Do you like to read unjustified negative reviews?

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#1  Edited By shaun832

If you don't know what I mean, go to Metacritic and look at the user comments with less than 5/10 for a great game and read how they don't have any good points. I like to read them but sometimes I get frustrated because they are, well, stupid. One time I read a bad review for Team Fortress 2 because the game wouldn't run on their computer.
 
Anyway, do you like to read unjustified negative reviews?

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#2  Edited By Video_Game_King

No, not really, usually because they're unjustified :P.

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#3  Edited By Seedofpower
@Video_Game_King said:
" No, not really, usually because they're unjustified :P. "
Makes sense.
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#4  Edited By shaun832

I just find them funny because the people who make them are stupid.

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#5  Edited By General_D23
@Video_Game_King said:

"No, not really, usually because they're unjustified :P. "


You must not like Yahtzee, then. Of course, he's more of a gaming personality then a reviewer.
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#6  Edited By CharlieTuna

I love reading comments with fanboys freaking out about a low score, when it's like a 9/10 or something.  Crappy reviews not so much.

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#7  Edited By Video_Game_King
@General_D23: 
 
Yea, as of recently, he's been pretty crap. Wet, Wii Sports Resort, Scribblenauts a bit, the E3 video.
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#8  Edited By Claude

Well, it's not his fault Team Fortress 2 wouldn't run on his computer. People need to know that. The game should have come with a new PC.
 
I find them funny. I know a turd when I see one.

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#9  Edited By Video_Game_King
@Claude: 
 
We all do, but not all of us like looking at turds :P.
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#10  Edited By RipTheVeins

If you want unjustified reviews look no further than Best Buy (dot) com. They allow reviews before a product is even out, and usually you get a review of what console it's on by some fanboy, and it's not even about the game.

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#11  Edited By General_D23
@Video_Game_King:
Eh, he can still deliver some, admittedly cheap, laughs, but he is definately a shadow of his former self. I personally loved his Wolfenstein review, though.
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#12  Edited By Claude
@Video_Game_King said:
" @Claude:   We all do, but not all of us like looking at turds :P. "
I always look at turds. You find out a lot that way. Can I still see the corn? Are there worms? Is it loose or solid? Even diarrhea plays a part, so many questions.
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#13  Edited By Video_Game_King
@General_D23: 
 
Came off as a bit weird to me, especially in the moments when it seemed like he broke from limerick.
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#14  Edited By The_jewish_lord

so sick and tired of good reviews. we need more reviess like the 3 stars for brutal legend and the 1 star for lucidity cuz i thought star wars was better.
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#15  Edited By teptom

They usually make me depressed knowing there's actually people like that out there...

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#16  Edited By Bigandtasty

Nah. They frustrate me more than they entertain me.

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#17  Edited By FluxWaveZ

I can find them funny.  Kinda like watching the bad auditions at American Idol or something.

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#18  Edited By General_D23
@Video_Game_King:
Yeah, but when he got it right, it worked very well.  
 
Doesn't really matter anyway. I'd say that around the Spore review, he lost the charm he had.
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#19  Edited By The_jewish_lord

nothin wrong with negative reviews
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#20  Edited By shaun832
@The_jewish_lord said:
" nothin wrong with negative reviews "
Sometimes wrong if there's no reason for it to be negative. If there's no reason then it's just a rant.
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#21  Edited By The_jewish_lord
@shaun832 said:
" @The_jewish_lord said:
" nothin wrong with negative reviews "
Sometimes wrong if there's no reason for it to be negative. If there's no reason then it's just a rant. "

ignore rants then problem solved.
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#22  Edited By Lind_L_Taylor

Shit yeah.

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#23  Edited By The_jewish_lord
@Shini4444 said:
"They usually make me depressed knowing there's actually people like that out there... "
why>?
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#24  Edited By General_D23
@The_jewish_lord:
Ugh, could you please stop spamming the threads? This is getting ridiculous. When you respond to a topic, try to use more then one line and look at all the comments before you before you go gung-ho. 
 
