Fappy said:
BloatedGuppy said:
There is a conflict in the story. There are fighting mechanics. There are textures and pixels. You can get a game over.
10/10, this is indeed a video game.
I just startled my husband by laughing so loud I choked on my drink and spit it out.
But you hit the nail on the head. Objective review is a oxymoron. You can't expect someone give a review in a dead eye sort of way. Lets say I think Minecraft is boring and with crappy graphics (though I know that's the point), and there is no reason for the game, it's just a waste of time. Whereas someone else might say the graphics are great for this game, because it touches on all the nostalgia that makes this game so great.
I don't really care much about Minecraft honestly, I'm just using it as an example. Watching other people play is actually kind of fun.
The point is, two different reviews gave graphics two different scores. But for different reasons, and they're both right. The graphics are crap, but if nostalgia is your thing they're going to be wonderful crap. That's why subjectivity is important. You find more than one reviewer and you read/listen and then... this is the important part...
do some critical thinking and make your own decision based on what you think is best. Not based on what Jim Sterling said, or what Yahtzee said, or what Total Biscuit said.
You watch all 3, weigh all the options, and then decide what
you think is best. That's what's amazing about reviews, and that's what fantastic about subjectivity. You get to see what their experiences were, how it made them feel, and take from that how it might make you feel.