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> 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 n
by 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 agoFeels 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 agoIt'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."