Western review sites not caring about musou isn't a diverse opinion, it wasn't until they started smuggling the genre in with Zelda that it escaped being the genre you shovel off to the intern to review. FPS games don't get stuck with that situation.
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Replying to @yakityyakblah
I think this notion that every game should be reviewed by someone who’s predisposed to love it is a huge problem. Do we just want fan celebrations that validate our tastes or do we want real critical engagement? Those two things are at odds with each other.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
Nobody will ever be as predisposed to love something as someone who doesn't like the concept of the game will be to dislike it. People who love a genre are incredibly critical down to the minute detail. All that a person who doesn't can tell you is their cold as hell take genre.
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Replying to @yakityyakblah
Where are all these “incredibly critical” reviews you speak of?
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
An 8 out of 10 that talks specifically about how the combat compares to contemporaries is more critical in the traditional sense than a more negative review with no depth or insight into the game. A 6 from a fan is more damning than a zero from someone who doesn't like the genre.
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Replying to @yakityyakblah
I don't think there's "one right way" to do it. Some shooter expert talking about Fortnite might have qualms about how the shooting compares with other games but if another critic disregards that entirely to talk about tone, setting, other mechanics, etc., that's fine by me.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle @yakityyakblah
I've written at length about what I want from the critical landscape. But you can rest assured that you are in the dominant, mainstream position here, and that the status quo shows no indication of changing any time soon, so my attitude is no threat.https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/ruthless-individuality-criticisms-past-and-hopefully-its-future-d1ffbf3bb2c8 …
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
I think we disagree less than you might expect. My issue is really focused on this one very common review. It isn't novel to get someone who thinks musou is a bad genre to review it. Getting people who don't like a Japanese niche genre to review it is very common, for decades.
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Replying to @yakityyakblah
Well, then I guess I just think you're being reductive about what that PC Gamer review is. But that's fine.
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
Totally fair. My takeaway was that it mostly lamented the genre switch from rpg to musou and did not explore the musou aspect beyond the very common genre critique of it being repetitive button mashing. It tells me nothing that wasn't apparent from the basic concept of the game.
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To me it’s arguing that the shift to this genre loses the very things that made P5 interesting/worthwhile in the first place. I think that’s valid.
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