You know what one of the worst things to happen to gaming is? The internet. It's also arguably one of the worst things to happen to humanity in general, but that's a rant for another day. Between YouTubers and video game journalism sites spewing wildly exaggerated praises or criticisms in their write-ups for views, it’s led to a culture where certain titles either get hyper-glorified or mercilessly crapped on for no real reason and with no room for anyone to safely argue against whatever the general consensus may be for fear of reprisal. The Twin Snakes, a remake of the PS1 classic with mechanics added in from its sequel, hasn’t suffered as much from this as others, but there’s still a pretty vocal group out there actively pretending this is some absolute travesty and I really don’t understand why. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve heard their complaints. I just think they’re absurdly overblown.
My theory is that it’s all the result of a sort of snowball effect. Where years of people making perfectly reasonable deductions in online forums and comment sections about areas where the game came up short or could have been better has been regurgitated by the likes of video essayists (shout out to ProudLittleSeal for teaching me that term) in an overstated manner; leading to a hive mind cult that believes and is determined to convince everyone this is an insult to the original’s legacy. It’s not. It honestly wouldn’t bother me if they weren’t so unwilling to let anybody think otherwise, but I swear every time I’ve witnessed someone bring TTS up in a positive light one of its detractors goes out of their way to basically tell them how incorrect their opinion apparently is. Ridiculous, and because that annoys me going to be taking what may be a somewhat similarly antagonistic approach for this review as I discuss the various complaints from its critics and put my own two cents on why I disagree with them out there. Which will be interesting to do since it’s not like they’re stating anything explicitly untrue, merely exaggerated in my opinion.
The most common grievance I’ve seen leveled against this is that the variety of newly implemented gameplay features (first-person aiming, hanging off ledges, ect.) and items (tranquilizer gun, PGS1-T,…) actively break the experience by removing any difficulty from the majority of scenarios. Now, they certainly make things easier and there’s a case to be made that the Revolver Ocelot fight was cheapened as a result of the better aiming system, but I feel as though the brighter enemy AI and their ability to replenish their ranks counteracts your increased amount of capabilities a bit. I also think most don’t realize the challenge they remember from the originator was more a factor of its age than anything. The adventure here is less demanding due to the fact that all was introduced modernizes it so you’re no longer fighting (as much) against an aging design. They’ve made the actual act of playing the first Solid more natural, which is exactly what a remake is supposed to do. It’s not that the opposition was neutered, things are simply no longer as dated. Consequently, the whole narrative about these changes being for the worse doesn’t hold any water in my mind.
However, an area of its denigrators’ frustration I can partially agree with is related to the storytelling. Yet, just not for the reason most commonly cited. That stuff about the cutscenes aping the action of the early 2000s movies that were popular at the time somehow ruining the plot? Not buying it. I get the argument that the altered soundtrack robs the writing and world as a whole of some atmosphere, but my guys and gals are we REALLY moaning over an element of a MGS outing being absurd?! For me the more pressing issue (outside of them removing the sexy camera angles focusing on Sniper Wolf’s body in the torture room scenes) is the re-recorded voice acting. They got nearly the entire cast to return, but either through bad direction or a lack of enthusiasm for the project their performances are phoned in, flat, and suffering from a reduced sense of emotion. It’s still the same great tale of memorable twists and fourth wall breaking moments that have been slightly modified to better fit the GameCube, it only no longer hits as hard thanks to that unfortunate flaw.
As significant as the plot was to Solid’s acclaim back in the day, its weaker delivery here isn’t enough to make me to resent this update when the gameplay improvements are so strong. The question then becomes would I recommend this over the previous iteration? That’s where things get a little complicated, since the answer is no I wouldn’t. Not on account of me viewing it as a kind of adulteration, rather concerns with the modern price of entry. On top of the 1998 release’s retro polygonal graphics and clunky mechanics remaining an huge part of why it continues to be incredibly dang charming after all these years, this version is evidently something of a collectors item nowadays. Meaning that secondhand copies can go for stupidly high. You could honestly grab the PS1 discs and the console itself together for cheaper in most instances.
