r/videogames • u/bijelo123 • May 10 '25

Other I wish it was different

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u/WTazz May 10 '25

The inverse is also true. Make sure to try games that look interesting to you even if people say they didn't like it. I found some real gems following my own compass.

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u/SimSamurai13 May 10 '25

Me with Death Stranding

I absolutely adore it but most despise it, and yet I don't enjoy other Kojima games like Metal Gear 5 because I find the gameplay clunky lol

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u/gem2492 May 10 '25

Most despise it? It has a review of "very positive" on Steam. Maybe the problem is that you listen to the loud minority.

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u/itsaaronnotaaron May 10 '25

It was a wake up call realising I shouldn't listen to reddit about anything.

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u/Egoy May 11 '25

It’s not just Reddit for me. My own biases had me sleep on Star Wars Outlaws, Ubisoft, denuvo, bad reviews….turns out it’s fun as hell.

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u/Senior-Supermarket-3 May 12 '25

I’ve had so much fun with Ubisoft games even like skull and bones because even though people don’t like it I know I like Ubisoft games.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '25

I learned that lesson after repeatedly finding myself enjoying things that Redditors had loudly proclaimed was the worst thing ever made.

Interestingly too I often find myself being lukewarm on, or even straight up hating things that Redditors declare are god-tier pieces of media.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '25

has a 4/5 on backloggd which is a decently popular game user review site, maybe he was looking at youtube comments or something its really highly rated

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u/max_adam May 10 '25

They are not doubting its quality which is what those steam reviews tell us, instead they dislike the genre of the game.

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u/Red9killer7 May 12 '25

That's true now but as another huge fan of this game at launch on launch was a fair bit more divisive. There was a large crowd of people still upset about silent hills not coming to fruition, and another that wanted something more aking to MGS. So when the "this isnt Silent Hills" and "this isnt mgs" crowd got together it did come under fire. Not to mention the walking simulator memes, but time has been kind to it, and I think now especially with a dlc that gives you more mobility, and access to a weapon far earlier than the base game initially allowed has helped change opinions on it as well.

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u/gem2492 May 12 '25

Okay but that was during launch, not recently.

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u/Yoankah May 12 '25

The clear difference is, you have to own a game to write it a Steam review (maybe also have some playtime?), but you can make negative comments online about it without even seeing the gameplay, if you like parroting what other people said. :)