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[SantaC]

Remember. Same reviewer gave concord a 3/5

Concord review - a hero shooter that nails the shooting, but fumbles the heroes

Eurogamer's review of Concord, a perfectly playable game of snappy combat and colourful character abilities, with muddled heroes and unimaginative maps.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[Zamana]

If you thought this is bad, just read the comments on that review. Some of them are actually insane and made me realize how deep inside a bubble they live. holy, no wonder they are scared of reality.

 

[Kamina]

I will never understand journalists pretending to be activists.

They were wannabe activists before they got their jobs. And since they are not suited for real journalism they are blogging emotionally charged hitpieces about videogames they don't even play.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

their review in progress, written by somebody else at Eurogamer, called it the biggest multiplayer release since Destiny

https://www.eurogamer.net/after-40-...e-convinced-extraction-shooters-are-brilliant

this shit is too funny

 

[mèx]

That's all you need to know about Eurogamer.

 

[SnapShot]

Reeks of desperation for clicks

 

[DeepEnigma]

Eurogame gives Arc Raiders a 2/5 and blames AIsrael

FTFY

 

[Kamina]

Reeks of desperation for clicks

Reeks of unwashed hairy armpits of they/them

 

[KungFucius]

Woke sellout site does woke things xD
I think Eurogamer(owned by ign, ofc) is still butthurt coz of how terrible concord and marathon did ;P

So now anti AI is woke too? Interesting.

 

[clarky]

Surprised they didn't mark it down for lack of palasitnian flags in the game as well.

 

[clarky]

So now anti AI is woke too? Interesting.

There different uses of AI. They people involved in this agreed to its use and where paid accordingly.

 

[mdkirby]

This. Ban them outright

They don't need banning they just need weighting like any other bottom of the barrel site, as opposed to their legacy giving them massive weighting.

 

[Fbh]

I sure hope this review wasn't published using any form of CMS when they could have hired a web programmer to code everything by hand.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Wait, I thought NeoGAF was against AI-generated content.

I'm still destroying cotton gins every time I see one.

 

[PeteBull]

So now anti AI is woke too? Interesting.

Eurogamer site is woke af, bro, they gave DA:V 5/5 stars aka max score, same reviewer who gave arc raiders 2/5 gave 3/5 to concord when we all know concord maybe deserved 1/5 at max

Its ok if u think those woke trash games deserved those scores, but most ppl strongly diseagree on that, no need to defend it and i think no reason either- no1 tells u to not play it/to not spend ur hard earned money, u do what u like, just dont try to change opinions of silent majority with ur vocal minority opinion- it never works anyways

 

[Mister Wolf]

Unprofessional.

 

[GHound]

Absolute dogshit tier website. Metacritic/opencritic should get rid of them

Metacritic needs to massive deprioritise sites that do this

Never going to happen because Metacritic is part of the game journo cartel. It's actually a sister brand of GameSpot these days.
This shit is incestuous on levels most people would call conspiracy theory.

 

[StereoVsn]

I don't like the AI voices either, but taking off such a huge chunk from the score is ridiculous.

 

[Physiognomonics]

I will never understand journalists pretending to be activists.

You mean activists pretending to be journalists.

 

[SantaC]

 

[GHound]

You mean activists pretending to be journalists.

You know what they say. If the programming socks fit and all that...

 

[proandrad]

Is the EU funding that site? How are they still in business?

 

[Germuso]

AI AI AI Ai canta y no lloreees

 

[Danjin44]

From I can understand this game is not story focus game so who the fuck cares!?

If you using AI voice for story focus SP game then I would have a huge problem with it.

 

[Sertyak]

That's pretty based.

 

[DeepEnigma]

You mean activists pretending to be journalists.

More like "slacktivists." They put minimal effort with just copy/paste words on screen. All a bunch of limp-wrist sedentary slobs.

 

[Signalis]

Generally if mainstream media is against something or doesn't like something, then usually that something is doing something right

 

[Johnny Concrete]

Doesn't surprise me, their 2/5 review of the lightbulb from 1880 is still fresh in my mind.

"Oooh those poor candlemakers"

Give me a break.

 

[clarky]

That's pretty based.

Based in a steaming pile of shit.

 

[rkofan87]

2/5, that is a 40% score for an excellent game like this. Same reviewer gave concord a 3/5. I hate political reviews like this.

Arc Raiders review - a smartly designed extraction shooter marred by one inexcusable decision

Rich combat and an unusually friendly community make Arc Raiders an cracking extraction shooter, but Embark Studios' continued use of AI voices is inexcusable.

www.eurogamer.net

it's Eurogamer so of course

 

[mhirano]

Nice!
Sarah Connor approved this review

 

[Diogodx]

Same guy gave Concord 3/5. LOL

 

[Varteras]

Nice!
Sarah Connor approved this review

Would.