If you truly don’t care what you pay though, this is still a perfectly viable and acceptable way to get your hands on Hideo Kojima’s borderline masterpiece. The hatred and negativity you’ll find for it from a very outspoken portion of the Metal Gear community is unjustified and hyperbolic. Not to mention rapidly becoming harder and harder to take seriously each passing day in our current era of remakes. I mean, I don’t see anyone upset about RE 4 2023 smoothing out the survival-horror classic and enhancing its playability. Perhaps not the most fitting comparison and it’s tough to warrant why this take would prove valuable to those already familiar with the game in its prior format, but is also perhaps more apt than many would care to admit. Regardless, my ultimate goal has been to express why I believe the views of a group that are attempting to strip this title of its merits are excessive and overly pedantic, which if I haven’t been able to do that by now then no amount of further typing or elaboration is going to help me. So in closing, all I have to say is don’t buy into the opprobrium, ‘cause bad this ain’t.
8.5/10
My theory is that it’s all the result of a sort of snowball effect. Where years of people making perfectly reasonable deductions in online forums and comment sections about areas where the game came up short or could have been better has been regurgitated by the likes of video essayists (shout out to ProudLittleSeal for teaching me that term) in an overstated manner; leading to a hive mind cult that believes and is determined to convince everyone this is an insult to the original’s legacy. It’s not. It honestly wouldn’t bother me if they weren’t so unwilling to let anybody think otherwise, but I swear every time I’ve witnessed someone bring TTS up in a positive light one of its detractors goes out of their way to basically tell them how incorrect their opinion apparently is. Ridiculous, and because that annoys me going to be taking what may be a somewhat similarly antagonistic approach for this review as I discuss the various complaints from its critics and put my own two cents on why I disagree with them out there. Which will be interesting to do since it’s not like they’re stating anything explicitly untrue, merely exaggerated in my opinion.
The most common grievance I’ve seen leveled against this is that the variety of newly implemented gameplay features (first-person aiming, hanging off ledges, ect.) and items (tranquilizer gun, PGS1-T,…) actively break the experience by removing any difficulty from the majority of scenarios. Now, they certainly make things easier and there’s a case to be made that the Revolver Ocelot fight was cheapened as a result of the better aiming system, but I feel as though the brighter enemy AI and their ability to replenish their ranks counteracts your increased amount of capabilities a bit. I also think most don’t realize the challenge they remember from the originator was more a factor of its age than anything. The adventure here is less demanding due to the fact that all was introduced modernizes it so you’re no longer fighting (as much) against an aging design. They’ve made the actual act of playing the first Solid more natural, which is exactly what a remake is supposed to do. It’s not that the opposition was neutered, things are simply no longer as dated. Consequently, the whole narrative about these changes being for the worse doesn’t hold any water in my mind.
However, an area of its denigrators’ frustration I can partially agree with is related to the storytelling. Yet, just not for the reason most commonly cited. That stuff about the cutscenes aping the action of the early 2000s movies that were popular at the time somehow ruining the plot? Not buying it. I get the argument that the altered soundtrack robs the writing and world as a whole of some atmosphere, but my guys and gals are we REALLY moaning over an element of a MGS outing being absurd?! For me the more pressing issue (outside of them removing the sexy camera angles focusing on Sniper Wolf’s body in the torture room scenes) is the re-recorded voice acting. They got nearly the entire cast to return, but either through bad direction or a lack of enthusiasm for the project their performances are phoned in, flat, and suffering from a reduced sense of emotion. It’s still the same great tale of memorable twists and fourth wall breaking moments that have been slightly modified to better fit the GameCube, it only no longer hits as hard thanks to that unfortunate flaw.
