foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
The press reception of Demon's Souls and Dark Souls almost stick out as a glitch this generation. I dunno; with the way those games are talked about and name-dropped so much. Sometimes I feel as if the gaming press is proud of them because they give you street cred if you say you played them.
Then it's right back to business as usual, heh.
Yes one thing I have noticed, with some review of games, a new IP comes out, gets mediocre to even bad reviews, consumers themselves get their hands on it, it starts selling more than originally did and the public loves it, the sequel comes out, reviewers give the next game a 8-10 on the point scale despite the core gameplay being the same, just polished in areas that will naturally make the game better in former weaker areas.