RWarehall: For Remember Me to get the same review rating as Witcher 3? Seems completely wrong. And I'm not even going to talk about the 2 hours to completely explore everything of Gone Home and tedious letter clicking getting a perfect 10 rating...
227: I suppose that's a problem with ratings in general—judging a shorter, more linear standalone game against a big, open-world conclusion of a trilogy is one of those things a simple "one size fits all, out of five or ten scale" will never be suited to. Thanks for the clarification, by the way.
Fever_Discordia: Well, here's some random student chick writing for 'Girls on Games':
227: He responded to that one point-by-point:
https://medium.com/@adrianchm/the-boy-who-cried-white-wolf-part-2-5b331951a7 Incidentally, you calling her "some random student chick" is more misogynistic than the entirety of Witcher 3.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and she hasn't played the game either. Funny coincidence, that.
Encouraging the player to participate in simulated abuse is more misogynistic than calling someone a 'random student chick'? I think you need to head back to school and pay more attention to the dictionary.
227: \ I loved Remember Me.
Great soundtrack, interesting combat system, and
Nilin is badass. Definitely not an "SJW darling," though. I just checked Polygon and Giant Bomb's reviews of the game and neither bothered pointing out that she's a strong, mixed-race female character despite that being basically everything they could possibly ask for. Of course, failing to mention that isn't really a surprise given the fact that their narrative relies on the nonexistence of such portrayals, but it's still sad to see.
RWarehall: Allow me to clarify...mediocre, review-wise, which means not one of the 10 most polished AAA games of the year. I love a lot of indie titles because I like what they do on a shoestring budget. I thought Escape Goat was cute and really well designed for playability for example, but a game like that will not garner 9's or 10's nor really should it when compared to games with a budget a 100 times more. Remember Me has an average review rating of 65 on Metacritic, which isn't bad for a less-polished than AAA indie game. So now consider that vs. Witcher 3 and the amount on content, the graphics, the vast story and sidequests, the whole package. For Remember Me to get the same review rating as Witcher 3? Seems completely wrong. And I'm not even going to talk about the 2 hours to completely explore everything of Gone Home and tedious letter clicking getting a perfect 10 rating...
It's kinda like comparing Wigan to Real Madrid or Barcelona. You can be a Wigan fan, and admire their play, but if you had to rate them, you just can't rate them as good as the "big boys".
Why not?
Ratings are all about the reviewer's criteria (or aggregate if there's multiple reviewers). If the reviewer is doing a genre-specific comparison, hates large RPGS, thinks all characters should wear blue, whatever, than it's totally fair for them to rate a smaller game higher than the Witcher 3. Ratings are a way to put a number on 'How much I liked it'.
Reviews aren't objective, and the more they try the less useful they are. I'd rather get a well-written opinion from someone who hates the game but discusses why than a review that tries to paper over the author's opinion with bland phrases in an attempt to sound like it's not subjective.
hedwards: This thread is still going? O,o
Jonesy89: Again, given some of the more batshit things that some people continue banging on about these days, the fact that this thread is still going isn't all that unexpected.
This thread is probably going to keep going until there aren't any more people who:
1) Don't understand how art critique works or can't tolerate anyone disagreeing with them, and
2) Want to forcibly prevent actual discussion or change
So yeah, it's gonna still be active until the sun goes supernova.
