Undoubtedly some of the most interesting,whether they be funny or scary, reviews come not from the reviewer, but rather the fanboys and fangirls that reply to the reviews. Amusingly these fans tend to take reviews with the utmost seriousness and will not stand for any injustice against one of their beloved games. They will however praise the critic if they actually agree with their review. As G4's Adam Sessler brings to his viewers' attention, a majority of the comments left are from fans that tend to disagree with what was said on the show. It seems odd however that most of the comments when Killzone 2 was reviewed had to deal not with fans of the game, but rather those of the console. It appears that Xbox owners cant stand a good review about a PlayStation 3 game and assuming vice versa. Its so strange that I'm honestly perplexed by the whole situation. I could understand if your favorite game was rated poorly and just totally bashed into the ground that you would be upset, but seriously to be upset because a game that wasn't on your system got a high rank? Seriously who cares? Are these fans really that obsessed and dedicated to Microsoft or Sony? Are they jealous because it looks like a good game but upsets because it's not for their system? It appears that I just cant wrap my mind around the logic behind these fanboys and girls.
O.K. I admit that I'm pretty bummed when a game I was looking forward to and wanted to buy isn't for a system that I have, but I don't take it out on the console or game reviewer. Generally if its a good game a friend or sibling will buy it and I can play it then. I don't care what system its on as long as I get a chance to play it. I am also not one of those people that thinks, as Ben Kucher says in his Killzone 2 review, "there is a secret world where Microsoft
and Sony agents visit different gaming writers, paying them to love
some games and hate others". It makes me want laugh and to ask these fans if they seriously think that its all a conspiracy between the game companies. Actually can anyone tell me or explain to me in any amount of detail what these fanboys and fangirls are thinking?
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Fanboys/girls are really going hard this generation. I can remember when everyone was talking about how the PSP would literally crush the DS and now those same people are ringing the bells for the DS' awesome library of games.
ReplyDeleteI don't think anyone can understand what makes fanboys/girls tick. Well at least have a in-depth look at it. I believe it's simply put that gamers want certain games to be on their system of choice and when it doesn't or when it challenges them they react rather harshly.
Fanboys and fangirls are scary! Anyone who puts that much importance on one aspect of their lives is scary. This is ridiculous, they are just video games. While I understand video games are very important to people, just like books/film/whatever, they don't require this level of fanaticism. Honestly, go fight world hunger or something.
ReplyDeleteYou got to love the fan boys/girls, they are always good for a good laugh. It is understandable for them to get upset about their games being bashed, but they need some edvidance behide verse, I am sad and angry because you rated my game low. And seriouly the Xbox/ PS3 war is rediculious, normally a heathly compitation between two companies will inspire them to create better games not have an all out war of who is better than who!
ReplyDeleteI agree completely. These people are getting to caught up with a certain game system or game. They should calm down and a more civilized response about the topic. I feel that they have nothing better to do but go out and wreak havok on unsuspecting people.
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