With that out of the way, some people don't like how people are willing to write off great games because of one little thing they don't like. It's fine for the average internet goer, but when it's your job you are expected to be professional and look at the game as a whole and judge it as such.
   
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#25  Edited By Video_Game_King
@General_D23 said:
I'd say that around the Spore review...
Hold on? Spore? Then.....the prophecy....it has come true!!!
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#26  Edited By General_D23
@Video_Game_King:
Ha...I've actually never seen that before. Guy was indeed a prophet.
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#27  Edited By shaun832
@Video_Game_King said:

" @General_D23 said:

I'd say that around the Spore review...
Hold on? Spore? Then.....the prophecy....it has come true!!! "
I remember watching that parody when Yahtzee didn't make the video that week. It's a great parody but it's a shame that other people think they can do the same. Watch any other Zero Punctuation parody on YouTube and you'll see what I mean.
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#28  Edited By Video_Game_King
@shaun832: 
 
*turns on recorder*....Note to self: if I ever do video reviews, do NOT rip off Yahtzee. *stops recording* *starts recording again* Visually. *stops recording*
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#29  Edited By Siphillis

I hardly ever care about negative reviews, unless major reviewers are beating down on innovative games that struggle in the marketplace.  I trust my own ability to sort the good from the bad, and could care less what others think, provided the developer makes money.

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#30  Edited By AgentofChaos

I love to, I love yelling at my screen going "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT"

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#31  Edited By Chokobo

I dislike reading unjustified positive reviews more, I think.  Its very very easy to tell if someone never played the game, expecially on shittycritic (metacritic).

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#32  Edited By ArbitraryWater

Sometimes for laughs, but otherwise no. Yahtzee's initial charm has worn off, and now the majority of his negative rants involve a lot of grasping, nitpicking and unsound logic, which stopped being funny a while ago.

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#33  Edited By HitmanAgent47

The only thing you need to read from metacritic is the average. Highs and lows changes this average and all the highs and low reviews are valid. It's the average that's the most important, not any individual site.

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#34  Edited By SathingtonWaltz

If your asking me if I watch Yahtzee's videos then yes, I do.

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#35  Edited By General_D23
@HitmanAgent47:
But judging a game based solely off a score is a big problem. My advice to people would be to at least read the highest, one in the middle, and the lowest. Compare all of them and then let the reviews influence your purchasing decision.
   
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#37  Edited By General_D23
@TheGremp:
I love the disclaimer that pops up before the video. Gotta love Sessler. And that's not even about a negative review.
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#38  Edited By iam3green

yes, i like to read fanboy comments on things. i just find them funny to read as they are stupid comments. somebody saying "i didn't like this game because it ran horribly on my computer this is why i love console gaming". i enjoy reading these kind of things.

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#39  Edited By jonnyboy

I love stupid reviews, and websites like GB allow me to write them. If people want well though out critiques, there's plenty of others to choose from.

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Yeah it's pretty fun

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#42  Edited By oldschool
@Claude said:
" @Video_Game_King said:
" @Claude:   We all do, but not all of us like looking at turds :P. "
I always look at turds. You find out a lot that way. Can I still see the corn? Are there worms? Is it loose or solid? Even diarrhea plays a part, so many questions. "
If you don't like looking at turds, then I don't recommend you go to   Hot Deals for Cold Days - Rate My Poo 
 
Just saying is all.
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#43  Edited By damnboyadvance

Sometimes, it can just be annoying to read somebody's crappy review that has no good point to it. But other times, yes it can be fun.

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#44  Edited By penguindust

It depends on if it is funny.  I find some of Yahtzee and Seanbaby's reviews funny.  If they exaggerate for the sake of comedy I can support that, but if it's just poorly reasoned mutterings with an elitist opinion, then I'll pass.

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#45  Edited By evanbrau

I am a connoisseur of internet rage so I love this kind of things. People are pretty much terrible but its good for a cheap laugh.

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#46  Edited By flaminghobo

I do it for teh lulz.

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#47  Edited By Shifty_Mcfly

If it's poorly written or contains misinformation, then maybe you have a point. If it's just a difference in opinion, I can't see how someone can quantify unjustified. 

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#48  Edited By Cirdain

no