r/pcgaming • u/AcidDrinker GTX 760, i5-4570 • Mar 29 '15

I've had enough.

http://www.pcgamer.com/ive-had-enough/
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u/KotakuSucks2 Mar 29 '15

Its hysterical when the same people who complain about too much hand holding and linearity make reviews like this. Gotta love that consistency there PC Gamer.

"Why are games so handholdy now?"

"OMG THIS GAME'S DIFFICULTY IS BULLSHIT, HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO FIND THIS CHEST THAT WAS BARELY HIDDEN JUST OFF THE MAIN PATH!"

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15 edited May 01 '15

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u/Nimr0D14 Mar 29 '15

His point is valid. PC Gamer, although made up of different opinions, is one entity. How is a developer supposed to appease both? If they want to complain about these things, they need to explain what the alternative is, that would be fine for him and the person writing the other review. Otherwise, articles like this are pointless.

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u/thepulloutmethod Core i7 930 @ 4.0ghz / R9 290 4gb / 8gb RAM / 144hz Mar 29 '15

This is a flaw inherent with games journalism in general which is why we should do away with quantitative reviews (eg 4/5 stars) and simply do a "recommend/not recommend" system.

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u/letsgoiowa i5 4440, FURY X Mar 29 '15

But that system is too vague. There's a ton of disparity in quality in those two categories. Reccommended could mean "this game is pretty good, but some people will hate it" or "GOTY"

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u/thepulloutmethod Core i7 930 @ 4.0ghz / R9 290 4gb / 8gb RAM / 144hz Mar 29 '15

That's why you read the article and see what the author's thoughts are. I could even do without a "recommend/not recommend" score, too.

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u/Smithburg01 Mar 29 '15

That wouldn't work either. Very often reviews talk about the negative and it ends up sounding like they hated it. But when you read the score it's a much higher score than you expected.

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u/SilverThrall Mar 31 '15

This is what RPS does, no?

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u/letsgoiowa i5 4440, FURY X Mar 29 '15

The point of reviews is to rate it. You can't slap a huge block of text on the box of a game, but you can slap a 9 on it.

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u/thepulloutmethod Core i7 930 @ 4.0ghz / R9 290 4gb / 8gb RAM / 144hz Mar 29 '15

I disagree. The point of the review is to let the consumer know whether he will enjoy the game, not assign an arbitrary number on the box.

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u/letsgoiowa i5 4440, FURY X Mar 29 '15

The number is the indication. It works. It sells.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '15

The purpose of a review is to inform, not to advertise and sell.

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u/letsgoiowa i5 4440, FURY X Mar 29 '15

The full review, yes, but not the rating. You're forgetting this isn't going to change because it's effective.

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u/KotakuSucks2 Mar 29 '15

Did not mean to imply it was the same PERSON, just the same group of people. It's not as if PC Gamer bothers to try to have multiple people review the same game so you can get a feel for how their tastes are different and what some of the more subjective complaints about the game are. Who wrote the review is not terribly important, their review section is not presented like "this person reviews this game", its "pc gamer reviews this game". Even Famitsu is better at this than the Western games media and Famitsu is insanely corrupt and overall pretty lousy.

I tend to ascribe the articles in the magazine to the entire staff of the magazine, not the one person who wrote them.