Aaron has caused a lot of anger at gamefaqs.

[Titan]

Just a question. Isn\'t a review nothing but the writers opinion about what is being reviewed? I don\'t think I\'ve ever read a restaurant review that was "indifferent". They said what they felt of the food. If they hated it, they said it, if they liked it, they said so. Same goes for movies, TV and video games. One of my professors is a TV reviewer and he was talking about shows he reviewed for this fall and he said which ones he liked and didn\'t and wrote about why. That is the point of the review. If soemone agrees with it, then they agree with it, if not, then they can write a counter review. That\'s why users write reviews on sites because a professional review is different from a user review. Professionals are paid to be critical and users are just saying their opinions.

can we get back to the original point which was inconsistencies being pointed out in aaron\'s review?

[GmanJoe]

I\'m still playing the game. Aaron needs a new hobby. This game is at worst, 8.5 out of 10.

To throw it in the level of mediocrity is shameful. Perhaps Aaron should work for G4, they trounce on the PS system there quite often.

I tend not to read anything you read, because ninety percent of the time it is complete garbage, but this part struck me as funny.  What is so "bad" about his review? As I\'ve stated time and time again, he done his job. He wrote about the game, explained the game and gave his opinion on the game after he was finished.

Too bad I thought you changed but it seems that nothing can change you. Not even after you got banned for your arrogance and bad attitude.

Yeah we all know he has done his job. Congrats for stating the obvious....."again". But just like in any job, anyone can do mistakes or bad work.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

i still fail to understand how his own opinion on a game could be wrong.  I understand the structure of his review isn\'t great, but people seem more concerned about the negativity towards a game he disliked.

we\'re not contesting he didn\'t like the game and voiced his negativity about it ><

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

yea umm no kidding mm, thats what i just said.



try to keep up.

yeah, you\'re pointing out the obvious as usual.  you didn\'t need to post at all.

[clips]

Three pages strong?....Aaron\'s career is over?....naw, this is just going to spread his name all over the net-world....I can see where both LIC and mm are comin\' from....when a person reviews a game, they should review that game based on the overall quality of the game,...no personal tastes should be involved at all....just like when car mags reviews let\'s say a ferrari...no-matter what they will always agree that the said ferrari will always do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds,...if another car mag reviews the same ferrari but favors Lambo\'s heavily and states that the same ferrari does 0-60 in like 6 seconds then something is amiss.

That said tho alot of people in the reviewing or critic business will sometimes pick a reviewer that specializes in that specific category, so maybe you\'ll have somebody who reviews rpg\'s and holds all rpg\'s to be able to stack up to final fantasy games, all of the final fantasy games are good in general, but you may find people (as was said earlier) that don\'t like the set-up of the final fantasy games...

Then you have people that review games that not a fan of the genre at all, and to me that\'s a huge mistake,..i\'ve read reviewers actually say,.."well soinso isn\'t here this week so i\'m doing the review of this game, but i\'m not a huge fan of this genre, but i\'ll give it my best shot"......but i will say this,..people gettin their thongs in a twist over this really is scary...cause it really just isn\'t that serious,... just rent the game and see if you like it yourself.

[Titan]

Three pages strong?....Aaron\'s career is over?....naw, this is just going to spread his name all over the net-world....I can see where both LIC and mm are comin\' from....when a person reviews a game, they should review that game based on the overall quality of the game,...no personal tastes should be involved at all....just like when car mags reviews let\'s say a ferrari...no-matter what they will always agree that the said ferrari will always do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds,...if another car mag reviews the same ferrari but favors Lambo\'s heavily and states that the same ferrari does 0-60 in like 6 seconds then something is amiss.

I read car and driver and the review sthey do, they still give the pros and cons and their opinions on the car.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

How can anyone review anything with a rating system without an opinion. It would make the rating null and void.  Of course personal opinion comes into play, how can it not. You\'re reviewing something that you\'re personally playing / driving etc.  

For example the car response. You\'ll say factual crap, but you\'ll also talk about how the car feels when driving it, its response to your driving abilities crap like that. Most people will respond differently to this kind of thing, it\'s the same with games. As the saying goes, to each their own. We all play games differently, we all react to games differently and we all respond to games differently. Play a game without any bias?!  bs!

It depends on what that opinion is and where it is based on. How was it formed? Is it because of predetermined personal tastes? Is it because you feel that something was wrong in general regardless of your tastes? Is it because you tend to grasp on unimportant things? Being objective doesnt mean you dont express an opinion.

I for example often get very very bored with a GT game. And there are pretty good reasons for being bored. And I can point out what makes me bored, and if I reviewed the game based on what makes me enjoy a driving game it might have gotten a 7. But still, I can also understand what the game really is and can describe what makes it a great driving sim and a must have for driving fans. Under this point of view I can easilly give it a 9+. Both are personal opinions.

There are games I hate but I can point out to a friend the great things about them because I know that, taking out my personal taste and crankiness, they are very good titles for someone else who is neutral to enjoy. I dislike GRAW for many obvious reasons, but I reckomend it  as a very good option to my friends who are looking for a good shooter seeking for the elements I dislike, because these elements arent necessarilly bad in a game. They are bad for me.

Anyways. The problem/funny thing here is the overreaction and huge anger of people about his review and not the fact that they didnt like the review and decided to talk about it.

i love how soully continues to argue a point nobody is contesting.

[§ôµÏG®ïñD]

ah, mm.. people are contesting that writing a review with an opinion is wrong. Thats what this entire thread is about. Aaron judging a game and writing his opinion about it.


looking through all the past replies you\'ve had, well some anyway. You\'ve bitched that he\'s used personal opinion and not a un-biased approach to the review.

all reviewers have an obligation to review every game with utter indifference which he simply did not do.

wrong again, people are disputing his review because it goes against what the rest of the professional review community thought of the game.
this isn\'t a cult favorite, this is a proven franchise.
one dude poorly reviewing a great title because of not being subjective, which can have an effect on its sales.
a travesty

soully...he\'s a reviewer, not a critic.

this entire time you\'ve been basically saying personal opinion should stay out of a review.


which is it mm. personal opinion or not?

You\'re all gay. The end.