I get what you mean but at the same time, it’s not that big of a deal. Because if a game that is really complained about seems good to me, I may still include it because the reviews arent managing to convince me. Though realistically, I may fail to catch that. As for the opposite case, where a game that passes the review stage turns out to not be so bold, well… tough luck. I mean it could still be good and be safe, like Mario Kart 8, and that isnt really a problem I feel.
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missingno@fedia.io 8 hours ago
I'd argue that if a game doesn't have anything to nitpick at, it probably wasn't doing anything bold enough for me to truly fall in love with either.
Selgege@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Hideo Kojima changed parts of Death Stranding 2 late in development because the beta testers were unanimous in praising it. He said something along the lines of if nobody hated it, he was playing things too safe.
Selgege@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
I also read something about him saying something like that in an interview. I’ve not seen much of the actual game, but ironically it has still been accused of being too safe, in spite of what Kojima said