Gaming critics are a joke

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You'll hear a lot of gaming critics claim that the old Zelda formula was outdated, which is ironic considering the same critics praise Metroidvanias. If you didn't know, Metroidvanias are inspired by Zelda more than anything else.
Metroid was directly inspired by Zelda 1 and positioned as a combination of Zelda 1 with Super Mario Bros.
Symphony of the Night was inspired by Link to the Past.

These snobs are too small minded to grasp that metroidvanias are basically stretched out larger side scrolling Zelda dungeons. The gameplay loop is the same.

These gaming critics will also praise Dark Souls, while claiming older games are bad because they're trail and error.


I think what it really comes down to is presentation. New = good
Old = bad

A lot of these critics would have no issue if let's say, Zelda didn't change after Skyward Sword. They now pretend as if they've always had an issue with the classic formula, so they can prop up the new slop as a form of art.

 

[The Radiance]

The people who care about gaming "critics" are the same people who care about Geoff Cuckley’s TGA.

 

[PersonalityChad]

Gaming critics and journos nowadays are normie millennials who only play the latest triple A slop. I doubt they've ever played a single game released before 2005 tbh

 

[bruhwtf]

I consider 2d zeldas funner than any metroidvanias and idk why probably because of the progression of zeldas are more open and linear instead of the backtracky-ness of metroidvanias and also I don't like platformers. I'd rather replay any 2d zeldas than play a new metroidvania slop, playing them makes me depressed and annoyed.

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

You'll hear a lot of gaming critics claim that the old Zelda formula was outdated, which is ironic considering the same critics praise Metroidvanias. If you didn't know, Metroidvanias are inspired by Zelda more than anything else.
Metroid was directly inspired by Zelda 1 and positioned as a combination of Zelda 1 with Super Mario Bros.
Symphony of the Night was inspired by Link to the Past.

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These snobs are too small minded to grasp that metroidvanias are basically stretched out larger side scrolling Zelda dungeons. The gameplay loop is the same.

These gaming critics will also praise Dark Souls, while claiming older games are bad because they're trail and error.


I think what it really comes down to is presentation. New = good
Old = bad

A lot of these critics would have no issue if let's say, Zelda didn't change after Skyward Sword. They now pretend as if they've always had an issue with the classic formula, so they can prop up the new slop as a form of art.

yeah, you basically have game reviewers just creating these temporary currents in thinking that are ultimately just pure chaos

they are notorious for going extremely hard against 2D graphics in the late 90s for being primitive, handing out terrible review scores to high-effort 2D games, when they are now notorious for worshipping the most dogshit 2D games with shitty stickman animations, so long as an indie studio with lots of social media followers made it

all these currents of thought were never anything more than a tempest in a teacup created by schizo magazine editors who at best were driven by boredom and novelty-seeking, and at worst were just writing down whatever random thoughts they or the magazine editor next door had

 

[turbocuckcel_7000]

I think what it really comes down to is presentation. New = good
Old = bad

A lot of these critics would have no issue if let's say, Zelda didn't change after Skyward Sword. They now pretend as if they've always had an issue with the classic formula, so they can prop up the new slop as a form of art.

i've tried to figure it out too and it really just seems to come down to number of Likes and Retweets, as well as strong presence on their social media feeds (that is, the "right" aggregators shared it)

it just seems to track as the best explanation for why they will ignore even interesting new upcoming games, but then turn around and massively signal boost some stupid garbage

 

[Kan>Foids]

Gaming critics and journos nowadays are normie millennials who only play the latest triple A slop. I doubt they've ever played a single game released before 2005 tbh

Yep. Normies as usual ruining shit by having garbage tastes. If it isn't some movie game, their retarded sportsball slop, or some drab brown shooters, most of these mouth breathing imbeciles wouldn't even bother having consoles. I wish they would just fuck off actually.

 

[Exhunter45]

You'll hear a lot of gaming critics claim that the old Zelda formula was outdated, which is ironic considering the same critics praise Metroidvanias. If you didn't know, Metroidvanias are inspired by Zelda more than anything else.
Metroid was directly inspired by Zelda 1 and positioned as a combination of Zelda 1 with Super Mario Bros.
Symphony of the Night was inspired by Link to the Past.

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These snobs are too small minded to grasp that metroidvanias are basically stretched out larger side scrolling Zelda dungeons. The gameplay loop is the same.

These gaming critics will also praise Dark Souls, while claiming older games are bad because they're trail and error.


I think what it really comes down to is presentation. New = good
Old = bad

A lot of these critics would have no issue if let's say, Zelda didn't change after Skyward Sword. They now pretend as if they've always had an issue with the classic formula, so they can prop up the new slop as a form of art.

Horrible example you should of put a clip of these critic glazing oblivion remaster for having besthda level bugs because back in the day this dead meme video was funny so Bethesda bugs good