As significant as the plot was to Solid’s acclaim back in the day, its weaker delivery here isn’t enough to make me to resent this update when the gameplay improvements are so strong. The question then becomes would I recommend this over the previous iteration? That’s where things get a little complicated, since the answer is no I wouldn’t. Not on account of me viewing it as a kind of adulteration, rather concerns with the modern price of entry. On top of the 1998 release’s retro polygonal graphics and clunky mechanics remaining an huge part of why it continues to be incredibly dang charming after all these years, this version is evidently something of a collectors item nowadays. Meaning that secondhand copies can go for stupidly high. You could honestly grab the PS1 discs and the console itself together for cheaper in most instances.
If you truly don’t care what you pay though, this is still a perfectly viable and acceptable way to get your hands on Hideo Kojima’s borderline masterpiece. The hatred and negativity you’ll find for it from a very outspoken portion of the Metal Gear community is unjustified and hyperbolic. Not to mention rapidly becoming harder and harder to take seriously each passing day in our current era of remakes. I mean, I don’t see anyone upset about RE 4 2023 smoothing out the survival-horror classic and enhancing its playability. Perhaps not the most fitting comparison and it’s tough to warrant why this take would prove valuable to those already familiar with the game in its prior format, but is also perhaps more apt than many would care to admit. Regardless, my ultimate goal has been to express why I believe the views of a group that are attempting to strip this title of its merits are excessive and overly pedantic, which if I haven’t been able to do that by now then no amount of further typing or elaboration is going to help me. So in closing, all I have to say is don’t buy into the opprobrium, ‘cause bad this ain’t.
8.5/10
22 Comments
I should comment I agree with the premise of what you are saying though about people really hating on things kind of aggressively. People should be free to like or not like something and disagree whilst talking about it in a friendly respectful way, it's just all too rare sadly. I things up a lot of reviews I disagree with if they are well written and from the heart
Out of all the reviews I've read from you I think this one is one of my favorites. Specifically for the first paragraph and the following paragraphs. Because I've had to deal with a game where the community unreasonably hyperbolized beyond disbelief and gatekeeping with all these little things that are inconsequential to the actual critiquing. Not gonna mention the game since I don't want to take focus off from your review. But suffice it to say. I 100% feel ya here.
I will admit before I played the MGS(PS1) I actually read some reviews and fell into a pit that ultimately decided for me to avoid this entry in favor of the original. With TTS being thrown into oblivion. But after reading your review. I've come back from the abyss with the copy in hand and threw it instead in the second chance pile. So thank you for this review.
@FallenGrace Well said! Ever since joining the site I've seen a lot of reviews I disagree with(just on the score), but I can't help but praise if they're well written and speak from the heart like you said. Its also gone to the degree where I've even considered deeply about another perspective on a game I've played and liked/loved, but looking at it from another angle I can see where the original poster is coming from. And yea I fully agree if we can be civilized about our dislikes\likes, disagree/agree in a respectful manner I think more fruitful enlightening discourse emerges.
I will admit before I played the MGS(PS1) I actually read some reviews and fell into a pit that ultimately decided for me to avoid this entry in favor of the original. With TTS being thrown into oblivion. But after reading your review. I've come back from the abyss with the copy in hand and threw it instead in the second chance pile. So thank you for this review.
@FallenGrace Well said! Ever since joining the site I've seen a lot of reviews I disagree with(just on the score), but I can't help but praise if they're well written and speak from the heart like you said. Its also gone to the degree where I've even considered deeply about another perspective on a game I've played and liked/loved, but looking at it from another angle I can see where the original poster is coming from. And yea I fully agree if we can be civilized about our dislikes\likes, disagree/agree in a respectful manner I think more fruitful enlightening discourse emerges.
@Detectivefail - Exactly! I've found or retried games I'd written off due to that. @TheQuietGamer is a great reviewer and I love hearing his thoughts on all kind of titles. He was one of the first people I started watching on this site due to them.
