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9/16/2014 8:01:39 PM
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Destiny changed how i see game reviews
i just wanted to say that because of destiny i am officially ignoring game reviews from now on. Yes many of the bad things pointed out by reviewers and players alike are very true(story,repetitive,voice acting,etc). But for me none of those things take away from the fact that attempting alien genocide with a handful of buddies is just so blamin fun! I love the cycle of kill,loot,back to town,reapeat. Iv never played a dungeon crawler(yep,thats what im calling it) that was such a joy gameplay wise(looking at u diablo 3!). So b4 i just keep rambling about why im so hooked on this game,ill just say that iv concluded that formerly trusted review houses dont have my interests and game sensibilities in mind when writing their reviews. Iv never held reviews as the primary factor when deciding to buy a game,but it was a consideration. But now after seeing the almost fervently angry reviews(gamespot,polygon,and escapist in particular) these people clearly are not in line with my interest and their opinions will get 0 consideration in my decision making process in the future.
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I think I'm one of the few who didn't actually know that much about Destiny coming in to it. I knew it was by "the Halo guys", and Halo is a series I've not had much experience of as I've been a Playstation owner for 4 generations of console now. I knew it was a sci-fi shooter, there was some multiplayer stuff that was important to it, and that was about it. Then the game released, and suddenly I was struggling to find enough bodies to put together a squad for Battlefield 4 because everybody was playing Destiny instead. So, I asked around and was told it was pretty good. I had a PS3 sitting gathering dust and decided I might as well trade it in, and ended up buying Destiny - with some trepidation given how most reviewers treated it. The thing is, I've played a few MMO's in my time with hundreds of hours especially on WoW and more recently DCOU, and what's struck me is that most reviewers simply don't seem to have "got" what this game actually is. I've known for years that when it comes to certain "AAA" franchises that review scores are bought (I'm looking at you, CoD...), but now I also think that some reviewers, in their rush to get something written up and published, are either lazy or not paying attention, or perhaps just didn't have enough time to get the thing played properly through. It seems many of them got to the end of the story and thought that was the end of it. Reviews can be a useful way to find out a bit more about the core mechanics of a game and whatnot, but to get a clear picture of how a game actually is then wait for it to release and see what the players' reactions to it are. I'm definitely glad I chose to ignore the opinions of the "professional" reviewers in the case of Destiny!
