Despite the fact I
agree with some aspects of Gamer Gate,
I am actually going to defend Polygon's reviewer Arthur Gies.
Gies's review falls under a different category than say gaming
journalists reporting on shit, this is just a person writing his
opinion. Reviews are someone's opinion nothing more. They range
from objective to subjective. As long as the studio or publisher
doesn't pay for an opinion, anything goes. You either take that
opinion seriously when you're deciding to buy that game or movie or
you don't.
Opinions are like
assholes, everyone can bury their faces in them. Wait, how does that
saying go again? Shit. Where's the delete button?
I've been writing
reviews for almost ten years now. No matter what people say,
everything that has influenced you in the past does impact how you
view a piece of material. Everything effects your view or opinion no
matter how objective you are to the piece. That's what opinion
pieces and reviews are about. Unlike reporting the news fairly,
reviews are the opinion of that writer.
Does Gies have a
hangup on the sexualization of Bayonetta? Maybe, but I have my
hangups too. Certain movies, such as Oliver Stone movies that I feel
completely ruin the movie. I feel Stone destroys his stories with
his far left wing views because they take over the narrative. If the
over-sexualization ruins the game for him (Partly), that's his own
opinion and nothing more. Take that with any grain of salt or poop.
This is merely Gies' view, there are so many positive reviews on the
damn game that it doesn't matter if Gies gives the game a lower
rating.
Right now, the game is at 91% on metacritic. That's extremely good
for a Wii U game. His review is merely a drop in a larger bucket
of water. It really isn't part of the bigger battle going on,
For me, if he has
a problem with the sexualization in this game, he should play any of
the Dead or Alive or the Ride to Hell games. His head would explode
(both heads). Seriously, Ride to Hell has some serious problems with
the way it portrays women. Yet, I don't hear many people talking
about that game.
Guys, it is just a
critic writing a review. If you don't like his opinion, make your
own review and counter his when you get the game. We now have the
ability to write and record reviews on our own. I really don't see
this being a part of the bigger GG thing as some would like it to be.
If anything, this
is free advertising for Nintendo and Bayonetta 2. Because both of
them need this game to be a hit.
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