Basically the "100% hit 1-dmg sword vs 50% hit 2-dmg sword" discussion but applied to books, games and movies.
On one hand, we have a piece of media where everything is competently done from start to finish. The story has a goes at a uniform pace with a nice arc, Gameplay stays good throughout and levels have a consistent level of fun and difficulty, bugs are few and far in between and all characters are neat act how they are supposed to act. Your interest never wanes and at the very worst, some parts just dip to above-average but rarely for long. If there was a percentage review, it'd be a good 75%.
Examples that spring to mind would be Big blockbusters stuff like Avengers or Skyrim.
On the other hand, we have this media where quite a bit of it is Meh. Some of the characters are dull as dishwater, some levels are forgettable at best and annoyingly frustrating at worst, and there are moments where the story just shits itself. Just as you are about to write it off, you hit a setpiece or moment, meet a character or start a level that defies all expectations with how amazing they are, where you would immediately call your friend to talk about hem and you'd be so satunned that you would ignore all the past boredom and the next half hour of tedium. Its just sad that the next amazing part is an hour away. Reviews would award it 90% if the rest of it wasn't a 60%.
Examples to me would be stuff like Morrowind, Pacific Rim or the new Godzilla.
Now imagine you are at a store with enough money to buy one of these. And for the purpose of discussion, lets say you DON'T pirate or shoplift it because the point of this question is learning your preference. Smartass. Which would you buy? Can you name any piece of media which fit either criteria.
For choices, I chose to ignore those rare transcendent stories where everything is amazing. I also thought not to include both because I knew give the choice that's what most will pick.
That said, I did add the third choice of picking up an Uwe Boll movie in this hypothetical.
For those hipsters who know that stuff that is good is mainstream.
On one hand, we have a piece of media where everything is competently done from start to finish. The story has a goes at a uniform pace with a nice arc, Gameplay stays good throughout and levels have a consistent level of fun and difficulty, bugs are few and far in between and all characters are neat act how they are supposed to act. Your interest never wanes and at the very worst, some parts just dip to above-average but rarely for long. If there was a percentage review, it'd be a good 75%.
Examples that spring to mind would be Big blockbusters stuff like Avengers or Skyrim.
On the other hand, we have this media where quite a bit of it is Meh. Some of the characters are dull as dishwater, some levels are forgettable at best and annoyingly frustrating at worst, and there are moments where the story just shits itself. Just as you are about to write it off, you hit a setpiece or moment, meet a character or start a level that defies all expectations with how amazing they are, where you would immediately call your friend to talk about hem and you'd be so satunned that you would ignore all the past boredom and the next half hour of tedium. Its just sad that the next amazing part is an hour away. Reviews would award it 90% if the rest of it wasn't a 60%.
Examples to me would be stuff like Morrowind, Pacific Rim or the new Godzilla.
Now imagine you are at a store with enough money to buy one of these. And for the purpose of discussion, lets say you DON'T pirate or shoplift it because the point of this question is learning your preference. Smartass. Which would you buy? Can you name any piece of media which fit either criteria.
For choices, I chose to ignore those rare transcendent stories where everything is amazing. I also thought not to include both because I knew give the choice that's what most will pick.
That said, I did add the third choice of picking up an Uwe Boll movie in this hypothetical.
For those hipsters who know that stuff that is good is mainstream.
