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[Zombie James]

"Sonic Boom porn possibilities" from Polygon

"What does the Apple Watch mean for gaming?" from Polygon

"Disney can save Nintendo" from Polygon

Seriously, what happened Polygon?

You ask that question like they behaved differently before.

 

[qizah]

Anything from Polygon.

Also, this classic from BGR about how Pokemon is Killing Nintendo.

 

[Bgamer90]

That Polygon article about Ferguson, wearable cameras, and making an arbitrary connection to Watch Dogs was kind of dumb.

Yeah, I would definitely say it was that.

 

[Mohonky]

lol man didnt realize the DC defense for was this prominent

Yeop, especially since they fixed the online and put in some weather people wont shut up about it. The Gertsmann hate is strong with the DC apologists.

Anyway that Polygon article about how Nintendo could be saved by Disney for $19 billion was a good laugh.

 

[Lionel Richie]

That has nothing to do with my post.

lol you're right, my bad man.

 

[Beelzebufo]

Sure, let's spend 10 motherfucking paragraphs on a completely non issue before reviewing the game.

Yeah, screw you Polygon.

Edit: Oh, and that Smash review where the dude spends most of the time talking about some weird stuff about his relationship with his dad has to be a close second.

I knew someone was going to bring this one up. I never understood the hate for this review. It obviously affected his experience with the game (and negatively), why wouldn't he bring it up? And it makes sense that he'd want to explain his stance, especially since he apparently didn't even write enough to explain it properly.

 

[bathsalts]

IGN's list of recommended gpu's

Poly's bayo 2 review and IGN again with their Alien review also come to mind.

 

[MYeager]

Brietbart "reviewing' Dragon Age: Inquisition.

 

[SerTapTap]

You ask that question like they behaved differently before.

They seemed okay early last year or earlier that I recall, their features are still good, though infrequent. But generally it seems they're become the new Kotaku, while Kotaku has become something closer to what Polygon claimed it was going to be.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

Media Representation is not a "non-issue." When you're reviewing a game, you're sharing your own opinion of the game. If the sexualization in the game bothered him that much, than he absolutely should write about that. If you agree or not is an entirely different conversation than calling it a "non-issue."

There are plenty of better examples of the problems with Polygon... like that Mario Kart article.

People complaining about that Bayo 2 review are probably the same people who say "who cares how women or minorities are treated in games they are just games!" people. You are 100% right. The worst article is the Mario Kart pie chart. That fucking pie chart.

 

[Jb]

Polygon is gonna get a lot of hits out of this thread.

I mean as a news satire website they're not as inspired as The Onion but they can still be pretty funny.

 

[prwxv3]

Is he supposed to be a robot with no emotions whenever a new game is announced?

I am saying that he probably was not the right person to review the game. What if someone who did not want x game to be made reviewed x game. I dont really care about his dislike of the game. Most of gaf probably agrees with him.

 

[Jito]

Ridiculous that the same writer at Joystiq is saying we need to stop buying broken games after giving MCC at 4.5/5. Fucking hypocrite.

Article

MCC Review

 

[bigkrev]

That USGamer piece that compared Castlevania LOS2 to Rapelay was pretty bad, but this can't be anything but the Mario Kart Pie Chart article from Polygon.

 

[Chuck]

ITT people remember Polygon primarily writes trolling click-bait because people don't actually go to Polygon.

 

[Hipster Cthulhu]

Don't have a link but anyone who said that it would be good for Nintendo to put their stuff into mobile.

Edit: Found 2
http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-easing-up-its-time-to-go-mobile-11354937/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-25813621

 

[Dennis]

I mean as a news satire website they're not as inspired as The Onion but they can still be pretty funny.

Polyonion.

 

[JawzPause]

Polygon: the thread

. The daily mail of the gaming world

 

[prwxv3]

Yeop, especially since they fixed the online and put in some weather people wont shut up about it. The Gertsmann hate is strong with the DC apologists.

Anyway that Polygon article about how Nintendo could be saved by Disney for $19 billion was a good laugh.

The weather stuff is pretty impressive is it that hard to understand positive buzz about the game now?

 

[Sou Da]

Don't have a link but anyone who said that it would be good for Nintendo to put their stuff into mobile.

That's a lot of articles.

 

[JohnnyFootball]

Ben Kuchera's article saying that Rise of the Tomb Raider being Xbone exclusive was a good thing takes the cake if you ask me.

