reviewers are hypocrits

ash892005 posted...

Reviewers done loadsa promo for this game, hyped it up themselves and then said its like a run of the mill fps where your strung along so they gave it 4/10. Yet every call of duty game is a corridor shooter where u are physically led through the game, and they give it 10's. Hypocrites

The fallacy of your argument is that you seem to believe the only issue that was plaguing this game for it to receive those types of scores was it being a "corridor shooter," and that the only reason that CoD receives praise is for its simple-to-follow linearity. You're wrong on both accounts. I haven't even seen any CoD game receive a ten in its last several iterations, so your point has even less validity on that basis.

What it comes down to is this: No one is telling you to like CoD. No one is saying you don't have to hate those types of games if that's your prerogative. For people who enjoy those experiences however, CoD achieves it with greater polish and refinement than the majority of its competition. If for whatever reason you can't have impartiality towards fairly judging a series because of how popular it is, then just ignore it. I don't get people who do nothing but bash a series of games they don't even play.

Ragnoraok posted...

kanto_wanderer posted...

ash892005 posted...

Reviewers done loadsa promo for this game, hyped it up themselves and then said its like a run of the mill fps where your strung along so they gave it 4/10. Yet every call of duty game is a corridor shooter where u are physically led through the game, and they give it 10's. Hypocrites

The fallacy of your argument is that you seem to believe the only issue that was plaguing this game for it to receive those types of scores was it being a "corridor shooter," and that the only reason that CoD receives praise is for its simple-to-follow linearity. You're wrong on both accounts. I haven't even seen any CoD game receive a ten in its last several iterations, so your point has even less validity on that basis.

What it comes down to is this: No one is telling you to like CoD. No one is saying you don't have to hate those types of games if that's your prerogative. For people who enjoy those experiences however, CoD achieves it with greater polish and refinement than the majority of its competition. If for whatever reason you can't have impartiality towards fairly judging a series because of how popular it is, then just ignore it. I don't get people who do nothing but bash a series of games they don't even play.

I totally agree. Te same ppl who bash COD and swear that it is crap are the very ones who swear that Final Fantasy 13 was a terrible game. I bet that most of these ppl never played either, but are just spouting off stereotypes that the "pro gamers" claim as facts. I have never played COD, but I doubt it is as bad as ppl make it seem. I played FF 13, and it is a masterpiece with only the linearity as its downside. I understand ppl have different opinions, but this current trend of acting like hipsters to obviously popular franchises is really saddening. This allows disgruntled gamers to spread around heavily biased opinions, and spread them around as facts through impressionable gamers.

And this is the thing right there.
It being so linear is what makes it less good as the other, more open FF games.
CoD is a franchise I have mixed feelings with. I think they are enjoyable (if WAY too linear!) shooters. I tend to call the franchise Hallway Of Duty. Good enough to warrant to be picked up.
NOT good enough to warrant 9/10's and 10/10's everywhere, midnight release shenanigans and paying 10 USD for a bloody map pack.

THAT is the biggest gripe I have with those games, they are steps back for their respective franchise and genre.