Misjudged Games

[cjspyres]

Alright, the gist of this topic is that I want your opinions on game reviews that you believe were way unfair. This can be in the instance that a game was given too low a score, or even too high. One example that I'll give (for my opinion) is Alpha Protocol. I realize that it has it's flaws, but I think that it's a good enough game to deserve a 6 or 7. But definitely not the lowly 2 that it was given from Destructoid.

I won't be the first or the last to say this, but number ratings are meaningless and arbitrary. Which is why I don't understand why people get so bloody worked up about them. It's like the Jimquisition episode 'Hate out of Ten', that just stupefies me. You can't quantitatively judge the quality of a piece of art, it's just not possible. Then again, I struggle to understand people in general.

Except that he still uses them. So I suppose that makes him a hypocrite?

I don't think he's ever said that, I was just expressing my opinion on numerical ratings and on that video.

Oh, well in that case, all's well. The fact is though, people feel they need a system to gauge how a game is. I don't, cause in my case, I play the game regardless. It's why I always rent first, no matter the game. Something

I've never understood is why he (Mr. Sterling) feels he needs to get shock views with low ratings. I've always seen Yahtzee and Sterling at complete opposite ends of the same comedy. Yahtzee "angrily" makes fun of a game, but can still admit he likes it. Sterling on the other hand is a complete elitist who uses flamebait as a means of getting views

 

[Techno Squidgy]

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Oh, well in that case, all's well. The fact is though, people feel they need a system to gauge how a game is. I don't, cause in my case, I play the game regardless. It's why I always rent first, no matter the game. Something

I've never understood is why he (Mr. Sterling) feels he needs to get shock views with low ratings. I've always seen Yahtzee and Sterling at complete opposite ends of the same comedy. Yahtzee "angrily" makes fun of a game, but can still admit he likes it. Sterling on the other hand is a complete elitist who uses flamebait as a means of getting views

I don't read Destructoid, I only watch the Jimquisition because it can be pretty funny at times, and at others can have a somewhat decent point.