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I have friends who enjoy No Man's Sky very much. Don't buy into the "mass rage" that spreads from some small number of people crying out loud.

by jontro 9y ago

chc 9y ago
I personally love the movie Spice World. I've known people who enjoyed literally getting punched. The fact that you know someone who enjoys something doesn't mean that thing is generally well-loved. I accept that Spice World was not a very popular movie. That doesn't take away from my enjoyment of it, but my enjoyment also doesn't negate its lack of popularity.
TillE 9y ago
http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/no-mans-sky/critic-reviews http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/no-mans-sky/critic-reviews
coralreef 9y ago
Mostly negative across 73k reviews. I'll grant there is a lot of bandwagon hating, and that art is subjective. But this is the best data we have to use as a proxy for quality. http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/#app_reviews_hash http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/#app_re...
- abritinthebay 9y ago
  Steam reviews? Yeah, there's never any good reviews for a backlashed Steam game. Steam as a platform is great, but as a community it's a bigger dumpster fire than 4chan.
  - chc 9y ago
    You're not wrong that it could reflect an angry minority, but it's far more reliable than "I know a couple of people who liked that," which is the competing metric in this case.
    - abritinthebay 9y ago
      Not really. That's actually a better metric in most cases if you a) trust the person saying it and b) trust their ability to review friends choices. Quite frankly I find Steam reviews to be one of the worst possible metrics and would trust the octopus that picked world cup winners more than Steam reviews.
      - chc 9y ago
        > That's actually a better metric in most cases if you a) trust the person saying it and b) trust their ability to review friends choices. How so? Whether or not I trust someone has no obvious bearing on whether their opinion closely matches the general consensus. For example, I know someone who likes the 1990 version of Night of the Living Dead better than the original. I absolutely believe her on this point. But it would be ludicrous for me to say, based on her preferences, that the 1990 version is widely considered the definitive Night of the Living Dead.
        jontro 9y ago
        Feels like the conversation got pretty off topic. If a game is entertaining is a matter of personal preference of course. It's another thing entirely to call a game a scam. Looking at the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/ it looks like there is a healthy community playing a lot and game updates are released regularly. My initial point was to give a different view and to try to stop the negative feedback loop this game always gets.
        chc 9y ago
        It's sometimes called a scam because the lead designer was making false claims about the game all the way up to its release, not because it's bad. That's a totally different question. Anyway, it sounded to me like your initial point was that the game is generally well liked and the people who are disappointed should be dismissed as "a small number of people crying," which is both rude to those people and seems to be the opposite of reality. That's why I was like, "Whoa there."
  - ssully 9y ago
    My friend and I periodically just screen cap steam reviews to each other because of how ridiculous they are. Games are consistently dog piled on by various communities and enraged fans who are upset by a game update. It's a shame because the review system has a lot of near features, but the community is completely untrustworthy.
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I have friends who enjoy No Man's Sky very much. Don't buy into the "mass rage" that spreads from some small number of people crying out loud.

by jontro 9y ago

I have friends who enjoy No Man's Sky very much. Don't buy into the "mass rage" that spreads from some small number of people crying out loud.

chc 9y ago

I personally love the movie Spice World. I've known people who enjoyed literally getting punched. The fact that you know someone who enjoys something doesn't mean that thing is generally well-loved. I accept that Spice World was not a very popular movie. That doesn't take away from my enjoyment of it, but my enjoyment also doesn't negate its lack of popularity.

TillE 9y ago

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/no-mans-sky/critic-reviews http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/no-mans-sky/critic-reviews

coralreef 9y ago

Mostly negative across 73k reviews. I'll grant there is a lot of bandwagon hating, and that art is subjective. But this is the best data we have to use as a proxy for quality. http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/#app_reviews_hash http://store.steampowered.com/app/275850/No_Mans_Sky/#app_re...

abritinthebay 9y ago
Steam reviews? Yeah, there's never any good reviews for a backlashed Steam game. Steam as a platform is great, but as a community it's a bigger dumpster fire than 4chan.
- chc 9y ago
  You're not wrong that it could reflect an angry minority, but it's far more reliable than "I know a couple of people who liked that," which is the competing metric in this case.
  - abritinthebay 9y ago
    Not really. That's actually a better metric in most cases if you a) trust the person saying it and b) trust their ability to review friends choices. Quite frankly I find Steam reviews to be one of the worst possible metrics and would trust the octopus that picked world cup winners more than Steam reviews.
    - chc 9y ago
      > That's actually a better metric in most cases if you a) trust the person saying it and b) trust their ability to review friends choices. How so? Whether or not I trust someone has no obvious bearing on whether their opinion closely matches the general consensus. For example, I know someone who likes the 1990 version of Night of the Living Dead better than the original. I absolutely believe her on this point. But it would be ludicrous for me to say, based on her preferences, that the 1990 version is widely considered the definitive Night of the Living Dead.
      - jontro 9y ago
        Feels like the conversation got pretty off topic. If a game is entertaining is a matter of personal preference of course. It's another thing entirely to call a game a scam. Looking at the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/ https://www.reddit.com/r/NoMansSkyTheGame/ it looks like there is a healthy community playing a lot and game updates are released regularly. My initial point was to give a different view and to try to stop the negative feedback loop this game always gets.
        chc 9y ago
        It's sometimes called a scam because the lead designer was making false claims about the game all the way up to its release, not because it's bad. That's a totally different question. Anyway, it sounded to me like your initial point was that the game is generally well liked and the people who are disappointed should be dismissed as "a small number of people crying," which is both rude to those people and seems to be the opposite of reality. That's why I was like, "Whoa there."
- ssully 9y ago
  My friend and I periodically just screen cap steam reviews to each other because of how ridiculous they are. Games are consistently dog piled on by various communities and enraged fans who are upset by a game update. It's a shame because the review system has a lot of near features, but the community is completely untrustworthy.
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