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have positive reviews destroyed games? (lemm.ee)

submitted 2 days ago by edvardgm@lemm.ee to c/gaming

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3UO1j9TYpg

there is a guy who talks about people who just make a tantrum for negative comments about a game, and make poseitive reviews about a dogsheet game.

what you think?

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[–] alyaza 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

What you mean? Have you seen all those articles publisher website just giving out 8-9 on every damn game they get early access to?

this has been an issue people have complained about in gaming journalism for--and i cannot stress this sufficiently--longer than i've been alive, and i've been alive for 25 years. so if we're going by this metric video gaming has been "ruined" since at least the days of GTA2, Pokemon Gold & Silver, and Silent Hill. obviously, i don't find that a very compelling argument.

if anything, the median game has gotten better and that explains the majority of review score inflation--most "bad" gaming experiences at this point are just "i didn't enjoy my time with this game" rather than "this game is outright technically incompetent, broken, or incapable of being played to completion".