Great review! I've started calling the internet "The Beast With a Billion Assholes".
@FallenGrace Fair point. The internet may have given us the potential to misuse it, but it didn’t force us to. Also, I’ve noticed that people a lot of people who don’t like the series as a whole still appreciate the first Solid. It seems like Sons of Liberty is the make-or-break it point for people. I’m curious to see just how much more ludicrous it gets. And thank you for such high praise! I’ve always enjoyed your writing since find your account too.
@Detectivefail Thank you and I hope you enjoy it! I’ve witnessed many experiences both personally and secondhand of gatekeeping (marvelous way of putting it!) and it always bugs me. I once saw another user I follow on here (@molochthagod) post a review that listed what they didn’t like about the game, but basically just translated to “not my thing” and people came out of the woodwork to bash him. Makes me sick.
@cowboyjosh Haha! I like that! And thanks I appreciate it
@Detectivefail Thank you and I hope you enjoy it! I’ve witnessed many experiences both personally and secondhand of gatekeeping (marvelous way of putting it!) and it always bugs me. I once saw another user I follow on here (@molochthagod) post a review that listed what they didn’t like about the game, but basically just translated to “not my thing” and people came out of the woodwork to bash him. Makes me sick.
@cowboyjosh Haha! I like that! And thanks I appreciate it
I don't despise this as much as I used to, but I will say my number one issue these days is the same as yours with the voice acting not being as good. The little thing I miss too though is the echo-y effect on the voices that actually really helped make the characters sound like they were talking in a warehouse building. I dunno, it just added so much for me and it's the first thing I notice when I compare cutscenes.
@FallenGrace 100% agreed. Really enjoy his reviews since I found out aboutem in April.
@TheQuietGamer Will do! MGS2 is next on my list after playing one recently. I'll save TTS for when I replay one lol. Oof I’m sorry to hear about that. Don’t like seeing that when someone pours out their experience about a game only to get bashed. Had a similar thing happen with another one I follow here. But its a long story. The result is more or less what happened to your friend.
@TheQuietGamer Will do! MGS2 is next on my list after playing one recently. I'll save TTS for when I replay one lol. Oof I’m sorry to hear about that. Don’t like seeing that when someone pours out their experience about a game only to get bashed. Had a similar thing happen with another one I follow here. But its a long story. The result is more or less what happened to your friend.
@Vee Yeah, little touches like that were/are special and really help give the storytelling in the original that edge.
@Detectivefail Ooh, I’m getting ready to play MGS2 myself here soon!
@Detectivefail Ooh, I’m getting ready to play MGS2 myself here soon!
As someone who didn't have proper internet until the age of 13, I was so baffled when I first went online and discovered that some of my favorite video games and movies are universally considered trash. Perhaps it's also partially due to the fact I'm not American, but nobody in my surroundings ever said Star Wars prequels, M. Night Shyamalan movies or The Godfather 3 were trash. Like, some people would call them bad or say they disliked them, but it was never treated as an axiom. The internet has somehow led to this homogenization of opinion. The influencer era. I have to wonder whether we should blame the internet or the lack of proper education and guidance. Because there are people who have their own opinions and stick by them or are willing to converse, and then there are those who do not question the mainstream narrative. I'm afraid this is a problem that goes well beyond gaming or art and entertainment in general. However, these heavily criticized works of art serve as a good filter.
I've been meaning to revisit Twin Snakes for years; I've only played it once, and the impression I got was exactly matching your review.
Btw, for some reason your review didn't appear on the home page for me. Stumbled on it completely by accident.
I've been meaning to revisit Twin Snakes for years; I've only played it once, and the impression I got was exactly matching your review.
Btw, for some reason your review didn't appear on the home page for me. Stumbled on it completely by accident.
