He got a ton of heat for that one.
He is gauging the hatred for the review based on dislikes on the youtube video and comment section. I think its harder to get an accurate idea of how fans took the Majora's Mask review in 99 way before something like TH-cam was created.
I disagree with your angle on Days Gone. I think it's a great game overall but a lot of the characters, including Deacon, are one-dimensional. Your point is that Days Gone is a video game, not an Adam Sandler movie. Fair enough. However, if a game throws so much story bullshit on you, one has the right to critizise it. This game was fun, but there was so much potential they wasted. It's a shame we'll never get a sequel.
I disagree with you saying characters in Days Gone is one dimensional. Unfortunately, I can't explain why since it's been years since I played it (but I know they arent one dimensional). Also, can you tell me what bs the story throws to you? But you're right, it deserve a sequel
Oh dear Lord, that "black teen" sentence. It is like the guy had some kind of corporate mandate to praise representation in the game, but his racism just couldn't fully contain itself.
I loved Aliens Isolation so much I bought it twice. I got it on Xbox One then again on PS4. It platinumed the thing and spent well over 100hrs combined. IGN and Gamespot completely ruined its chances of getting a sequel over their terrible reviews of a great game
Great video. Tone was perfect to reflect the absurd reviews like alien isolation and mad max, and then tempered and fair with the ones given 9s which still came off poorly for gamespot. Those reaction videos for cyberpunk and mad max are brutal.
Gamespot really wanting that 15 min unskippable cutscene where your MC cries over having killed someone, every time you kill someone
Could of sworn that resident evil village got a 9, although you pick up about 10,000. pounds of scrap for crafting in that game. The reviews weren't written by the same person but still. Wtf.
I understand that it was just an opportunity to clown on the guy at 6:20, but I assume he was leading up to a point? Seems like the clip ended abruptly.
Edit: I thought their take on The Last of Us was pretty fair. An 8/10 is a pretty damn good score (other outlet scores shouldn't matter to an individual's take) and the criticisms mentioned seemed valid, even if I find them to be minor issues. For what it's worth, I love both games.
“If the regular levels were as inventive as the boss battles...”
*DK kicking bells to summon vines to slide down.
…wha? Oh yeah, that old, tired trope! 😂
As dumb as that Mad Max review was, you would think the final boss fight would be vehicular
Why?
@@michaelmiller4105 because the fiction and all the films revolve around car combat and stunts. U see fury road? Imagine if they could've done something like that. Hand to hand but on a caravan of moving vehicles. Maybe jump from one to another like uncharted 3
@@mgiebus1869 fury road isn’t the only mad max movie. He fights hand to hand plenty in the other 3 educate yourself
@@michaelmiller4105 I had a feeling you were just a fool looking for a fight. I own all the mad max movies dummy. The cars are what it's all about
@@michaelmiller4105 I own all the Mad Max films. It's about the cars dummy
In the Mad Max game, what is wrong with fast travel?? Just don’t use it if you’re against it 🤷♂️
Good video btw 👍
If you add easy mode in Dark Souls, people will use it and it's no longer special. So no, not a logical response. That's the issue I have with Final Fantasy remasters adding cheat codes in
The Decan and Sarah wedding scene criticism reminds me of the same that Final Fantasy X forced laughing scene with Yuna and Tidus got. It just goes over peoples heads that like to act like they're the smartest people in the room.
lol nah FFX was cringe af.
@@Brahaja Yeah outta context without knowing or acknowledgint scenes before that. You'd sound like a perfect fit at GameSpot or IGN.
@@jamallayne8195 Yep, out of context it's cringe. Same as the wedding scene. With context, it shows Deacon grieving over his wife as he passed by the place where they married. But nah, they skip over that and focus on that one line.
I don't know what's with reviewers being so stuck in the mud. The game focused on Deacon grieving over the loss of his wife, something games barely do with protagonists instantly getting over the pain of loss.
Imagine someone gives every gta game a bad review because of it being to "unrealistic" of just pulling any weapon out, from an AK to a Rocket Launcher from your character 😂
I actually agree with the Cyberpunk 2077 review score. It was very mediocre to me. It felt like mediocre gameplay with wrapped in a pretty bow. Not alot of substance
That game deserved a 9/10. It's still an amazing game besides it's extremely buggy release
@@fantoniumnitrous It's pretty good now, but at release it was very buggy and mediocre. it's much better now, but probably still only 8/10 at most. Which, unlike most people think is a really good score, I'm not sure why people complain when something gets an 8, that's very above average. 9 and 10s should be reserved for the stellar and "Perfect" games, which even now I'd say Cyberpunk 2077 isn't.