 

[Nokterian]

always been bad. so nothing.

I asked Saved you click on twitter to do this but he didn't all click bait articles.

 

[Nafai1123]

ITT people remember Polygon primarily writes trolling click-bait and then they go there to read trolling click-bait.

FTFY. Seriously people, do you not see how stupid it is to actually give these articles clicks for being awful?

 

[BatDan]

Poly's bayo 2 review and IGN again with their Alien review also come to mind.

If we're mentioning IGN reviews, then Pokemon ORAS "Too much water" is another good candidate.

 

[razgriz417]

Yeop, especially since they fixed the online and put in some weather people wont shut up about it. The Gertsmann hate is strong with the DC apologists.

Anyway that Polygon article about how Nintendo could be saved by Disney for $19 billion was a good laugh.

Sony just needs to up and release the PS+ version so people could try it for themselves and maybe even get journalist to relook at the game. But yeah imo the Gerstman hate is like 8.8 all over again lol

 

[Hugstable]

Polygon and the Mario Kart 8 Pie Chart, it had me laughing so much at how ridiculous that chart was.

 

[prwxv3]

Ben Kuchera's article saying that Rise of the Tomb Raider being Xbone exclusive was a good thing takes the cake if you ask me.

I thought he said it would sell better

 

[Markitron]

Ryan McCaffrey's Alien Isolation review on IGN

He moaned about the game being too hard, after he selected hard difficulty. He also complained about having to hide in lockers when the game specifically tells you not to do this in the loading screens (as the Alien will just stay there and find you eventually). He flat-out played the game incorrectly and based his criticisms on this. Ryan McCaffrey is one of the idiots in this gif btw:

I'd take this opportunity to bitch about a Polygon article right now, but I don't think anybody takes them seriously anymore. Unfortunately this is not the case with IGN

 

[guggnichso]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/12/15/Review-Dragon-Age-Inquisition

This fucking thing. Most "ethical" review out there /s

 

[Beelzebufo]

I am saying that he probably was not the right person to review the game. What if someone who did not want x game to be made reviewed x game. I dont really care about his dislike of the game. Most of gaf probably agrees with him.

So they should have gotten someone to review it that would automatically give it a higher score? What's the point of the review then haha.

I mean if you don't care about the stuff the reviewer was upset about, read a different review since this one obviously wasn't meant for you. I don't understand the problem, unless you're seriously insulted when a game's metacritic score might possibly drop by some fraction of a point.

 

[Phediuk]

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-London/2014/12/15/Review-Dragon-Age-Inquisition

This fucking thing. Most "ethical" review out there /s

Came in to post this. Actually, any article supporting Gamergate would be great for this thread.

 

[not_so_special]

anything from ben kuchera,patricia hernandez,leight alexander...you can choose

seriously kotaku have been good lately..i still dont know how they still employ hernandez

 

[nrvalleytime]

I forgot about that one. Thread would be best split into "worst polygon article" and "worst non-polygon article" because they really have it locked up.

This. This article singlehandedly introduced videogames into a situation that has absolutely nothing to do with the genre. Ferguson was volatile, and the article read as click-bait of the worst kind.

It was an embarrassing editorial decision, and I actually enjoy reading some of Polygon's pieces (even if we tend to disagree).

 

[Menome]

Ridiculous that the same writer at Joystiq is saying we need to stop buying broken games after giving MCC at 4.5/5. Fucking hypocrite.

Article

MCC Review

Wasn't it the case that MCC worked fine before general release, when reviewers were playing it? The matchmaking problems thus couldn't have been included in the review as they hadn't yet occurred.

 

[FlyinJ]

WTF at slamming that Bayonetta 2 review? The guy had a problem with the ridiculous and overt sexism.

You don't live in a goddamn vacuum where everyone wants to stare at a woman's crotch constantly. A lot of people have an issue with that, as did the reviewer.

 

[Kade]

If we're counting reviews as journalism, the Breitbart Dragon Age: Inquisition review is probably the worst, most pandering review for anything I've ever read. If the reception from gators is any indication (the review is littered with buzzwords and everything they want to hear), it acts as a window looking into their vision of what game "journalism" and critique should be: devoid of any actual criticism, the bare minimum amount of research and experience with the subject matter, emphasis on aspects of the game that actually don't matter in the grand scheme of things and pandering to the views and opinions of a target audience rather than neutrality. Politicizing games journalism is only okay when they agree with the views. All other views are corrupt and unethical!

https://archive.today/Z3Mxz

 

[Lionel Richie]

I knew someone was going to bring this one up. I never understood the hate for this review. It obviously affected his experience with the game (and negatively), why wouldn't he bring it up? And it makes sense that he'd want to explain his stance, especially since he apparently didn't even write enough to explain it properly.