@TheQuietGamer "I once saw another user I follow on here (@molochthagod) post a review that listed what they didn’t like about the game, but basically just translated to “not my thing” and people came out of the woodwork to bash him"
lmao, in their defense, I did call the writing in the game "bad", "boring" and "amateur", which sorta entitles me for verbal abuse
lmao, in their defense, I did call the writing in the game "bad", "boring" and "amateur", which sorta entitles me for verbal abuse
Nice! I'll probably get around to it later. FFXVI and Trails into Reverie I have lined up so I think I can squeeze in MGS2 before ACVI comes out in late Aug. But hope you like it! I've heard MGS2 and 3 a lot of people love. So im curious to see what you think of it.
@molochthagod was it your VA-11 Hall-A review when that incident happened? Honestly I think the review is fine. As someone who loves the game dearly i really respect you going out your way to try it a second time when other's would throw it into space and never see it again. The fact you also detailed your experience and why you couldn't get into it is fair. Your experience actually lined up with how I started the game actually. I was absolute shite in how to make drinks lol. "bad", "boring" and "amateur" are words I think is fine to display your feelings about the game. If anything it adds life to a review imo. And offers a perspective you wouldn't otherwise see in traditional reviews.
@molochthagod was it your VA-11 Hall-A review when that incident happened? Honestly I think the review is fine. As someone who loves the game dearly i really respect you going out your way to try it a second time when other's would throw it into space and never see it again. The fact you also detailed your experience and why you couldn't get into it is fair. Your experience actually lined up with how I started the game actually. I was absolute shite in how to make drinks lol. "bad", "boring" and "amateur" are words I think is fine to display your feelings about the game. If anything it adds life to a review imo. And offers a perspective you wouldn't otherwise see in traditional reviews.
@Detectivefail I appreciate your understanding. I mostly write reviews for myself, so I tend not to hold back from expressing negative feelings, but at the same time I don't go out of my way to trash a game. I usually don't hate games, and when I do it's usually for either personal or ideological reasons. I actually have a private list of games I hate, and it's only like 6 titles, most of which I still consider quite decent games. When I rate a game below 2.5 stars that means rather that I'm indifferent than angry.
And if I know some of my friends/acquaintances might be offended by my words, I will try to moderate my language, I'm not a sociopath. It's only when I get attacked for my opinion, I tend to get more hostile. Ironically, those people that get mad at my reviews, tend to be much harsher on games they dislike. They don't follow their own rules.
And if I know some of my friends/acquaintances might be offended by my words, I will try to moderate my language, I'm not a sociopath. It's only when I get attacked for my opinion, I tend to get more hostile. Ironically, those people that get mad at my reviews, tend to be much harsher on games they dislike. They don't follow their own rules.
@molochthagod This is crazy, but I also didn’t really have the internet until I was 13. And yeah, finding out everyone apparently hated the prequels BLEW. MY. MIND. I had NEVER heard anyone say a bad word about them and then all of the sudden it was like I was the only person in existence who even liked them. Crazy.
Anyways, I think it’s a mix of both not enough education and guidance paired with the wrong kind of education and guidance. Tinfoil hat/conspiracy theory time, but I remember growing up so many movies featured a message of basically “believe and yourself and your views. Stand up for them and don’t let anybody say otherwise!” Seems like the kids from my generation grew up hearing that stuff so much they seriously took it to heart and with parenting standards steadily dropping even back then it led to our current state where just about everyone is super opinionated and intolerant of those who dare think differently than them. As for the homogenization, to me it stems from people’s desire to feel part of something bigger so they latch onto some mainstream sounding idea and defend it to the bitter end. Ironically missing the actual point of those films, which were really telling them to stand apart from the crowd. I hope I expressed all that intelligibly lol.
Also, I have to agree with @Detectivefail on your VA-11 review. I don’t think that type of terminology is unfair to use, especially if that’s how you genuinely felt. Harsh? Maybe, and if they wanted to give their take on why I’m their minds you were too critical for using words that strong it may not have bothered me as much. None of them mentioned your comments on the writing though, it was all about you not getting the “gameplay” (drink making) and honestly that wasn’t even truly their issue. They were just upset you didn’t like the game at all.