@@xShadowbane451 I rate games much differently. I base it off of 4 main factors: Story, Character Development, Worldbuilding and Gameplay. A game that gets all of that is what I consider a 9/10. Also, I rate games between a 9 (Amazing), 8 (Great), 7 (Good), 6 (Average) & 5 (Mediocre). I'd never give a game a 4, 3, 2, 1 or 10.
@@xShadowbane451 never add bugs and glitches as the main factors of a game's quality. IGN learnt that the hard way with their Prey (2017) review.
@@fantoniumnitrous Ohhh boy, quick note here after writing the uhh novel here, I got a little carried away so feel free to skimp if needed. oops.
That's.. a pretty weird way to rate games ngl. If you are not going to use half of the score system why not just do 1 through 5? That's pretty much what you do now, plus games can be less than mediocre. You would really rate Ride to Hell: Retribution a 5 out of 10? Let's say next to something else not nearly as bad, but actually just personifies mediocre like the new Suicide Squad game. I don't really like the 1 through 5 system because of that and your system is kinda' just the same thing but the numbers "higher" for some reason. I'd personally give RTHR a 1 out of 10 and then Suicide Squad a 4 or 5.
If you're rating a game by all that, it should also all be on some kind of spectrum, not just good/bad because a story could be pretty good but held back because of some dumb twits that happens 70% through the game that ruins the rest of the experience.
Oh sorry, I actually forgot to mention anything about the actual game in question, my bad. Cyberpunk is a pretty good game now, I've actually had a lot of fun with it. But it wasn't at release, as you could barely play it, yes you should add bugs and glitches to the main factors of the games quality, because they directly effect it. If you can pretty much barely play the game because it keeps crashing or you keep phasing through the environment, that directly effects your enjoyment of the game and said game's score should be lowered. The fact is, a video game shouldn't have the customers/gamers bug tests the games for the developers, games should be released in a playable stable state, as that's what is paid for. Bugs/glitches can be a detriment to your enjoyment of the product you paid for and should be represented in any score given at the time. It of course can be updated later, but it could easily stay because the person didn't go back to something they couldn't play.
Is there a The Top Ten Most Disliked Kotaku Reviews of All Time video?
A 7/10 is a bad score? It's literally above average. Way higher than I would've given Cyberpunk.
Imagine if they made the mad max reviewer play eldin ring …
What's the song at 11:28?
Hypothesis : People might consider that those bad reviews are there as punishment because the company refused to follow ESG demands.
I'd like to hear if there's truth in that.
What’s esg
@@goldenfiberwheat238
Environmental, Social and Governance -
It is a set of criterias parading as "good" , to force inclusivity, diversity, pseudo ecological policies , imposed by investment funds as a mean to blackmail companies into accepting their set of rules, their power ultimately. Basically if a company doesn't accept their set of ideologies, they almost won't have anyone willing to invest money in them . It's not even financial, is truly a slow global power grab to lead to some one global "government" crazyness
This is a rabbit hole subject . Truly cannot be explained in a single TH-cam comment.
Please go and find New Discourses and the videos about ESG and stakeholder capitalism. You will understand what's hidden behind the sheep's clothing.
In very short: it's from the people who push wokism and globalism everywhere, constantly.
10:07 "The art direction insists upon itself, Lois. It *insists* upon itself"
Cyberpunk review was on point that poor girl was harassed by morons for speaking the truth before patches that game was just exactly how she mentioned and kudos to her for having balls so say that game was 7 at best
But the core game itself behind the bugs is a definite 9/10 as it's an amazing game. A 7/10 is still pretty ridiculous plus she even admitted to not upgrading or doing some of the sidequests most of the time.
@fantoniumnitrous cyberpunk was fucked on release and completely broken. You can't just hand wave it all and say "well look past the bugs" when the game was nothing but bugs. A 7/10 is a tremendous score for what was released. The game was totally broke
@@StEvEn420BrUlE But what if the game gets patched out which it eventually did but you still gave it a 7/10 because of said bugs? It would make your review looked dated.
@@fantoniumnitrous you are being so obtuse. The game wasn't patched and truly fixed until the DLC came at. Should game reviews just not review games at release at this point? It's not like Cyberpunk had a day 1 patch that fixed all its issues that the build that GameSpot played was lacking. THE GAME WAS BROKEN FOR MONTHS AFTER RELEASE. It honestly didn't deserve a 7/10, it deserved something like a 4
@@StEvEn420BrUlE so now you're being even more dishonest. A buggy game doesn't make it unplayable. They would've still been able to finish the game in its entirety but Kallie Plagge didn't even do a lot of the side missions, let alone upgraded some of her weapons. A 4/10 would just be plain ridiculous.
I do appreciate that you pointed out when you thought they actually gave a pretty fair score based on your own experience, yet also explained why others would’ve been angry about it.
