The expanded side post, ‘Questions for Cowboys’, a series of questions he’d like to ask everyone who praised Red Dead Redemption 2 + his response to them, hits the nail on the head harder than any other take on the game: http://tevisthompson.com/questions-for-cowboys/ …https://twitter.com/carolynmichelle/status/1111706146622988288 …
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Replying to @HarVeeGee @carolynmichelle
So just because you don’t like a game, everyone else who did are immediately wrong? You do understand there’s more to games than just mechanics right and people react differently to different games or movies? Also, talking about moving mechanics is the most boring shit ever.
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Replying to @MehrdadKazemtab @HarVeeGee
No, but just because mass consensus loves a game, that doesn't mean they're right, either. And here you say "people react differently to different games." Well that's exactly what Tevis is doing, and it's something we see VERY LITTLE OF in mainstream games criticism.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle @MehrdadKazemtab
Yeah it’s not people liking Red Dead 2 which rankles me - people can like what they want - it’s the bizarre degree of critical consensus, especially given how divisive it’s proven out in the wild. Especially given how many 9/10 reviews I read which overall seemed pretty negative?
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The bad assumption at play in games criticism IMO is that the degree to which it’s a technical achievement, the sheer scale and (surface) detail, the absurd number of man hours poured into it, has inherent worth and means that “objectively” you can’t give it a negative review.
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Imagine if we applied that logic to other art. Michael Bay’s Transformers involved countless hours of work from very talented VFX artists and were very difficult and complicated films to make technically speaking, lots of really complex shooting. Are they great films then?
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Replying to @HarVeeGee @carolynmichelle
That is not what I said at all. I specifically said games are more than their mechanics. How certain games make people feel is what is important. Like it or not, RDR2 elicited an emotional response out of many people who played it. And that is why they liked it despite its flaws.
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I still don't understand your argument. The Transformers movies make a ton of money. A lot of fans obviously find them very affecting and exciting. Those people may not be wrong, but neither are the critics who trash those films.
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