This City Deserves a Better Class of Game Reviewer...

I am fed up. I have had enough. I am stepping up.

#avowed #gameplay #review @TheScarletSeeker

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[GamingWithGeo]

I don't even bother reading reviews any more, for the past decade or so. In today's age of digital media, I can see and learn more about a game just by watching a gameplay video. I can usually make a purchasing decision just based on that more so than anything a review tries to sell to me.

[pasta]

No one, but the mentally ill, trust these corpo guys anymore. Whether you like it or not you guys are now the REAL game reviewers 👍

[electricmiragemedia]

Sir, we do. In fact, we deserve a better class of everything -- and that's why we're doing things ourselves now.

I used to be an editor and then senior editor for a well-known news site. Things really shifted around 2016-2017 and the bottom fell out of the ad revenue per-click market. There wasn't enough money to go around anymore, and people had to start writing topics that got the most engagement/clicks vs what was actually considered news. At the same time, sponsors were and still are around, and they are a major source (likely the biggest source) of revenue for most news media companies. And what I can tell you from personal experience is that when an article upsets a sponsor, the sponsor almost always wins.

As for ACG - I like him, but I unsubbed after his Starfield review. I realized he was just evaluating games in a completely different way than I do, so his reviews wouldn't help me decide what games I should play.

[DustinDustin]

IGN still exists? There's a reason I've been looking to YT gamers for game reviews/recommendations.

[TheRealCHIMShady]

Access journalism is a cancer but it will continue until some great change happens to society as a whole. People make crazy amounts of money and it will not stop. This is not me trying to blackpill, but merely saying you need to get involved in politics if you want change.

[noonesomeone]

Scores introduce a false sense of objectivity. They are only useful shorthand for comparison of an underlying qualitative sentiment.

[TheBigJuicyOne]

I immediately disregard everything someone has to say about a game when they were invited to a event with the developers of said game and maybe had their flight/hotel/food paid for.
The integrity of the review is now compromised & their words are now just an ad.

[DustinDustin]

And the Kane and Lynch mess basically turned me off to all "pro" game reviewers.

[Andymercer-fbvo]

you and me both know theres one who tells the truth, a old gamer, with 30yrs of gaming experience....WORTH A BUY .No paid crap, no script, no pandering, just honesty

[colrepollo]

I wholeheartedly agree that we don't deserve such shitty reviewers. When reviews for DA Veilguard dropped it was an absolute shitshow that proved how fake everything is in the game journalism side of things. Props to you for speaking up and trying to change the state of things.

[jefp]

The obsession with the greater good led people to say that Joel was the bad guy in The Last of Us because he didn't allow Ellie to be sacrificed to make what was hoped to be a cure for the infection. When we later learn that the "cure" wouldn't have worked this proved those who held to the view that Joel was wrong were themselves wrong. Even if it could be guaranteed the cure would work I still think Joel would be right to do what he did. If it takes the sacrifice of a child to save the world then thats not a world I would want to live in.

[quickcanary]

You sir have earned another sub. I'm also frustrated with the current state of video game "journalism." Integrity is key, and I can't wait to be along for the ride. Suffice it to say I feel the same way that you do about pretty much everything you talked about in this series.

[emanuel]

Never take reviews seriously except from dunkey and you, so many people play and forget the main reason of gaming, having fun, these generic new games that want to be everything at ones (both AAA and indie) have a very short exp date, but fun will prevail

[ivyfoo]

I'm just so sick of all the bullshit. I just want to know about the game, a fact sheet or a lab report like you said.

[SheevPalpatine]

From this point on, I will only refer to Alannah Pearce as "that white-haired Aussie Sheila." Thank you for that.

[Phrosnite]

Yes, we need good "video game pundits/journos" that can do the job properly - inform the viewer on what's happening in the gaming industry and whether a game is worth purchasing now or waiting for a big discount.
There are too many people who misinform and out right don't know what they are talking about on youtube. Every day I'm tempted to put more and more people on the "do not recommend channel" list.

[acehyper]

Attempting to review modern games in dept is like trying to be a cheff critic at a fast food restaurant.

[Jo_Andre]

RIP TotalBiscuit, the gaming world lost one of the best reviewers that had an integrity and publishers feared him.

[Freddyrugger]

I really enjoy your videos. Eveidence based reviews are very missed. I hope this channel takes off for you. Respect!

[zarddin]

First time I heard about Kotaku was like a few months ago. And even then I was surprised that they exists after reading some bullshit from their website. Then I did read the same bullshit on IGN. This is when I stopped looking at any reviews written by westerners and decided that if I want to know something about games I need see people playing them on youtube.

Let's plays and reviews after 100% completion of games is where everything I need is.