[–] SkepticalMartian 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
...but that's the thing. If it's just based on your personal opinion and not on any qualitative comparison to other games then it means exactly fuck all. You can call it "the worst game ever" all you want - it simply won't be true anywhere else except your own little world.
It'd be like me saying "Star Wars: A New Hope was the worst movie ever". Well, no, in terms of commercial success and critical acclaim it was a long ways away from that.
A good reviewer tries to put a game in context with what came before it despite his personal feelings. That hasn't happened here.
[–] Cyber_Toon 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
A review is supposed to be what you thought of it, whether you personally had fun playing it, etc. A critic's review of a movie is based off what they feel of it. Almost any movie I look at on rottentomatoes has at least SOME bad reviews by critics, even the most critically acclaimed ones. And even the worst movies have some good reviews. This is why 0% and 100% are rare. While I agree calling it the "worst game ever" may be a bit excessive, he is perfectly right in posting a negative review for a game he personally did not enjoy, and having read his review, it seems to me he had legitimate reasons he didn't enjoy the game. If you give a positive rating, or write a positive review, for a game you thought was terrible, just because everyone else thought it was great, then you are a liar.
[–] BajaNorth 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago (edited ago)
I stand by my original point "If a person doesn't like the pointless story in Darksouls and doesn't enjoy the way the game plays then they can think it sucks. "
After reviewing the comments by SkepticalMartian, I conclude that he is up there on the spectrum. He thinks that "Worst game ever" is something to be taken literally, failing several social cues. Then goes on to declare that all reviews must be quantitative. Might be a smart guy in some ways, but not about things like reviews that have social elements.