• Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    Bold to call something that came out a month ago and I doubt many people have heard of “one of the best games of the year”.

    It could be very good, but it sounds like it’s barely been played yet.

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      1 year ago

      I feel like a month is plenty of time to play a game and form an opinion on its quality. Am I missing something?

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think that’s enough time for enough people to play it, to call it one of the “best games of the year”

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          1 year ago

          It’s the end of the year so if it sticks out to them after playing it potentially for many hours I really think that’s not crazy at all

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      1 year ago

      The implication here is that in order to be considered a potential game of the year it has to hit some arbitrary player count?

      I’ve played plenty of games over the last decade or so that an awful lot of people would never have played, let alone heard of but that shouldn’t diminish someone’s opinion of its quality.

      • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org
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        1 year ago

        No, the implication is that when a major website reviews a game “best of the year” often means that it has had a huge effect on the gaming society. Instead it reads like a like a single person’s opinion piece, which makes me feel like I am being tricked into believing this is already a an established amazing game that I should already have known about. I personally am a little more skeptical about a single opinion that I can’t verify than something that a lot more people have played. That is my point. I have no problem believing that they believe this is a great game.