Some real classics of bad game reviewing here. Alien Isolation, Mad Max, who could forget those. But Days Gone for me is the icing on the cake. I truly believe the reviewer skipped through the wedding proposal scene, thus failing to understand the meaning behind Sarah's wedding vows. This is what happens not only when you chose the wrong reviewer for a game, but when game reviewing becomes nothing but a job that you want to rush through. All these reviews hurt these games. I remember the days, long long ago, when game reviewers had passion for gaming. Guess those Days are... Gone.
Speaking of Alien Isolation. While it is not Gamespot another alien game Alien Resurrection that was critzied way too harshly, the gave it a bad review as it was the first game to use the dualshock system a system that became a stable for gaming to this day. Like can you believe it?
i feel like that review is only funny in hindsight, at the time that control setup was very uncommon and would be standard for quite awhile, even after Halo released. i give that review some slack considering when the game came out.
I'm just gonna say it: the Batman: Arkham combat sucks and it IS repetitive and dumbed-down. That would probably be my biggest turnoff from giving Mad Max a shot. I also think the idea of having fast travel in a game centered around cars is pretty dumb.
The spider man review had me absolutely dying with laughter. How did I miss that 😂😂😂
Even though some of the reviews were unfairly disliked. We can all agree that the first one lives up as one of the worst game reviews all the time.
Great video and great to see you again!
Cheers, Alex mate! thanks for watching!
Days Gone is more like animalistic mutated human. They’re alive too. They’re not zombies.
Red dead is amazing, but i do agree. The gameplay is much better than tlou, but that's mainly because of freedom of choice. The core mechanics are a little bit outdated, and looting is kind of a joke, but i think a 9 is a big low. For me it's a 9.6
I love the Battle for Bikini Bottom review so much. The fact that it’s so blatantly clear that the reviewer just sucks at the game is so magical.
"though Ellie is a standout, the rest of the characters lack hearts".
Saying that about The Last of Us 1 while completely ignoring Joel, Tommy and Tess is one of dumbest things a game reviewer could have said. I know there are a lot of dumb things reviewers said in this video, but that one really just floored me.
The only thing worse than this was hearing that tr00n complain about how women were represented in Grand Theft Auto, lmao.
"Feminism in gaming" 😮😂😂
20:45 referring to Sisyphus, the Greek guy forced to roll a boulder up a mountain for eternity
I think the reasons for them not liking Days Gone are dubious. But I found that game to be pretty bleh. The story telling was disjointed and left me carrying very little about anything that was happening. It was the first story game I ever gave up on. I enjoyed the combat and the feel of the world. But the story felt so lacking in focus I just gave up.
Mad Max is a fantastic game. This is why I miss Gametrailers.
They are still around! Look for Easy Allies. They are the same GameTrailers people.
I really enjoyed Days Gone & I know a lot of people are still mad about the low scores. But the game was released in a buggy mess & wasn’t promoted properly by the devs. They constantly showed end game content having Deacon look like a bad ass then when you turned the game on Deacon & his bike was under powered like a mofo. People going in thinking they gonna take out 300 zombies then get wrecked by 10 I imagine was a huge immediate turn off.
omg that ending sent me 😂 great vid man cheers
Glad you enjoyed it, hotdog mate. Thanks for watching!
I get that the low scores hurt MadMax and Alien, but people need to chill when it comes to some of these. RDR2 is a 10, TLoU is really a 8, Cyberpunk is really a 7. You have to take these reviews way too seriously to be offended by a deduction of 1 point out of 10.
What about Alien Resurrection? They criticised it for its control scheme, not knowing that it would later be used in EVERY SINGLE FPS GAME TO THIS DAY. I guess they had trouble adapting to change.
15:08
Nah, I pre-ordered the game and played it since Day 1. I don't recall encountering any bugs on my side, thankfully. And 30FPS didn't make me enjoy the game any less. A game isn't defines by its 60FPS. If anything, I was amazed to have hordes of freakers running after me without the game falling to 5FPS
you know i am surprised that the Kain and Lynch review isn't on here which is probably the most notorious review that was done....list wise
The review wasn't disliked, the firing of the reviewer was.
Literally mentioned at the beginning of the video. And the review wasn't hated. It was the fallout of the review that was remembered.
21:32, tbf, just because they were "the done thing" at the time doesn't make the design decision any worse and it's actually fair criticism.
The Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze review is one I think about every single time I think about Donkey Kong for how much it baffled me when I read it back in the day. Like...what were they smoking? It's arguably the best side scrolling platformer made in the last 20 years.
