I disagree, I think eviscerations of a work can be smart, revealing, and fascinating, and it is so, so, so, so very rare to ever have a game critic think that a game is worth eviscerating, and I think that's really unfortunate.
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In other words, what Tevis is calling for, it seems to me, is a depth of feeling, for critics to have the courage of their convictions. Critics in other fields routinely trash mainstream successes (see Green Book), but it's very rare for that to happen in games.
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You know we both agree on that idea. And I see no problem with hating something, obviously! But I do mind Thompson's assumption that not joining in his hatred of this particular thing, and not doing so entirely and concisely, demonstrates a critical failure.
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I've also never read a lengthy Ebert essay devoted to explaining how more nuanced critical evaluation of North By Northwest constitutes a veritable moral failing of those critics.
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Maybe that was because film criticism, as a collective body of work by numerous people at different publications, didn't tend toward consensus on big studio blockbusters, but allowed for a diversity of viewpoints, including many condemnations.
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I think you are RIGHT on about this. Also seen in common(!) 1
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mov reviews. They’re focusing on feeling Thompson prescribing to them personally, but his numbers are a shorthand for making a point which still stands no matter the numbers. Btw: Outrun: CA Dreamin!
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