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by Masked Man 05/15/2012, 12:45pm PDT |
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lurker 90138 wrote:
Can companies please stop calling Casual Normal?
It's a survival tactic for developers. Professional game reviewers aren't like you and me. Playing video games has become work for them, with pressure and deadlines. They have to finish that game in time to come up with a quirky opening paragraph relating the game's experience to their banal life, and give the editor enough time to find plenty of spots to inject unnecessary ed. notes.
BUT, to maintain the shred of self-respect they still have, reviewers can't just breeze through on God Mode or play it on easy, they at least need to beat it on Normal to claim to be experts. What happens if they can't finish the game in time? A whiny review about how the game is too HAAAAARD and they ding the score because it hurt their self-esteem, which in turn dings the metacritic score, which in turn manifests bad things on the financial side for developers.
So call easy mode normal to spare the reviewers' delicate feelings. |
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Thoughts? by lurker 90138 05/15/2012, 12:22pm PDT 
Re: Thoughts? by Masked Man 05/15/2012, 12:45pm PDT
having to finish a game to file a review is the dumbest thing by jeep 05/15/2012, 12:49pm PDT
Re: having to finish a game to file a review is the dumbest thing by laudablepuss 05/15/2012, 2:57pm PDT
You sound like a very well-adjusted human being. by Jerry Whorebach 05/15/2012, 4:20pm PDT
Online authorization is fucking frustrating and bullshit and fucking gay. by Worm 05/15/2012, 6:34pm PDT
I don't like wiz compared to sorc, and it's too easy by Entropy Stew 05/15/2012, 9:49pm PDT
Beat Act 1 Hell Mode by lurker 90138 05/19/2012, 8:37am PDT
It's been so laggy I can't even tell how hard it is the last few days by Entropy Stew 05/19/2012, 1:10pm PDT
spiders >:( by Rafiki 05/16/2012, 7:00pm PDT
SO MUCH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE by Rafiki 05/18/2012, 8:43am PDT
Hahahahaha NT by laudablepuss 05/18/2012, 12:57pm PDT
Re: SO MUCH LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORE by fabio 05/18/2012, 2:23pm PDT
Would it please you to know that one was actually ham-fistedly in-engine? NT by Bashiok 05/19/2012, 6:19am PDT
Started playing through the demo today by Fullofkittens 05/19/2012, 3:22pm PDT
Also: what the crap by Fullofkittens 05/19/2012, 3:24pm PDT
*Raven looks on at hell meteor* NT by Warcraft 3, Diablo 3 05/19/2012, 3:53pm PDT
That was my initial reaction. It's so fucking awful. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 05/19/2012, 11:19pm PDT
tyrael's descent into mortality somehow created zombies by the one who infuriates you 05/22/2012, 12:11am PDT
I really didn't enjoy the act IV boss fights. by Worm 05/19/2012, 9:58pm PDT
It's fucking Herald Volazj, not Frostmourne by Entropy Stew 05/20/2012, 12:42am PDT
Also: I am playing this until the servers stabilize by Entropy Stew 05/20/2012, 12:44am PDT
The lag problem is really ridiculous if you want to play single player by Fullofkittens 05/20/2012, 5:11am PDT
If you populate the client with that info all the hackers will know where everyt NT by Entropy Stew 05/20/2012, 11:50am PDT
Why would anybody bother ha- OH. by Fullofkittens 05/20/2012, 11:53am PDT
entropy stewpid really loved that boss fight from the worst game ever made NT by the one who infuriates you 05/22/2012, 12:13am PDT
torchlight 0.7 by the one who infuriates you 05/22/2012, 12:10am PDT
Is this worth getting in 2017? by Ice Cream Jonsey 04/16/2017, 11:19pm PDT
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