Sword Of Doom
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Of course true objectivity can never be achieved but it is possible to put aside your personal reaction, and strive for some objectivity to give a more rounded and level-headed review - some of you deny this, it isnt what you want, fair enough. Doesn't mean professional reviewers aren't capable of it. To go back yo films for a second - I disagree with Mark Kermode's movie opinions most of the time, but his reviews are usually well-argued and with caveats which welcomes different opinion. He will often say "I didnt like it, but if you are someone who enjoys this then this film may work for you" - I don't think I've ever heard him say "I hated this and you'd have to be desperate to find anything passable in it at all", even the Transformers movies, he hates them and rants but is always self-aware enough to acknowledge there is an audience that enjoys seeing CGI robots blowing up, and even though he thinks the films are bloated and dull on every level.
You guys don't seem to want reviews at all cause you're not making any sense.
Also the more "objective" reviews get the more uninteresting and boring they are. I don't need a reviewer to walk on eggshells and be afraid of the internet just because they don't like a game. Reviews are subjective, get over it.