King Billi said:
I actually don't like hearing peoples opinions on endings and stories at all if I haven't seen it through to the end myself.
Hearing people go on about how terrible the ending of Assassins Creed 3 is even though they haven't actually spoiled it by going into details is just as irritating to me as my experience and expectations are going to be coloured by knowing this and I would honestly prefer if people just shut up altogether most of the time.
Now obviously if I'm really hung up about something I can always make the effort to remove myself from the internet and block out all opinions and information until I've finished a game myself but alot of the time unfortunately my willpower isn't that strong.
I don't have that problem personally. I see people stat walking dead season 2 (the show) is worse than 1 and then when I got around to it couple weeks ago, I thought it was 10x better for very specific reasons. I disagree with many popular opinions on writing right now. Dark Knight Rises has terrible writing that is so contrived I could puke and it is completely full of itself. Green Lantern was a good movie (not great) that had some pacing problems. I could go on but that should give you a gist. Many people don't know why they like or dislike something and there isn't anything wrong with that. However, this is why other people's statements don't bother me much maybe. I know a few guys that after watching a movie/playing a game, they aren't sure what they think and it takes them time and multiple experiences with it to sort it out. I know other guys that will like or dislike something and can't tell you why. I am the only person I know who can walk out of a theatre/beat a game and know exactly why I did or didn't like it and can go on in detail about it on the spot regardless of popular opinion about it. I came out of DKR theatre mad that they wasted 3 hrs of my time on a Batman movie trying to be artistic when it wasn't. I came out complaining about scene after scene. Later that week I saw a review where a guy caught a couple retarded plot devices that I had even missed and trust me, my list was long.
However, the only person I have met in real life who thinks the movie is terrible is my brother. I work with a lot of guys who think it is a good movie, one of the best of last years movies somehow. They can't say why other than they just think it is good but they like it. Online I have to watch people knock Green Lantern like it is some disgrace and hold DKR up on some ridiculous pedestal and that makes zero sense from a literary standpoint. Now, if you look at it from the standpoint that mob mentality grants Nolan a free pass it makes perfect sense.
My point is, don't let others taint your views based on what they liked or thought about it. Most of the time they have no clue what they are talking about anyways. That may be a dickhead way to see it, but it isn't fabricated. Some people may raise good points, but validate those with your own perspective and not the other way around. If others talking crap on a game you haven't played taints your perception, it means you are seeking validation through their perception.
