by rattkin
Mentat1231 wrote:
Don't be dramatic, especially when you've clearly not actually looked at the numbers. 5.7k rate it an 8 or higher. 4.5k rate it a 7.
"Dramatic" sounds kind of bizarre, when I'm giving the raw numbers to the author of the post titled "Why Don't the 'Experts' get it" ended with two question marks.
Treat critics as the ultimate voice of the average opinion expressed by these numbers. Even if they are maybe expressing the "wrong" reasons, the opinion expressed, in the end, matches the opinion of the crowd. Say what you want, but it's rated at 7.1(!) now. That's gotta mean something. There is a lot of comments attached to these ratings, that can be mined for data and explanation.
That still doesn't invalidate your admiration for the game, mind you. But it puts it into broader context of 14k people.
"just take the next spot" nonsense or asking if it was really a game. I can try to look back at which podcasts exactly, but the specific criticisms I mentioned in the first post are what I'm saying are wrong. There's no generalization if I restrict consideration to people who say these specific things about the game.
Maybe, but I'm still interested in who *actually* said that. If it's Tom or Richard, I'd like to revisit their material, hear that and understand the context, because I trust their credibility and experience. If that's just a random opinion of a low-end podcast, then I'm probably less inclined to care.