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Starfield review controversy traces game journalism's orbital decay (www.gamesindustry.biz)

submitted 10 months ago by EnglishMobster@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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More concerning than Bethesda's decision to withhold early review codes from certain outlets is how heavily some sites are relying on the game to drive their business.

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[–] manapropos@lemmy.basedcount.com 38 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Stuff like this is why I never buy new games. Not only can you not trust the critics, but players get so blinded by hype and buyers remorse that they’ll ignore everything bad about the games they love.

It’s always wiser to wait for the hype to die down and see what the retrospective consensus is

[–] YorddleZiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

You also get fixed bugs, discounts and "all DLCs included" bundles. Welcome to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml!

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 9 points 10 months ago

It's not like we'd be lack of games to play anyway (avoiding eye contact with my Steam library)