Anyways, I think it’s a mix of both not enough education and guidance paired with the wrong kind of education and guidance. Tinfoil hat/conspiracy theory time, but I remember growing up so many movies featured a message of basically “believe and yourself and your views. Stand up for them and don’t let anybody say otherwise!” Seems like the kids from my generation grew up hearing that stuff so much they seriously took it to heart and with parenting standards steadily dropping even back then it led to our current state where just about everyone is super opinionated and intolerant of those who dare think differently than them. As for the homogenization, to me it stems from people’s desire to feel part of something bigger so they latch onto some mainstream sounding idea and defend it to the bitter end. Ironically missing the actual point of those films, which were really telling them to stand apart from the crowd. I hope I expressed all that intelligibly lol.
Also, I have to agree with @Detectivefail on your VA-11 review. I don’t think that type of terminology is unfair to use, especially if that’s how you genuinely felt. Harsh? Maybe, and if they wanted to give their take on why I’m their minds you were too critical for using words that strong it may not have bothered me as much. None of them mentioned your comments on the writing though, it was all about you not getting the “gameplay” (drink making) and honestly that wasn’t even truly their issue. They were just upset you didn’t like the game at all.
@TheQuietGamer wow, what a coincidence! So we both remember the good old days of blissful ignorance, when there was no monolithic mainstream opinion that you had to either conform to or rebel against. Regarding the prequels, thankfully they're starting to enjoy a bit of a revival these days.
I have to disagree with you on your hypothesis linking the problem in question to the films that taught us to stand up for our beliefs though. If that was the case, people would protest against governments and corporations more, but in reality they can't even protest Reddit properly. It seems to me that people today are more apathetic than ever. Yes, everyone is super opinionated, but also extremely malleable. We could speculate on what exactly is going on and why, but that would be venturing into topics that are perhaps too big for a comment section on a video game website.
About the VA-11 review, I suppose you're right. They didn't bother to actually debate me, they just wanted to insult me, disregarding their own hypocrisy in doing that. Sadly, this is nothing new though, I've been observing this kind of behavior on Letterboxd for years now. This is partly the reason I don't even engage in debates with strangers anymore.
I have to disagree with you on your hypothesis linking the problem in question to the films that taught us to stand up for our beliefs though. If that was the case, people would protest against governments and corporations more, but in reality they can't even protest Reddit properly. It seems to me that people today are more apathetic than ever. Yes, everyone is super opinionated, but also extremely malleable. We could speculate on what exactly is going on and why, but that would be venturing into topics that are perhaps too big for a comment section on a video game website.
About the VA-11 review, I suppose you're right. They didn't bother to actually debate me, they just wanted to insult me, disregarding their own hypocrisy in doing that. Sadly, this is nothing new though, I've been observing this kind of behavior on Letterboxd for years now. This is partly the reason I don't even engage in debates with strangers anymore.
How get internet soy baits upset 101
@molochthagod Good points, and yeah this probably is a bit excessive for a Backloggd comment section. And yeah, I’ve been enjoying seeing the prequels getting a bit more love these days.
As someone who grew up with (and is still a fan of) the Skylanders series of games, which have been viewed upon as nothing more than a cash grab and had to feel the wrath of the Spyro fanbase, for more than a decade, I definitely agree with your sentiment of the internet ruining things, but I would put the blame on the bigger spokespersons of the times and people blindly agreeing with them.
People on the internet always looked for someone telling them why they should like something already popular/hating something unpopular, but (and I will use Skylanders again, because it's an interesting case study,) when Scott the Woz, who I would consider one of the more popular videogame YouTubers currently, made a video back in 2021 on said series, in which he took a more neutral stance on the franchise and people have since seemed to lighten up on it.