I remember I used to watch their review until a Zelda one came out, maybe it was Skyward Sword? I was so offended by it that I never watched a GameSpot review ever again
That DKCTF review was horrid
7:11 bro going on a soliloquy with his eyes closed is all I need to see to discredit what he says. What a snob
We should have the courage to say when the massive dislikes were unfair. RDR2 getting disliked like that was unfair imo.
I think the biggest issue with a lot of these is that we’re so used to hyperinflated scores like 9s and 10s being given out to any AAA release that when a game receives a 7 we think that’s calling it a bad game, when a 7 is supposed to mean a game is still pretty good. But to be fair, you expect high ratings from publications like GameSpot or IGN so it’s confusing for sure. Also in general, people online think everything good is a 9/10, when 9/10 should be like top 3 game of the year
In addition, the reviewers themselves sometimes acting like 5-7 or even 8 is bad
nah. man. just listen to most of their points of criticism, it all sounds like bullshit if you played the games. that's my problem, not the score, I agree that 8 is a pretty great score. but these people ARE GETTING PAID FOR BEING WRONG AND ARE SMUG ABOUT IT!!!
The dude that reviewed MadMax either never played a video game or had something personal against the studio lol.
Saying that Days Gone is a bad game is simply NOT an opinion! It's Bad Caratism!
I got mad Max for 5$ and absolutely loved it. It is kinda janky but it's so worth it.
Uggggghhhhh... The Mad Max reviewer exudes "I think I'm the smartest guy in the room wherever I go".
"Well if you think critically 🤓☝️..."
Sneakily implying that everyone annoyed at him spoiling one of the final boss fights is an idiot. All he had to say was "sorry, I dropped the ball on that one. While I don't think it was as egregious as some may say, I still acknowledge how disrespectful it may come across to potential players watching our review." See... Easy-peasy. God I usually try to not be openly negative towards people online but this guy is the absolute worst kind of person.
How come you didn't mention their review of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess?
I feel sorry for people that played CyberPunk on console or weak machines, & I admit that some of the promises/expectations weren't met, but what was delivered (to PC users) was still incredible.
Visual perhaps, but many of the bugs still existed on the PC, such as coming out of the all foods building before Jackie in the pickup mission, and the game refusing to progress any further.
I’m not into MMO games so if I gave you my opinion about one I tried my opinion would not be reliable to someone who loves MMOs. So why do these companies who review video games often have people who hate the genre of game doing a review?
Anyone who gets mad that a game is given an 8/10 or a 9/10 is not to be taken seriously. If you spend your time mad that some reviewer calls a game great or superb when you thought it was “excellent” or “perfect”, you need to get a life.
"pedantic nutcase" is a little harsh for someone who prefers more realism than you.
Like ok he's wrong, I'm not saying he's not wrong, but you reacted almost like he objected to the color brown, or that there weren't enough birds in the sky or something.
Eh the guy seemed like an absolute tool, no one cares if his fee'fees get hurt because he gets called out for being a hypocritical smug douche. It's not about the "more realism" his points were just dumb, it's a videogame and if he had to haul all that scrap even 10ft he would have complained about that as well. Or if he could've gotten any metal as "scrap" he would have whined about the resource being "too abundant" he was fishing for stuff to complain about and then defended himself really poorly and smugly when being called out.
That Alien review was criminal
Most boring game I've ever played. I'd rather do a playthrough of gollum.
In all honesty, the gameplay is not for everyone. I was having a decent time until the first section where you have to actually do things while sneaking around the alien, and even though I could have gotten through it with enough trial & error, it was just frustrating. Every time I died, I didn't really feel like I'd learnt anything because the alien is unpredictable. Which also made it impossible to follow a guide even if I wanted to. After enough deaths, anxiety turns to frustration, and how much will vary from player to player.
The Mad Max reviewer shouldn't be allowed to play video games again, let alone review them.
Alien Isolation made me feel like I was watching a different version of the 1st Alien movie each time I played because you simply never knew where the Alien was going to pop up from. I just loved the tension in that game.
So gaming journalist can't play alien isolation
Till the end of time, I’ll never forgive either IGN or GameSpot for trashing Alien Isolation.
You're missing the Kane and Lynch review which got someone fired and the Grand theft Auto V review written by the trans guy complaining about it being offensive.
K&L got someone fired because Gamespot wanted him to review it positively, he didn't and that affected their advertiser dollars. The general consensus among the community was that the review was accurate. Therefor it doesn't belong on this list.
@@septoandklepto Meh I liked K&L. He lowballed it.
I liked it too. I also liked the sequel. The first one felt janky to the point of being a budget title. It was pretty sloppy, especially the havana/ jungle warfare sequence (ugh) The story, characters and HEAT inspired elements made up for a lot of that. @@John-nb6ep