FireFoxie

I almost vomited on the idea of Xbox and Playstation brands merging. My brain literally can't ramp up coherent thoughts about that happening.

Lmao, sorry. I was just curious about  people's thoughts on the possibility. I honestly don't think it'll ever happened though. 

This cant be happening, its not written in the prophecies!!

Something is terribly wrong.

Good lord.  So, it turns out that the game reviewers can never just be wrong, lol.

I haven't played this game, but I do think reviewers often miss the main point, which is whether the game is fun to play.  Did the reviewer enjoy playing it?  They rarely say.  It often feels like they're just dissecting the game, analyzing it's parts, and telling you how they measure up.  Sometimes that works, and sometimes it doesn't.

Some also have a tendency to knock games for being more difficult than average.  Of course, it's the game's fault that the reviewer is struggling to play on easy. 

Best line, "But there's just no way around it: generally speaking, we want our critics to be well-versed in their subject matter, but that means that they'll be writing for a whole lot of people less well-versed."

I don't think the writer came off as upset about how the game is doing. I think the writer nailed the problem with a lot of reviews. They're not reviewing the game for what it is, they're comparing it to other games they know about. The mass market doesn't play the volume of games these reviewers play. To many of them, this could be just one of maybe a couple open-world games they've ever played. So the complaint that "it's just another open-world game" means absolutely squat to them, and they probably didn't read the review nor care about the "score."

As I've said before, a good reviewer can review something without a comparison. It's lazy to just compare or contrast something and call it a "review."