I've seen more and more people even talking positively about them and the avg. ratings of Skylanders Giants and Skylanders Swap Force have risen by ~.3* since, which is probably helped by the site growing exponentially in the last two years.
People on the internet always looked for someone telling them why they should like something already popular/hating something unpopular, but (and I will use Skylanders again, because it's an interesting case study,) when Scott the Woz, who I would consider one of the more popular videogame YouTubers currently, made a video back in 2021 on said series, in which he took a more neutral stance on the franchise and people have since seemed to lighten up on it.
I've seen more and more people even talking positively about them and the avg. ratings of Skylanders Giants and Skylanders Swap Force have risen by ~.3* since, which is probably helped by the site growing exponentially in the last two years.
@Fingerschmaus You bring up an excellent point about the influence YouTubers have. I’ve noticed the fanbases of a lot of the bigger channels I’m subscribed to can be fanatical to the point of borderline, if not outright, worshiping these content creators. I’m aware it’s (mostly) the younger ones posting the weird “isn’t everything they do wonderful” comments, but just about everyone seems swayed by even their passing remarks on whatever they’re covering. I also feel like people put a lot of stock into lengthy video essays, like the one you posted. We are definitely living in the influencer era.
@molochthagod I'm late, but in regards to your last response to me. I think that's fine to do. I forget off the top of my head to name individuals who review games for themselves. So, you're not alone in doing that! I think it's a cool way to organize your thoughts without thinking about readers and purely focus on the review for yourself. I actually have a list of games I personally dislike as well. Although, I haven't published one yet. And frankly idk if I have it in me to write pages or less than a page on a game I'm indifferent on too. Perhaps in the future I will, if I ever playthrough a game that leaves me with a lot of oof's and facepalming.
@Detectivefail I suppose my reviews aren't really "reviews", but more just a description of my experience. Most of the time I don't put a lot of effort into them. In fact they can be quite boring to read because I simply try to outline exactly what I liked and disliked about a game.
It's just that I've played a shit ton of games in my life, most of which I abandoned. And now looking back, I often feel like perhaps I was unfair to this or that game, and choose to revisit them. These reviews should help for these scenarios in the future, so that I could always just look at my review and remember exactly what the game was like. But also sometimes it's just fun to look at your history of gaming and remember what your life was like when you played certain games. It's like a journal of experiences. I suppose an equivalent of photo albums most people tend to keep.
But yeah, sometimes a game is so disgusting in its very essence, I also have little to say about it. For example, if it's a freemium cashgrab or an NFT-based game. Some games are just abhorrent to me by their very nature. Then again sometimes I just feel like I don't have to review a game to remember it. I think the only important rule here is to never force it.
It's just that I've played a shit ton of games in my life, most of which I abandoned. And now looking back, I often feel like perhaps I was unfair to this or that game, and choose to revisit them. These reviews should help for these scenarios in the future, so that I could always just look at my review and remember exactly what the game was like. But also sometimes it's just fun to look at your history of gaming and remember what your life was like when you played certain games. It's like a journal of experiences. I suppose an equivalent of photo albums most people tend to keep.
But yeah, sometimes a game is so disgusting in its very essence, I also have little to say about it. For example, if it's a freemium cashgrab or an NFT-based game. Some games are just abhorrent to me by their very nature. Then again sometimes I just feel like I don't have to review a game to remember it. I think the only important rule here is to never force it.
@Fingerschmaus I've witnessed this phenomena too. Influencers can affect ratings heavily. I've seen movies lose 1 or 2 points (i.e. going from 7/10 to 6 or 5) on film websites precisely after some popular youtuber would put out a video trashing them. And they never recovered to this day.
FallenGrace
11 months ago
Anyway! It's been many years since I played this and I never finished it. My issue with it was some of the absurd cutscenes I found really off putting as the game went on but this became more of a series staple and as time went on I realised the whole series really isn't something I enjoy except for the PS1 original.