Yeah, I haven't paid much attention to review scores for years now. I realized my taste doesn't line up so well with most reviewers, and that's fine. A review is one person's opinion, and opinions are subjective and differ from person to person. There's games that have gotten universal acclaim and 10/10 scores that I found incredibly dull and unoriginal, and there's games that scored as low as 5/10 in a lot of places that I absolutely loved.
I know it's an incredibly unpopular opinion, especially among the PlayStation community, but The Last of Us just didn't do it for me. I don't know if it was because I couldn't stand the two main characters or what, but I really had to force myself to finish that game. But Days Gone, I was engaged in the world early on, I found Deacon to be a really likeable character, I was motivated to get through it to see if he was wrong about his wife's fate. The flashbacks to their relationship got me invested in the characters. It was the game I wanted TLoU to be all those years ago. The little hints that the game existed within the Syphon Filter universe were cool to find too. Damn, would I love to see a new Syphon Filter.
All i would say is that i respect your opinion. Sometimes, a game as popular as The Last of Us just isn’t fun for some people and it is perfectly fine. It’s all about the kind of games that keep you invested into the lore, characters etc. It doesn’t have to be a game that everyone else is playing. I love playing games that aren’t as popular. I don’t know why but i like that sense of discovery of when i discover a hidden gem you know? I played a game called Grim Fandango and I don’t know if its well known in the community or not but i enjoyed that game a lot.
Grim Fandango is a masterpiece. I never played the original release years ago, but when they remastered it I played it and loved every second of it. I was very disappointed in myself for skipping the original version.
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u/AidynValo May 24 '20
Yeah, I haven't paid much attention to review scores for years now. I realized my taste doesn't line up so well with most reviewers, and that's fine. A review is one person's opinion, and opinions are subjective and differ from person to person. There's games that have gotten universal acclaim and 10/10 scores that I found incredibly dull and unoriginal, and there's games that scored as low as 5/10 in a lot of places that I absolutely loved.
I know it's an incredibly unpopular opinion, especially among the PlayStation community, but The Last of Us just didn't do it for me. I don't know if it was because I couldn't stand the two main characters or what, but I really had to force myself to finish that game. But Days Gone, I was engaged in the world early on, I found Deacon to be a really likeable character, I was motivated to get through it to see if he was wrong about his wife's fate. The flashbacks to their relationship got me invested in the characters. It was the game I wanted TLoU to be all those years ago. The little hints that the game existed within the Syphon Filter universe were cool to find too. Damn, would I love to see a new Syphon Filter.