Max-Vader said:
TetsuoKaneda said:
Oh, I'm sorry, was there any point to your ad-hominem zealotry? Because it just seems like you and Yahtzee have a difference of opinion on the game, and nothing more. Way I see it, he played the game, didn't like it, wrote a review about what he didn't like, and then put it up here for public scrutiny. Why does it matter whether or not he beat the game? I haven't beaten Jade Empire, but I know I like it. Which is why I own it and will continue to play it. I do not own Halo, and I didn't have to beat it to know that I wouldn't even dignify it as a shiny frisbee. And the "he's just bad at it, that's why he hates it" nonsense? Stop. Please. That factors into everyone's reviews of games, not just Yahtzee's.
What ad-hominem zealotry? Do you even know what an ad hominem is? I didn't attack him personally. I didn't say he is bad at it. And I know why he hates it. My problem is not his opinion - for all I care he could think that JRPG-players deserve to die. I'm bothered by the fact that his opinion is based on false "data", so to say. And that is where the "he didn't finish it" becomes important, because as I said he either played it not long enugh, then he shouldn't complain about the story because he doesn't know it, or he is lying.
I own Valkyria Chronicals and I have not finished it yet. I can safely say that the last battle, where I am currently, is a crappy battle compared to the rest of the game. Since I have not finished the game yet, is my opinion on how much I like or dislike the game valid? I happened to enjoy the pseudo-WWII story-line (which I think they told that way just to avoid stepping on peoples toes, in my opinion), although I thought a great number of the characters were tripe, as are most JRPG characters. I thought the game was a good first attempt at blending two genres that don't normally go together, and I eagerly anticipate more.
I can totally understand where Yahtzee was coming from with the menus. I had commented on those myself. They are unnecessarily clutter, and very excessive, leading to more load time navigating the menus than playing the game. As well, the cut scene "choosing" was absolutely pointless. I can see choosing individual ones "after the fact", but not on your first playthrough. Many of the characters were terrible, but that is less a fault of this game and more a fault of the Japanese game development community that really doesn't put any thought into making their characters believable.
Why does a person have to finish a game in order to form an opinion on it? There are many games out there that I know I will dislike playing, just based on the style they are, and my preferred playstyle being at odds. That doesn't necessarily mean they are bad games, just that they are bad games
for me. To have to sit through an entire game only to then decide if you like it or not...well that's kind of silly, and pointless. He dislikes JRPGs, so why harp on him for sharing that opinion, when we already know it? He was just giving us his reasons, and if you can't accept that, then you have no business reading/watching reviews as you are easily swayed by other peoples' opinions.