 

[TIGERCOOL]

So now anti AI is woke too? Interesting.

the only people concerned about AI slop probably primarily consume or create human slop. Thats the only thing AI is threatening to replace. any artist, writer, etc whose livelihood is threatened by AI should probably start putting some semblance of nuance and thought into their work instead of catering to the lowest common denominator and/or enforced progressive neomarxist ideologies. these people had no interest in genuine representations of the human experience before AI. factory line drones intimidated by the new model.

 

[Yoboman]

Remember. Same reviewer gave concord a 3/5

Concord review - a hero shooter that nails the shooting, but fumbles the heroes

Eurogamer's review of Concord, a perfectly playable game of snappy combat and colourful character abilities, with muddled heroes and unimaginative maps.

www.eurogamer.net

Is 60% meant to be inaccurate for Concord?

 

[rkofan87]

10 out 10 Veilguard

The website is a joke at this point

oh my God I forgot about that yeah shit tier website indeed

 

[PlayStaytion]

That's intentionally an easy decision for me to buy games like that cause the number one priority for reviewers even without admitting is to make you not buy the game quite more often than buying it.

 

[rkofan87]

So now anti AI is woke too? Interesting.

well I mean they're getting a pretty decent game out of five just because it has AI in it so yeah

 

[Zamana]

Is the EU funding that site? How are they still in business?

Eurogamer is owned by IGN which is owned by Ziff Davis, an American magazine?/hobby digital holdings company. Ziff Davis owns most of of the shit lol. I have noted the popular gaming related subsidiaries.

• CNET
• Eurogamer
• GamesIndustry.biz
• IGN ( & Humble Games / Humble Bundle & HowLongToBeat)
• Rock Paper Shotgun
• VG247

Kinda insane that the websites contribute to the Metacritic score are the same company just operating in small (probably independent) clusters.

Metacritic on the other hand is owned by Fandom (owned by Texas Pacific Group, a private equity firm) which is headed by Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder). Fandom also owns Gamespot and Fanatical.

A huge fucking circlejerk.

 

[Gonzito]

oh my God I forgot about that yeah shit tier website indeed

Never Forget

 

[WhamBamThankYouMaam]

One of those big and visible reviews that clearly goes against what gamers like and as such just makes people ignore their gaming reviews onwards.

 

[AJUMP23]

Show me where the AI hurt you?

 

[Sertyak]

Based in a steaming pile of shit.

I don't like the AI voices in this game, so criticism about it is welcome.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I'm among the most vocals against AI not because of "layoffs" (people whose work can be replaced by machines don't add any value) but because it only produces trash and I like eating good stuff. Said this, you can't lower the score of a game only because of its voice lines. It's fucking ridiculous. This is a minor aspect of the game and the use of AI, even if wrong, should not have any impact on the score.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

 

[DeepEnigma]

Says the literal NPCs that write for that trash rag.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Says the literal NPCs that write for that trash rag.

The John Wilks Booth of videogame reviews.

Took it from a 94 to an 88 on Opencritic. They'll be studying this event in middle schools 50 years from now.

 

[anyasok]

They don't need banning they just need weighting like any other bottom of the barrel site, as opposed to their legacy giving them massive weighting.

I didnt know that... wow

 

[Danny22]

Voice acting in gaming is like the same 10 people in every game btw. Laura Bailey and Troy Baker have taken more roles than AI ever will.

But anyways, I hope this debate blows up via this review. Helps this is a popular game, fanboys against AI will be now defending it lol.

Any idea what the OpenCritic average was before that review? Its 89 on OC rn, Wayback Machine no help here.

92, equal to ex33 and behind hades 2. Started off with 94!, highest rating of the year

just a reminder that people somehow still give a shit what reviewers say,
and that people ON THIS FORUM still do those dumb ass "review embargo lifts" threads, as if it's of any interest to anyone with a working brainstem what these idiots from all these disgraced websites have to say about a game...

and those same idiots are the ones giving out game awards. never forget that.

While I agree with the idea that reviews shouldn't decide a game's fate (it's what primarily makes devs make it sanitized, inoffensive). Reviews are still a good indicator of where the general population aggregate is going to end up and they're used for that. They're not going away, simple as that.

Is there usually one insane person that reviews more like a hit piece than a review? Often. And this is one of the more extreme examples where the aggregate is dragged down. However, 90 percent are still reviewing it fairly.

And for TGA, they don't really hold much power as one insane reviewer can bring down the overall score but the worst they can do for TGA is to just ignore the game.

 

[Zamana]

tbf to Eurogamer, the review is basic art criticism. I respect the reviewers critical thinking and him deeply analyzing the subject, finding contradictions, AI use in artistic medium and alike but it's a fucking video game. It's supposed to be fun and chill.

No gamer is going to sit after a tired day and play Arc and think about this shit.

Reviewers need to balance and actually understand when a game wants to be judged as an art-piece or just as a fun, extraction shooter. They just don't and thus sound pretentious to the majority who just want to play, goof around, have fun, chill and enjoy with friends, solo or randoms.