I think I found the most pretentious video game review site ever.

[Nautical Honors Society]

I mean I have no problem with the fact that they gave L.A. Noire a 50, but just read how this review is written.

It's more about the writing than the review itself. Yuck.

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/review-l-noire

Edit: Some people may have gotten confused but this thread has nothin to do with Extra Credits or any other Escapist related material. Just click the link. Sorry if this note seems obnoxious I'm just making sure eveything is clear.

 

[Grotch Willis]

Wow, it looks like Yahtzee has lost the pretentious bastard of the year award to who ever wrote that. that guy is a grade A twat.

 

[Grotch Willis]

Sorry for the double post, but he was more concerned with the small details than the actual game play itself. He tries to over think the storyline of the game like its one of those pieces of art that is supposed to have hidden meaning when to every normal person in the world just thinks its a goddamn picture of a giraffe.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

Wow, it looks like Yahtzee has lost the pretentious bastard of the year award to who ever wrote that. that guy is a grade A twat.

Check out his review of stacking...look how he formatted his paragraphs.

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/review-stacking

 

[Sticky Squid]

I don't like the way he writes at all.
I could deal with somebody being incredibly arrogant so long as it is actually a good review, but this is...

 

[SammiYin]

Wow, even this site pales in comparison.
I didn't read too much, but maybe he's taking the piss? I've seen some backlash from La Noire criticism and that's been pretty elitist in itself.

 

[Grotch Willis]

To reiterate my point, my quote about the giraffe. I will say this, at least yahtzee is a gamer. He understands what the concept of video games supposing to be fun is. This guy just sounds like he is only doing this job because he thinks he is a sofisticated taint that thinks he can review video games, because someone stupidly hired him.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

That's even worse than this site.

And I find this site epically pretentious.

 

[Alon Shechter]

Yeah.
But I liked it.

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

I feel like my brain has been molested. Eurgh...that was a terrible review, regardless of how it was written. Which, admittedly, was disgusting.

 

[Viking Incognito]

50 out of what?

 

[DonMartin]

I think he's just taking a piss. Either he's trying to be funny, or act like a pretentious prick just for the fun of it. I cant imagine him being serious about what he writes.. Mind you, the other writers on the site seem fairly decent.

 

[Nautical Honors Society]

50 out of what?

100...kinda harsh.

 

[viranimus]

I dont know he seems to bring up a few good points from what I saw.

 

[Cenequus]

I don't like the way he writes at all.
I could deal with somebody being incredibly arrogant so long as it is actually a good review, but this is...

I don't know,I've read now several reviews(they aren't written by the same person btw)and while I agree the L.A. Noire focuses on a non-issue or more like an issue related to open world games,others reviews are actually enjoyable to read and have a certain flow to them that stops you scrolling down to the score vote(which after such detailed article there's no point of putting a number).

 

[TheIronRuler]

I mean I have no problem with the fact that they gave L.A. Noire a 50, but just read how this review is written.

It's more about the writing than the review itself. Yuck.

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/reviews/review-l-noire

It's like he's writing a work of fiction in prose.

 

[Julianking93]

I've seen worse on this site, to be honest.

 

[Shameless]

You know what ? I actually like this guy, he does have SOME valid points, and seems like we shouldn't take him too seriously.

 

[Viking Incognito]

I will submit that his word choice makes him seem like he is trying too hard to sound smart, I think it is an overall interesting idea.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

Wow, I've never seen someone drag out "the citizens make comments about what you do" into such pathetic pseudo-intellectual-sounding bullshit in my life. It's just a game dude, you don't need to make it sound like you're righting a book on human psychology.

I'm just glad it was a written article and I didn't have to listen to the smug tones of some douche who loves the sound of his own voice so much he probably masturbates to audio recordings of himself.