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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 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

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You also get fixed bugs, discounts and "all DLCs included" bundles. Welcome to c/[email protected]!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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