I have Destructoid in my RSS feeds and I check it often. Ironically, it's their reviews that I find least interesting. Their honest articles are great and it feels like their writers have a unique personality with specific tastes and style and a often a sense of humour.
However, those positives become annoyances when it comes to their reviews because they lack the objectiveness a review should have. While I didn't mind the FFXIII review (his opinion after all...and ironically people's issues with the game are what I'm enjoying about it LOL) it's the Metro 2033 (or whatever year it is) review that got me completely disinterested in their reviews.
To openly 'give up' on a game because you don't believe in how a game is designed is LUDICROUS. His job is to review games and he should have played the game. Not given up. It's great that he pointed out the fault, but what about the rest of the game?
And of course, the "pro-desctructoid fanboys" say that not giving it a number is more credible than assigning it a ficticious number. I agree, but at the same time, no opinion (or 1/3 of an opinion I suppose) is not a valid one either.
In the end, I generally read game sites for articles about games rather than reviews and Destrucoid is one of the better sites I've come across in that regard. I generally regard their site as "fluff" for the most part and take most of what they say as humourous ramblings.
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However, those positives become annoyances when it comes to their reviews because they lack the objectiveness a review should have. While I didn't mind the FFXIII review (his opinion after all...and ironically people's issues with the game are what I'm enjoying about it LOL) it's the Metro 2033 (or whatever year it is) review that got me completely disinterested in their reviews.
To openly 'give up' on a game because you don't believe in how a game is designed is LUDICROUS. His job is to review games and he should have played the game. Not given up. It's great that he pointed out the fault, but what about the rest of the game?
And of course, the "pro-desctructoid fanboys" say that not giving it a number is more credible than assigning it a ficticious number. I agree, but at the same time, no opinion (or 1/3 of an opinion I suppose) is not a valid one either.
In the end, I generally read game sites for articles about games rather than reviews and Destrucoid is one of the better sites I've come across in that regard. I generally regard their site as "fluff" for the most part and take most of what they say as humourous ramblings.