Reading articles and reviews, hearing interviews and podcasts, watching analysis and full LPs till their end, anything but playing the game. In which circumstances an opinion about a game without playing has enough solid foundations that actually having played it makes a negligible difference?
Personally I don't think I would have the same opinion about the Mass Effect 3 ending if I hadn't played the entire trilogy (a delicious cake with a cherry made of crap at the top). But people seem eager to completely shut down opinions they disagree with by using this claim.
Maybe they don't have enough time or money to buy the game, but they don't want to be left out of the conversation. Or maybe they already know enough to know they won't enjoy the game. Buying a game you already know you won't like, just so your opinions are seen as legitimate is stupid! You neither enjoyed the game or changed your predisposed opinion; and that wasted time and money could had been spend on games you liked more.
What's your opinion? Let's discuss it.
Personally I don't think I would have the same opinion about the Mass Effect 3 ending if I hadn't played the entire trilogy (a delicious cake with a cherry made of crap at the top). But people seem eager to completely shut down opinions they disagree with by using this claim.
Maybe they don't have enough time or money to buy the game, but they don't want to be left out of the conversation. Or maybe they already know enough to know they won't enjoy the game. Buying a game you already know you won't like, just so your opinions are seen as legitimate is stupid! You neither enjoyed the game or changed your predisposed opinion; and that wasted time and money could had been spend on games you liked more.
What's your opinion? Let's discuss it.