Thing is, Bayonetta is a game conceived as a sexualized extravaganza. It was created like that. He can dislike it, but spending 10 paragraphs rambling about it before even talking about the game is awful. It's like criticizing a FPS for making you shoot stuff.

Think about it as an Iggy Azalea or Nicki Minaj performance. Why is it different? And why does it indulge holier than thou articles over it? You could dislike it, but spending a whole review explaining why you disliked it isn't missing the point?

 

[Junior Mint]

The Polygon Mario Kart story for me. The pie chart making absolutely no sense is just hilarious.

 

[Tapejara]

I don't have a problem with Gies' Bayonetta review. If the overt sexual content was enough to detract from his experience, then I think he was justified in giving it that score. I've read worse articles/reviews this year.

 

[G0523]

WTF at slamming that Bayonetta 2 review? The guy had a problem with the ridiculous and overt sexism.

You don't live in a goddamn vacuum where everyone wants to stare at a woman's crotch constantly. A lot of people have an issue with that, as did the reviewer.

I was gonna mention this as well. The on-purpose in-your-face sexuality was a factor in the final score?! Why?!

But I'm also gonna have to go with Polygon and the Mario Kart 8 pie chart. Why is Polygon still a thing?

 

[Orakio Rob]

This year, you can't beat Polygon's pie chart. It's clearly the winner.

 

[CosmicSmash]

Anything written by Brian Ashcraft?

I'd go with this. Anything by Kotaku and Polygon, really.

 

[Brofield]

I was going to suggest Hernandez's "Is killing female players online equivalent to rape?" article, but just remembered that was in 2013. I'd like to nominate that same article as worst of the 2010s, though.

Probably the Sonic Lost World porn is right up there. That is some shit I never wanted to know nor did it deserve to be shown in a public light.

Edit: Changing my mind to the Bayonetta 2 review. Gies is fully entitled to feel put off from sexually overt content, but detracting that from the final score when he praised the gameplay and freedom in Grand Theft Auto V? A game with arguably more issues having vapid two dimensional female NPCs used primarily as sex toys and objects to be viewed with lust, as compared to a strong female character who uses her sexuality as a weapon to fight her enemies? I won't give him any credibility.

Gies is attempting to be worldly when he's just being a pretentious twat with his holier than thou mentality. And I hate that I keep talking about him despite telling myself I won't when he incited such rage in me after that SimCity debacle.

 

[Floridian]

Whichever article lead to this chart.

 

[CHusson91]

I was going to suggest Hernandez's "Is killing female players online equivalent to rape?" article, but just remembered that was in 2013. I'd like to nominate that same article as worst of the 2010s, though.

Anything written by her is painful to read.

 

[Orayn]

Thing is, Bayonetta is a game conceived as a sexualized extravaganza. It was created like that. He can dislike it, but spending 10 paragraphs rambling about it before even talking about the game is awful. It's like criticizing a FPS for making you shoot stuff.

Think about it as an Iggy Azalea or Nicki Minaj performance. Why is it different? And why does it indulge holier than thou articles over it? You could dislike it, but spending a whole review explaining why you disliked it isn't missing the point?

I think those kinds of reviews are still valuable. While it's nice to hear expert opinions from people who know a genre or series inside out, reading an opinion from someone who doesn't take anything about a game for granted can give you an opportunity to step back and consider a perspective that normally wouldn't cross your mind. You don't even have to agree with the criticisms raised for that Bayonetta 2 review to give you something to think about.

 

[cianuro]

Mario Kart 8 is racist, and Nintendo needs to add more diversity to its characters.
http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/05/mario-kart-8-review-wii-u.html

 

[joe2187]

SENRAN KAGURA is destroying the games industry. Here's how to stop it!

 

[BotoxAgent]

Polygon: the thread

yes!!!

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

I was gonna mention this as well. The on-purpose in-your-face sexuality was a factor in the final score?! Why?!

Because the reviewer gets to make the final score based on their experience with the game? Why is this a problem in every thread that mentions the Bayo 2 review?