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pinky0926 posted...

Actually I would find that review very inciteful because it would establish some much needed context to who the reviewer is and where their biases lie. Just like how when I see dunkey hates a JRPG it doesn't mean the game sucks, because I know dunkey hates those things.

I think the problem here isn't that gamespot gave Cyberpunk a 7/10 (which btw, is still a good score). It's that for some reason Gamers (with a capital G) expect these big review houses to pat every game they like on the head and any deviation from a 9 causes this kind of reaction.

For one thing, why do we paint the entire company because of what one guy who worked there said? Do you have everything in common with your colleagues? All like the same music the same amount?

If you wanted it to be an official company position and not the personal opinion of the person who reviewed it, warts and all, does it have any credibility at all?

because they chose the person to review the game. And this is crucially important. If you choose someone who hates driving games to review a driving game, wtf do you expect? We see this sometimes in the movie critic industry too, like how critics always pan spoofs because they simply hate spoof movies in general.
Another example, I hate Pokemon. So if Gamespot ask me to review the Pokemon games and I'll give everything a 1/0 and defend myself by saying "it's my personal opinion, go suck it losers", you call that fair? Well, maybe some CE users too high up sucking gamespot's arse may think so, who knows

Actually I would find that review very inciteful because it would establish some much needed context to who the reviewer is and where their biases lie. Just like how when I see dunkey hates a JRPG it doesn't mean the game sucks, because I know dunkey hates those things.

first of all, please establish what the intention of a major game reviewer that thousands of people rely on is for?
Is it to inform audiences about the quality of the game in the most fair, unbiased way, or is it just your personal blog for venting narrow-viewed frustrations of your own? you tell me.

I think the problem here isn't that gamespot gave Cyberpunk a 7/10 (which btw, is still a good score). It's that for some reason Gamers (with a capital G) expect these big review houses to pat every game they like on the head and any deviation from a 9 causes this kind of reaction.

like I said before. Nobody expects that. Gamespot gave Miles Morales a 7/10 for example, while all other reviewers gave around 9/10 and honestly I agree with Gamespot's review there (eg. the complaint on how the sequel plays too similiarly to the first game). It all depends on the reasonable points raised in the review.