First Horizon review [Engadget]

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They are afraid to give it a score because they know the game will get torn to pieces by gamers who hold expectations on what a number score signifies. Words let your way out of weasel criticism by focusing attention on positive aspects while ignoring the overall picture (the final score).
 
Vert1 said:
The review score is the highest point of criticism. It lets gamers know immediately what kind-of game they are dealing with. To replace a score with words is obfuscation and time wasting. I do agree that the words, like you've written, are indeed the highest explanation of criticism.
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My sarcasm meter must be out of whack today
 
Vert1 said:
They are afraid to give it a score because they know the game will get torn to pieces by gamers who hold expectations on what a number score signifies. Words let you weasel out of higher criticism by focusing on positive aspects while ignoring the overall picture (the final score).
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Never forget
 
Vert1 said:
They are afraid to give it a score because they know the game will get torn to pieces by gamers who hold expectations on what a number score signifies. Words let you weasel out of higher criticism by focusing on positive aspects while ignoring the overall picture (the final score).
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What are you trying to push here

And all the talk about how Aloy talks to herself a lot..people also forget that Geralt does that as well.
 
Vert1 said:
They are afraid to give it a score because they know the game will get torn to pieces by gamers who hold expectations on what a number score signifies. Words let your way out of weasel criticism by focusing attention on positive aspects while ignoring the overall picture (the final score).
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I mean if you are that much in Numbers game , just wait for another 16 hours.
And also if you are interested one of the reviewers give it a 9.5
 
More_Badass said:
My sarcasm meter must be out of whack today
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Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks. Movie goers don't put up with this nonsense from movie critics. Gamers shouldn't either.

It's unprofessional.
 
Vert1 said:
Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks. Movie goers don't put up with this nonsense from movie critics. Gamers shouldn't either.

It's unprofessional.
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Here 10/10 for yah.

Seems like such a silly thing to get worked up over.
 
Vert1 said:
Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks. Movie goers don't put up with this nonsense from movie critics. Gamers shouldn't either.

It's unprofessional.
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Am I in backwards world? Where writing at length about what you thought about a game is something a reviewer isn't suppose to do?
 
Vert1 said:
Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks. Movie goers don't put up with this nonsense from movie critics. Gamers shouldn't either.

It's unprofessional.
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Perhaps reviews should use no words at all, just post a number. Then there would be no need to decipher anything and no way to confuse the masses with words
 
Vert1 said:
Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks. Movie goers don't put up with this nonsense from movie critics. Gamers shouldn't either.

It's unprofessional.
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In time, hopefully, you'll understand that what you're saying is... well, wrong. You're entitled to think what you want but even if you don't get why, try not to say that reviewers that don't score games are cowards.
 
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
 
LastMinuteHero said:
What are you trying to push here

And all the talk about how Aloy talks to herself a lot..people also forget that Geralt does that as well.
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He mostly does that when investigating as a mechanic though, giving context to the onscreen witcher vision, which makes it a bit less annoying.

Nothing worse than that Tomb Raider shit of having to comment on every action "gotta find a way out" "s-so cold" "gitta find a fire" especially when it's painfully obvious and self evident.
 
Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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You like Devil's Third.
 
Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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And now everything reveals itself.
 
More_Badass said:
Perhaps reviews should use no words at all, just post a number. Then there would be no need to decipher anything and no way to confuse the masses with words
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I am saying both are necessary. The score is just more important. I don't have time to waste reading 5 minute page-length reviews for every review scorer. It is inconsiderate. It is weak thinking on a reviewer to not be able to give a game a review score.
 
Vert1 said:
Perhaps I aam not clear. What I am writing is that a reviewer should not be no-scoring games. It is cowardly and shields them from attacks of highly critical gamers by wasting their time deciphering through the text on how the game ranks.
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So the scores is there for "Highly critical gamers" to attack the reviewers without even bothering to read the actual review? Because that is what is sounds like you are saying, and it just sounds like consolewar bullshit.

The review should write about how the experienced they game. They don't need to score it if they want to, and they should definitively not score it only to pleas fanboys who can't be bothered to read the text
 
Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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ah.
now we see what you were truly after
lol
 
This is a forced early review and I personally suspiciously believe this is to hype the game more then anything. With no score along with the hyperbolic undertone its blatant.

Edit: Oh they dont put in scores. Ok
 
Vert1 said:
The review score is the highest point of criticism. It lets gamers know immediately what kind-of game they are dealing with. To replace a score with words is obfuscation and time wasting. I do agree that the words, like you've written, are indeed the highest explanation of criticism.
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I don't think I have ever disagreed with something as I do with this. A number tells us more about a game then a written review? Numbers are stupid period. Putting a number on one persons feeling about a game is dumb. What is a 8.2 versus 8.4?

Eurogamer does it best. Not recommended, Recommended, or exceptional....

Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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Ah now I get it LOL, you seem "Concerned".

Nategc20 said:
This is a forced early review and I personally suspiciously believe this is to hype the game more then anything. With no score along with the hyperbolic undertone its blatant.
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lol, review don't matter, too positive.
 
Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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Learn how the game works first then you can complain about stealth.
 
Vert1 said:
Every webm I've seen posted of this game makes it look like a 3/5, btw. The stealth is terrible with enemies not seeing the character clearly sticking out of grass or blatantly killing an enemy. The enemy attacks are very videogamey with how highly telegraphed and often times wildly inaccurate they are.

It looks bad.
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Is a 3/5 the same as a 6/10?

I'm not sure because I'm confused by the words before the number.

Should I read the words or skip them? It feels unprofessional that they put all this confusing writing before the score.
 
Vert1 said:
No-scoring is bad. I am not joking on that. It is lame. It is unprofessional. It is used by people who want to use flowery language to avoid just writing simply how they feel with a score. It is deceitful. It is bad for gamers. It is bad for me.
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I have not quoted you?
 
onemanasylum said:
I don't think I have ever disagreed with something as I do with this. A number tells us more about a game then a written review? Numbers are stupid period. Putting a number on one persons feeling about a game is dumb. What is a 8.2 versus 8.4?

Eurogamer does it best. Not recommended, Recommended, or exceptional....



Ah now I get it LOL, you seem "Concerned".



lol, review don't matter, too positive.
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What is an "8"? My 8 might be different then your 8. A good long writeup lets me get in the reviewer's head and judge what they value against what i value.
 
onemanasylum said:
I don't think I have ever disagreed with something as I do with this. A number tells us more about a game then a written review? Numbers are stupid period. Putting a number on one persons feeling about a game is dumb. What is a 8.2 versus 8.4?
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Decimal scores like that are stupid because they make things very unclear to the mind of the reader. I only use 5 star scoring.
 
What the hell happened in here?

Why would not putting an arbitrary score on a game be unproffesional, I don't understand.
 
CHC said:
Is a 3/5 the same as a 6/10?

I'm not sure because I'm confused by the words before the number.

Should I read the words or skip them? It feels unprofessional that they put all this confusing writing before the score.
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Your criticism has too many words, please dont be so weak thinking
 
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