Sulphur on 20/3/2017 at 07:40
Tangentially, John Walker over at RPS continues to think reviews for things that don't hew to his personal viewpoint are best written in jagged polemic, so at best his review infuriates me while some of what he's saying may even be true. Ugh.
Judith on 20/3/2017 at 08:42
Quote Posted by Sulphur
Tangentially, John Walker over at RPS continues to think reviews for things that don't hew to his personal viewpoint are best written in jagged polemic, so at best his review infuriates me while some of what he's saying may even be true. Ugh.
I find it kind of funny that he complains about SAM not shutting up, while he needs over 3600 words for the whole review. Self-imposed limits are a good thing, reviews that go on for 15 pages are not.
Also, from what I've seen in comments under MEA reviews and YT videos, people use word "objective" way too often and in the wrong context. Is that some kind of educational gap?
Sulphur on 20/3/2017 at 08:48
If you mean in relation to the reviews, it's more of an expectation gap. People want 'objective' reviews divorced of the reviewer's opinion, which is, of course, impossible. What they actually want, and what reviewers do to address this, is flavour their viewpoints in ways that the majority of readers can relate to, or at least acknowledge some of their opinions may not be shared by the masses at large; when something comes across as strongly personal in a review, it stops being a relatively grounded appraisal, and that's when cries for 'objectivity' happen. Of course, people need to be (
http://www.objectivegamereviews.com/will-select-decision-1-small-child-woods-review/) careful what they wish for.
N'Al on 20/3/2017 at 10:00
[video=youtube;WgFHIR7lLC0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgFHIR7lLC0&t=1s[/video]
Judith on 20/3/2017 at 10:16
Quote Posted by Sulphur
If you mean in relation to the reviews, it's more of an expectation gap. People want 'objective' reviews divorced of the reviewer's opinion, which is, of course, impossible. What they actually want, and what reviewers do to address this, is flavour their viewpoints in ways that the majority of readers can relate to, or at least acknowledge some of their opinions may not be shared by the masses at large; when something comes across as strongly personal in a review, it stops being a relatively grounded appraisal, and that's when cries for 'objectivity' happen. Of course, people need to be (
http://www.objectivegamereviews.com/will-select-decision-1-small-child-woods-review/) careful what they wish for.
Yeah, something like that. Like the word "objective" is now a replacement for "fair" or "balanced".
Anyway, it seems like MEA will gain a cult status after all, even if it means becoming a giant meme generator above anything else: (
https://my.mixtape.moe/fbvjpx.mp4)
Sulphur on 20/3/2017 at 13:21
Hah, maybe I should have prefixed that with 'useful'. But yes, there's an entire site devoted to that joke linked to in my post.
Slasher on 21/3/2017 at 01:13
To be fair, if I ever had to animate anything, I would just have everyone's face be tired all the time. Work smarter not harder.
icemann on 21/3/2017 at 01:39
According to (
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oqsfKdIwhI) one reviewer I quite respect, the games really bad, has robotic-like animation, is full of bugs and feels unfinished.
I think I'll skip this game. And I'm a HUGE fan of the original 3.
