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    1. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020

      It seems to me that these folks often have to bend over backwards trying to explain that although they feel deep affection for a game, they still recognize that it is, of course, bad, as we can all recognize just by looking at it. It is objectively bad.

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    2. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020

      IMO: If a game is fun, or if you like it for whatever reason, if you find it strangely beautiful or captivating or whatever, it's good, no matter how janky it is. If it's "polished" but dull, it's bad, no matter how refined it is.

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    3. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020

      A broken game can feel alive and revelatory and beautiful. A "well-programmed" (ugh) game can feel suffocating and sterile. I really wish we could abandon altogether these "objective" notions of video game quality and trust our own individual, deeply subjective tastes.

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    4. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @carolynmichelle

      That makes sense. I think, for me at least, the form of criticism that you take issue with remains at situationally* useful. When I recommend a game - or any piece of media for that matter - I try to be honest about what I think its strengths and flaws are.

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    5. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB @carolynmichelle

      To use a somewhat recent example, I love Final Fantasy XV with all my heart. But I also see that there are a lot of things that might stop somebody from liking it in the same way that I do. I think it has a good story on-paper that is poorly told story in-game. (cont.)

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    6. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB @carolynmichelle

      The gameplay is flashy in a way that I personally find really satisfying, but it’s also not very challenging. The large open world is beautiful, but often devoid of things to actually find. The core band of characters are delightful to me, but the side characters are often bland.

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    7. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB @carolynmichelle

      The game also doesn’t treat its female cast very well, with the person we are told to be the main heroine of the story hardly getting any time on-screen, and the others being largely stereotypes and eye-candy without much depth to them.

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    8. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB @carolynmichelle

      I suppose my point is; if I love something, I try my best to understand what it is about the thing I love. *The situation being: “This person doesn’t have the time, money, or some other reason to try games too much, and I’m trying to give them my best recommendation.”

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    9. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB @carolynmichelle

      I do agree that the general need that folks often feel to qualify their love for something is unfortunate, though, and often problematic to good criticism because it’s ostensibly rooted in cynicism, not good-faith.

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    10. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @ActuallyRGB

      Forgive me but I don’t see what this has to do with what I’m saying. I’m a big advocate for complexity and contradiction in reviews and conversations about games, acknowledging the good and the bad.

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      Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020
      Replying to @carolynmichelle @ActuallyRGB

      I’m talking specifically about the idea that “this game is objectively bad, I know it’s bad, there’s no denying it’s bad, but I like it anyway.” If talking to a friend or whatever you can acknowledge that their reaction to it might be different than yours, that’s different.

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        2. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 5 Oct 2020
          Replying to @carolynmichelle @ActuallyRGB

          But I think too often people sell their own tastes short, and yes, in mainstream game reviews I still think these notions of objectivity hold too much sway and I wish more people wrote from a place of their own personal intrinsic tastes. I admit I do want that.

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        3. Roman German Baca‏ @ActuallyRGB 5 Oct 2020
          Replying to @carolynmichelle

          Oh, I see! I misunderstood and assumed your discussion was about critique in games on all-levels and not just personal ones. I myself often have trouble separating all of my opinions - called “professional” and “personal”, though I find that they are considered exclusive silly.

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