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IGN review scores are mostly fine. Reviews are done by different people and if people want review scores to be power scaling of media or some shit thats dumb.

The reviewer's opinion is their opinion, just because some guy gave Cooking Mama a 7 in 2010 doesn't mean this mid asf ARPG deserves a higher score

review scores are inherently inconsistent because its not the same person making all of the reviews

also ive seen people rip apart IGN reviews for mistakes the voiceover guy made, and not the reviewer. For instance their Xenoblade DE review got shit on by Xenoblade fans because "the reviewer clearly doesn't know anything about the game", because in the video the presenter doesn't say a lot of the names correctly

but the person who reviewed that remake also clearly knows the original very well and constantly mentions facts about the original only fans would really know, and experiences he had with the original title

i think in general youtube reviewers have changed the way people view review outlets, where they expect one person to play, script and record the video. thats just not practical or how it works though
 
ant4456 said:
IGN review scores are mostly fine. Reviews are done by different people and if people want review scores to be power scaling of media or some shit thats dumb.

The reviewer's opinion is their opinion, just because some guy gave Cooking Mama a 7 in 2010 doesn't mean this mid asf ARPG deserves a higher score

review scores are inherently inconsistent because its not the same person making all of the reviews

also ive seen people rip apart IGN reviews for mistakes the voiceover guy made, and not the reviewer. For instance their Xenoblade DE review got shit on by Xenoblade fans because "the reviewer clearly doesn't know anything about the game", because in the video the presenter doesn't say a lot of the names correctly

but the person who reviewed that remake also clearly knows the original very well and constantly mentions facts about the original only fans would really know, and experiences he had with the original title

i think in general youtube reviewers have changed the way people view review outlets, where they expect one person to play, script and record the video. thats just not practical or how it works though
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IGN have had some gaffs over the years — "the exaggerated swagger of a black teen" continues to live rent-free in my head — but I find them largely inoffensive. It seems to me that a lot of the visceral hatred for them (and review websites in general) comes from people who are only interested in reviews as a means of affirming their preexisting opinions about things. I broadly think that the world would be a better place if we collectively agreed to do away with numerical scores altogether, but getting mad at some journalist for not giving a game the score you think it deserves is just a bit sad, really.
 
ant4456 said:
IGN review scores are mostly fine. Reviews are done by different people and if people want review scores to be power scaling of media or some shit thats dumb.

The reviewer's opinion is their opinion, just because some guy gave Cooking Mama a 7 in 2010 doesn't mean this mid asf ARPG deserves a higher score

review scores are inherently inconsistent because its not the same person making all of the reviews

also ive seen people rip apart IGN reviews for mistakes the voiceover guy made, and not the reviewer. For instance their Xenoblade DE review got shit on by Xenoblade fans because "the reviewer clearly doesn't know anything about the game", because in the video the presenter doesn't say a lot of the names correctly

but the person who reviewed that remake also clearly knows the original very well and constantly mentions facts about the original only fans would really know, and experiences he had with the original title

i think in general youtube reviewers have changed the way people view review outlets, where they expect one person to play, script and record the video. thats just not practical or how it works though
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7.8 out of 10. Too much water
 
idk if its a hot take but wendys got the best nuggets of all the super name brand fast food places. (mcdonalds, burger king, etc) but sonic still better lol.

edit bonus take: cucumbers were made by god himself to become cucumber salad or garlic pickles
 
yureion said:
idk if its a hot take but wendys got the best nuggets of all the super name brand fast food places. (mcdonalds, burger king, etc) but sonic still better lol.

edit bonus take: cucumbers were made by god himself to become cucumber salad or garlic pickles
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not a chance that Wendy's beats burger king
 
nah McDonald's and Burger King chicken nuggets are based, haven't tried the others yet but they are pretty good so far

also cucumbers have not much of a reason to exist when pickles already took their job
 
yureion said:
idk if its a hot take but wendys got the best nuggets of all the super name brand fast food places. (mcdonalds, burger king, etc) but sonic still better lol.

edit bonus take: cucumbers were made by god himself to become cucumber salad or garlic pickles
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As someone who is extremely picky when it comes to nuggies I have to hard agree that Wendy's are very good, mcd and bk don't even compare. Arbys surprisingly has good nuggies too
 
On the topic of fast food, I have no idea where the "dip your fries in a frosty" thing came from. Wendy's fries have basically zero structural integrity, and their shakes are very much on the thicker end. Really, you'll just be dragging your fry across the surface which won't really get much on there. Mcdonalds could get away with it because their fries are stupid strong and their shakes aren't anything super thick, but wendy's has zero right using this on official advertising.
 
RainWaiv said:
On the topic of fast food, I have no idea where the "dip your fries in a frosty" thing came from. Wendy's fries have basically zero structural integrity, and their shakes are very much on the thicker end. Really, you'll just be dragging your fry across the surface which won't really get much on there. Mcdonalds could get away with it because their fries are stupid strong and their shakes aren't anything super thick, but wendy's has zero right using this on official advertising.
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I've never tried it, but the concept has never appealed to me. Fries don't seem like they would go well with that kind of sweet. I assume that they're pushing it to sell more of those not-milkshake concoctions.
 
RainWaiv said:
On the topic of fast food, I have no idea where the "dip your fries in a frosty" thing came from. Wendy's fries have basically zero structural integrity, and their shakes are very much on the thicker end. Really, you'll just be dragging your fry across the surface which won't really get much on there. Mcdonalds could get away with it because their fries are stupid strong and their shakes aren't anything super thick, but wendy's has zero right using this on official advertising.
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There's this Kim possible episode where Kim goes out with her crush and he dipped his fries in ice cream. "It's salty and sweet", I think he said. I think that's where it started
 
ant4456 said:
"you control the buttons you press" and "just dont play optimally bro" is such a bad argument that has incredibly degraded discourse about game design
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what do you mean. in multiplayer, I get it. but single player games are meant to be fun, and the more options you have, the better. if you don't want to use those options, then don't. stop complaining about things within your control.
 
Cancel cult said:
what do you mean. in multiplayer, I get it. but single player games are meant to be fun, and the more options you have, the better. if you don't want to use those options, then don't. stop complaining about things within your control.
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"Players will optimize the fun out of a game" is an objective fact measured for actual decades.

99% of people will not mid playthrough start doing a self-imposed challenge because playing optimally (to their knowledge) isn't as fun to them.

It is the job of the game designer to make sure that the game accommodates different player groups, not the player groups to try to fix the game by not using certain parts of it.
 
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