That game sucks
Useless Words
I am getting really tired of hearing games described in such arbitrary terms such as "awesome" and "sucks." I am 33 years old and my friends tell me games suck. This kind of rhetoric has no value to me. Its for teens communicating to their friends in their vague and undeveloped language.
I actually had a friend say to me, "That game sucks so bad... I played through it 3 times and..."
So the game "sucked" yet you played the game in its entirety 3 times?
Granted, I am sensitive to the feeling of the people who made these games. I know they worked hard and more importantly game developers always WANT to make a game that will be loved by all.
Fun vs. Flaws
Of late I have been trying to think of games as fun vs. flaws. Nearly all games have SOME fun element to them and ALL games have flaws. The quesion is: do the flaws outweigh the fun?
I don't think any game can be free of flaws but it seems a game can be damned for a flaw that does not affect gameplay just as quickly as kiss-of-death flaws like unresponsive controls or a bad camera.
I nitpick games probabaly more than most but I always try to ask myself, "Does this really detract from the gaming experience?" Most often that answer is no, I am just nitpicking elements that could have been better with unlimited time and budget.
Useless Language on the Horizon
Recently I keep seeing things such as "this game is too repetitive" and "this game is too short" and serious flaws. So is Tetris flawed because its repetitive? I know this is not an apples to apples comparison but these statements are being used more and more by gaming journalist and quickly becoming damning features of a game.
The problem isn't that the game is repetitive. ALL games are repetitive! The problem is the core mechanic cannot withstand be played numerous times without becoming easily mastered and therefore boring.
Stupid Example
Jaws Unleashed scored around a 4 at every review site. I will not argue that game is seriously flawed but, my god, that game is so fun. I have played other higer scoring games that don't even come to close to the good times I have had with Jaws Unleashed. The flaws in that game are ENOURMOUS but come on, playing a shark and spitting torpedoes at offshore oil rigs, it doesn't get better than that.
I am getting really tired of hearing games described in such arbitrary terms such as "awesome" and "sucks." I am 33 years old and my friends tell me games suck. This kind of rhetoric has no value to me. Its for teens communicating to their friends in their vague and undeveloped language.
I actually had a friend say to me, "That game sucks so bad... I played through it 3 times and..."
So the game "sucked" yet you played the game in its entirety 3 times?
Granted, I am sensitive to the feeling of the people who made these games. I know they worked hard and more importantly game developers always WANT to make a game that will be loved by all.
Fun vs. Flaws
Of late I have been trying to think of games as fun vs. flaws. Nearly all games have SOME fun element to them and ALL games have flaws. The quesion is: do the flaws outweigh the fun?
I don't think any game can be free of flaws but it seems a game can be damned for a flaw that does not affect gameplay just as quickly as kiss-of-death flaws like unresponsive controls or a bad camera.
I nitpick games probabaly more than most but I always try to ask myself, "Does this really detract from the gaming experience?" Most often that answer is no, I am just nitpicking elements that could have been better with unlimited time and budget.
Useless Language on the Horizon
Recently I keep seeing things such as "this game is too repetitive" and "this game is too short" and serious flaws. So is Tetris flawed because its repetitive? I know this is not an apples to apples comparison but these statements are being used more and more by gaming journalist and quickly becoming damning features of a game.
The problem isn't that the game is repetitive. ALL games are repetitive! The problem is the core mechanic cannot withstand be played numerous times without becoming easily mastered and therefore boring.
Stupid Example
Jaws Unleashed scored around a 4 at every review site. I will not argue that game is seriously flawed but, my god, that game is so fun. I have played other higer scoring games that don't even come to close to the good times I have had with Jaws Unleashed. The flaws in that game are ENOURMOUS but come on, playing a shark and spitting torpedoes at offshore oil rigs, it doesn't get better than that.
posted by Brad Merritt at 4:19 PM
1 Comments:
I agree all the way. Too many idiots are putting up retarded reviews where a game sucks just because of a few or less flaws, when they don't pay attention to the important things, like gameplay!
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