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I keep seeing the same thing with the GTA VI extended look, and I saw it with Wolverine too.

If you’re not posting “this is the greatest thing I’ve ever seen,” you get treated like you personally attacked someone. Skeptical = hater. “I’m not convinced yet” = conspiracy. Wanting more than a cinematic highlight reel after 13 years, 2 billion dollars spent and charging $80 is “spoiled.”

You can be hyped for a game or think it looks good and still not like parts of i, but somehow being Skeptical gets treated like a personal attack or a conspiracy. As if raising an eyebrow after 13 years, 2 billion dollars spent, 2 delays and charging $80-$100 is “spoiled.”

It’s gotten to the point where you have to be either fully riding or you’re the enemy

Yes, social media is full of ragebait. Yes, some people were going to hate it no matter what. That doesn’t make every opinion fake. High expectations after this long and this much money are not “being spoiled.”

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[–] Inui@hexbear.net 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think people are unwilling or unable to criticize things they like. This makes it harder to accept criticism of those things from other people if you can't even do it yourself. This goes for GTA, but in general, and definitely for games. I love the Dynasty Warriors series, but mechanically they're pretty ass and grindy up until the latest Origins. I would not recommend people play them unless they are Chinese history enjoyers. I would probably leave negative reviews for some of them while having 200 hrs played in them. It seems like so many people are unwilling to say "this thing kind of sucks, most people probably won't like it, but I do anyway" instead of trying to brush away the flaws.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago

games are art!

how dare you criticize games?!? i'm too illiterate to know that critique is the same as is done to other artforms!