@Crossel777 To be perfectly honest I don't think you're particularly intelligent or particularly considerate of the time and effort that went into making the game. :)
There are plenty of idiots on the WWW. How is this even news? Let the stupid basement dwellers get their satisfaction negging DMC whilst normal gamers enjoy what's a very good game, and in my opinion, the best in the series (especially after the dreadful DMC 4).
@jonmar @gianggame I agree with you on that. I do the same. I have been gaming long enough to know what appeals to me and what doesn't. Unfortunately a lot of people like review scores as gospel. If they didn't GS and IGN wouldn't be the (relatively) big businesses they are.
As for cookie cutter FPS or Action titles, well I am not too sure what you mean by that. Every game is "generic" in that it takes cues from an existing title(s). Video gaming is definitely an industry that relies on people "standing on the shoulders of giants" rather than forging their own path. TL;DR I don't think it's fair to use the label cookie cutter on just the FPS and Action genres when it is applicable to other ones as well.
@ar6ra6sh9 Surely if the game looked so excellent to you, you would have found a way to play it? And why do gamers need Journey? I for one don't think I have missed out by not purchasing it for my PS3.
@jonmar @gianggame I have actually stopped using this site for the most part after being a regular for quite a few years. Now I generally stick to Eurogamer. I find the quality of their journalism to be far superior. So yes I reckon it would hurt their reader-base if they were out of sync with their customers.
Secondly I never said that the readers should have a say in the Editors' GOTY choice. What I am questioning is how useful are these editors' opinions given that they are definitely not reflective of their customers. Why would I listen to anything they say if their opinion is so divergent from mine? I also never suggested that the Readers' GOTY would be a universal favourite either. I doubt we will ever see a game unanimously liked by the gaming public. That doesn't mean the winner of the Readers' Choice award is not far more representative of what gamers think is the best 2012 gaming experience than the editors' selection. I "bet your ass" that this is indeed the case :).
@gianggame So if the people don't agree at all with the reviewers, why would they listen to a GS review? In the past there used to be some degree of agreement between the editors and GS readers. Now though it seems that GS editors have viewpoints not at all in sync with the gaming public that uses their site. Surely this is worrying right?
@slainta And I still have fond memories of ME2, and Arkham Asylum for example, so as you say, that applies to any other game. I agree that people will complain when a certain title gets a GOTY. In the past though there was at least some semblance of convergence between reader choice and editor choice. This year however there seems to be hardly any. It really looks as if GS don't know what their readers like and if that's the case, their utility as a gaming resource has to be questioned.
I am really curious what the GS editors think about the difference between their point of view and that of their readers. After all a video game site is used by people to make purchasing decisions, so how useful would GS really be given that they obviously don't share the same, or even similar point of view as their customers?
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