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We are a bunch of retarded chimps, aren't we?
Mandril | 3:00 PM on 05.06.2008 5 comments


It's been a while since my last c-blog post, mainly because I'm finally working my way through Persona 3.


Why is it, that a self proclaimed "hardcore" gaming blog, needs to summarise every review in quadruplicate?

- A (well written) review with its own conlcusion in the last paragraph
- A useless "Forget it, rent it, buy it" endorsement - completely dependent on how much a gamer is able to spend on his pasttime (This used to be pretty cool, because it forced you to read the review)
- A "Metacritic made us do it"-score, which appearantly excuses certain individuals to skip the wall of text and dump a hateful message in the comments.
- A "Don't hate us, haters!" score explaination that is supposed to convince said individuals that 4/10 means an admirable effort. (Spoiler: the haters aren't convinced)

And then there's all those articles that state how exactly one has to read Destructoid reviews. Those miss their point entirely, because they are aimed at the people that do not read anything but summarising digits.

Blah.


I'm going back to my highschool simulator. What else is there to do, when school's out?



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blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2008 16:07
blehman
LOL.
Arugala9's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2008 19:06
Arugala9
That's pretty accurate.
Jetsetlemming's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2008 20:11
Jetsetlemming
Yeah, pretty much. If you see "review" in the title, just scroll past it at this point. :|
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/06/2008 23:36
Aaron Mxy Yost
I just read them for the actual thoughts on the game. Never been a fan of the number system, and no matter how much you explain it people are still going to bitch.
Mandril's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/07/2008 01:07
Mandril
@Jetsetlemming: Yeah, you're right. I should just ignore it.
I just get a little annoyed everytime I hear Destructoid staff whine about people who got mad when Patapon and Condemned 2 recieved "bad" scores.
Don't get me wrong: They're absolutely right, they should deliver unbiased reviews. However, having a score-system simply draws in a certain crowd - it was to be expected.
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