I don't really know man. Because people have to understand these are games and there is only so much any one game can do. And you'll always have games with lots of mechanics, and games with very few, or games with a big cinematic story, and games with a subtle story. But the one take away is that most games are good in their own way, at least to a degree right?
That's the problem with some of these people. Most understand that not everything can be done in a game, but you have others that want their "ultimate game" or game that does everything for them and their taxes, yet will biatch about something else when they get what they want.
For example Nick's problem with God of War might be a problem for him, but clearly it's not a super common problem considering how many people loved that game.
Some I noticed with Nick and a few other gaming outlets, or individuals is that there's this trend of "concerned citizens" nearly everyone starts doing or making a bigger deal than necessary. Horizon and it sequels "possibly failing sales/lagging behind" because of
Breath of the Wild or
Elden Ring.
Additionally there are always people who hang hate change. People that don't like Norse Kratos and only want Greek Kratos, or people who wanted a perfect FF7 Remake not a weird new FF7. But things change, games grow, developers grow and change and what's old is never going to be the same when the wheel turns to make the old new again.
I am not sure if you remember, but back in 2017 I was on the
God of War 4 hate train, though different reasons. I was mainly sick and tired of Kratos at the time, and just wanted a completely new lead character. Though I won't lie, there were was some fear mongering as well on what would happen to other action games. It wasn't until about a month into 2018, that I realized how stupid I was being and at least give the game a chance. I realized I would be no different from the professional critics that hated on anything Japanese gaming related. You the know the rest of the story at this point.
Speaking of haters Gaming Brit became real snobby shit head when it came to
Norse GoW. Yeah, he cooled down later, but never apologized nor acknowledged being shit head and mocking people for liking the game. Calling people who did "forcing themselves to like it or are not true fans". A lot of his later videos threw some type of shade or putdown to those who enjoy
Norse GoW between 2018-2020. To the point that he tried to distance himself by either rarely acknowledging it, and just focus on reviewing old games he does enjoy. The man will rarely bother with a new modern game, unless he knows he's going to enjoy it or be interested. His review of
Hi-Fi Rush from 2023. I am happy went into a more positive direction/outlook, but I am still waiting on that apology and him hiding his
PT "review" (a biatch rant) video to private when he started insulting fans of the demo or people interested in a Kojima made
Silent Hill game
.
I think people need to have more of an open mind with things. That doesn't mean don't be critical of what's on offer, but more look at things with an understanding of what the game is trying to be.
That's the problem with of these people: they either take it too far or have unrealistic expectations no different from those at the top in the AAA industry.
For example you can absolutely point at Devil May Cry and say that DMC is a shitty RTS game, and you would be 100% correct, but also DMC isn't trying to be an RTS so it can't really be judged like it.
Anyone expecting an RTS in
DMC is an idiot or clearly has not been around games long enough. I know V exists in
DMC5, but he's more of a mage/summon type character in action game.