Dan's original Prey review was vindictive and came across like a child's tantrum, if he'd waited a couple of days the patch would've released and fixed things, but no he had to vent his frustration instead of act in a professional manner. We give these people a hard time because they are journalists and journalists are lowest on the list of professions people trust nowadays (fact), with very good reason. There's little to no integrity in that profession anymore. They are literally worse than lawyers now.

Gaming media is full of bribery,cowardice towards greedy companies and lack of respect from reviewers towards gamers.

Youtube is full of sensationalism,obnoxious whining and subpar understanding of gaming technology.

At the same time,gaming has stalled in making progress because publishers are rarely called out for their atrocious practices.

I am glad Persona 5 came out at last. Awesome game.

Game reviews are beyond busted. Just stop calling them reviews and start calling them, "My opinion and why you should base your purchasing decision on what I think of the game."

A review is NOT just an Opinion nor should it ever be. It should have facts based on juxtaposition on similar games that have objectively raised the bar in its given genre. It should also have Opinion to enrich the review and give it depth or another perspective.

It's ok to hate a game, but removing your bias and preference from the review score is an important part of being a reviewer especially since your entire audience will not agree with you.

I mean Prey literally has reviews from 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9's. No longer can someone go up to a friend and say, "Hey man such and such game is getting good scores," because someone can go around and say, "No it isn't, this game reviewer I agree with gave it a really low score and since I only trust his opinion any review that is different from his is utter garbage and doesn't count."

I do believe different opinions are necessary since everyone has different degrees of liking particular mechanics and design, but it's important to maintain a level of fact for those who don't share the same sentiment or preference that the reviewer has.

Since the majority of the industry literally just writes their impression of the game like a damn journal entry and calls it a day I think reviews and reviewers need to go.

Just start calling it an Opinion so we can now say, "Oh, Joe Blow really liked this game and I'm going to get it because I need his approval before I make my decision." And then your friend can reply, "Dick Harry from IGN's opinion is the game is a dumpster fire, so you have fun wasting your money while I miss out because I can't figure out how to make a purchasing decision without this guy's opinion."

I think gaming sites need to have multiple people review the same game. I don't know why this isn't done, oh and a company policy for review sites should be put in to keep personal politics out of the review score process.

Also reviewers need to realize that they are not Rockstars, athletes or celebrities. They play video games and write their opinions, some of these people at the bigger sites think they contribute something special to the world when they don't.

so true but scores are easier ways of looking at reviews and i dont see a problem with it, most mediums have them so i dont agree about not having scores.

There is only one reviewer I trust, that's myself. I have disliked plenty of well received games and enjoyed plenty of poorly received games over the years. I didn't like The Witcher 3 all that much for example, but really enjoyed games like Evil Within, The Order and Thief.

I tend to watch some game play videos and if it looks like my bag, I will buy it, I don't need validation from someone who more often than not, operates from a Mickey mouse website and believes themselves to be some kind of expert on video games.

I think it is useful to look at a particular reviewers track record if you want to try and assess how there opinions stack up against your own if you really do need some steer on whether to buy a game but otherwise, just buy the titles that interest you.

That's the gaming community for you. Hell, they don't even respect each others preferences, it's only natural they act like Saiyans, when a certain game don't get a high score.

This studio was dead before they pulled the trigger. It was clear when Zenimax forced them to start making Redfall as a Live service game they had a mass exodus of their talent. When Ralph Colantonio left and set up Wolfeye the studio just bled developers with as much of 70% of the original team gone by Redfalls release. Microsoft just put them out of their misery, and given that they have made almost no significant improvements to Redfall since they released it, shows that there wasn't a functioning studio to save. Tango Gameworks closure however is a travesty.

Microsoft has pissed me off. Like, I supported the acquisition under the idea of these studios getting to have MS money behind them and security… boy, was I delusional. This company is a real piece of sh*t. I honestly don’t think this brand can recover from the Xbox One reveal debacle and now this. Good job, you morons.

MS aren’t looking for cult classics. They didn’t spend almost 100 billion to make cult classics. Before these acquisitions Xbox was a brand MS supported without much expectations and pressure but not anymore. Companies don’t invest 100 billion and than let them be.

For the 1st time in Xbox brands history there is pressure on them to deliver and make profits. The days of gamepass are also numbered but the subscription itself will be priced much higher moving forward. They will raise the price and if they don’t see the difference in revenue you better believe MS will change course. And I know this may not be a popular opinion but bring back don matrick and he can compete weigh Nintendo and PlayStation. He knew what it took and since than Phil has been labelled the brand savior when all he has done are close studios and cancel games

Scalebound anyone

It's funny, when Microsoft bought all these studios all we saw was xbox fans and websites writing about how all these old dormant franchises were going to be brought back with all the executives fanning the flames in media statements.

I said there was no way that game pass was going to be able to support the current development much less all these other games everyone was saying were right around the corner...

I guess we see how that turned out...