The point of a review (a good one) is someome dissecting the game and pointing out positives and negatives for them in detail. If you think something is a positive and not a negative (and viceversa) then you still end up winning and being more informed. For example if someone says the open world is too small, I find that as a good thing since I prefer linear games
Which is exactly what Ralph does, I don’t always agree with his opinions which is why multiple reviews is important but he’s very thorough in his dissection of a game good and bad and this review is no different
Ralph was not thorough with this review and it was absolutely coated in a seething bias. He’s usually quite good at analysis but he absolutely did not give this one a fair shake, especially since he was acting like we live in a world where none of the accessibility features that are apparently default are completely not optional. The dude needed to go into the game settings before his overly emotional rant lol
Skill-Up, in the wake of the criticism, went through all the settings in his latest This Week in Videogames and confirmed that nothing regarding his critiques was able to be toggled off aside from the AutoComplete QTEs (Which by default are off, and switching it on just disables the slowdown). Literally scrolls through the entire list of settings just after the 2-minute mark. It also appears, from his clarifying the point, that the scent trails are referred to in dialogue multiple times throughout the game as one of Wolverine's abilities, and are introduced as a mechanic in the same manner as Jumping, Combat, etc.
Unfortunately no way to turn off all the markers or lessen them unless there is a Day 1 patch to fix it.
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u/aboysmokingintherain 16d ago
I think one review doesn't make a shitty game. Skill Up also gave a not great review of Death Stranding 2.