Critics Don't Understand Video Games

[femcelbreedingnig]

I clicked on this video because I care(d) a lot about what critics say since they are the ones shaping your impression of a game (at least for me), and I'm looking for great sources of vidya reviews (apparently, gameranx on JouTube is one).


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vx-xrzzfJZw


I've watched the entire video and it brought up some great points imo. It made me realize that I may be the type to enjoy the more objective oriented games with tons of stimuli. It also made me realize why a lot of certain live streamers have this laid back, non reactive vibe to them when gaming whenever you're watching something that you know is supposed to provoke reactions.

I think when it comes to vidya game ranking discussion, it should be categorized by genre / target audience. The worst part about finding what games you'd like to play is that you just have to go off of the vibes of what you'd expect. You can't get spoiled because that'll ruin the game--and even if you do, you may not like it, but would've otherwise enjoyed it if you have experienced it.

So the real question at the end of the day is, how do you go about buying games with the certainty that you end up enjoying it?

 

[Icedancer_333]

Dont buy games just pirate them. If the game cant be pirated then it really is just a leap of faith that can be at least mitigated by spoiler free reviews and gameplay trailers

 

[femcelbreedingnig]

Dont buy games just pirate them. If the game cant be pirated then it really is just a leap of faith that can be at least mitigated by spoiler free reviews and gameplay trailers

OvER for guys like me

 

[TheAbsoluteMaximum]

Critics - at least big Western review sites - only seem to care about how much LGBBQT content there is in games.

 

[femcelbreedingnig]

Critics - at least big Western review sites - only seem to care about how much LGBBQT content there is in games.

So whose the best at actually reviewing games in your opinion (if you have one)

 

[TheAbsoluteMaximum]

I'll be honest bro, I don't watch/read reviews these days at all since they've all become so bad, and could potentially just be paid off. If a game looks interesting then I'll just give it a shot on Steam.

Maybe I'll look into the user reviews to see if the game is REALLY BAD or something, but I find the best critic is myself.

 

[Hoppipolla]

I don't understand why critics still exist.

Unless we're including the ones that got popular on somewhere like YouTube organically. That's different.

But some random IGN DEI hire... why does anyone care what xe/xer thinks about games?

 

[femcelbreedingnig]

I don't understand why critics still exist.

Unless we're including the ones that got popular on somewhere like youtube organically. That's different.

But some random IGN DEI hire... why does anyone care what xe/xer thinks about games?

The masses still listen to them unfortunately for whatever reason.

Maybe I'll look into the user reviews to see if the game is REALLY BAD or something, but I find the best critic is myself.

That’s how you get spoiled brah

I'll be honest bro, I don't watch/read reviews these days at all since they've all become so bad, and could potentially just be paid off. If a game looks interesting then I'll just give it a shot on Steam.

The guy in the vid talked about using Steam for less than like an hour and then getting a refund. Ever did that?

 

[TheAbsoluteMaximum]

I have actually, the refund policy is hit or miss imo. I think it's if you've played the game for less than 2 hours, but it sort of sucks for RPGs and the games that take you bit longer to get into.

 

[Oneitiscel]

 

[femcelbreedingnig]

I don't understand why critics still exist.

Unless we're including the ones that got popular on somewhere like YouTube organically. That's different.

But some random IGN DEI hire... why does anyone care what xe/xer thinks about games?

I understand their main purpose for existing nowadays, kinda, after spending so many hours on metacritic. Some games are left with review bombs by users, even though nothing is inherently wrong with the game. So you need game critics that level the reviews so you don't go thinking any game that didn't resonate with certain players are now horrible games for everyone. They remind me of the interquartile ranges you learn in statistics. Sometimes, it's a hint of this phenomenon.
Such as smash ultimate, where most game-buyers are newbies (which is why brawl was designed not to be competitive btw) who lose to more experienced players (even intermediate players who abuse a low IQ/noob wrecker strategy), which makes people who get their asses beat give the game 0 star reviews. I think there's even a subreddit called r/smashultimerage or something. I'm sure this isn't just a smash thing either.

And sometimes, users may overrate for the same tribalistic, irrational reasons. Sometimes, a video game is very fun online compared to offline, or is addicting.

The real problem are spoilers. For the most part, I think you can tell when a reviewer is about to spoil a game, and if you're going to be reading long reviews, you should skim through it with squinted eyes, to make sure you don't read them talking about specific parts of the game. Some people just don't put a spoiler tag and it never gets reported. Spoilers usually include capital letters in the middle of sentences, emotional words (adjectives) mixed in with words that aren't quickly intelligible when you're skimming. Be sure to really brace yourself whenever you see "I hate whenever..." "the part that frustrated me..." "don't get me started on"
A tip is to do this when tired or at least when you're not alert or your brain feels fried/foggy because then it'll be kinda easier to not register the words you skim (kinda like being blind mixed with slower reaction time).
I haven't tried this, but I believe it's possible not to get spoiled. Just make sure to exit the browser when you're done reading it to make sure you don't open it back up again by accident and read a spoiler.