The backlash is insane, and disheartening. I can’t pretend it’s not getting to me.
If IGN had rated this anywhere from 7/10 to 9/10,
Do you think this game would have received the same kind of backlash?
It feels like everyone is presently dogging on this game. It’s strange because I immediately recognised it as something of substance during and after my first play through. I think this is a great game by all regards.
Though my trust in my taste has been rocked by just how much people seem to froth at the mouth with hatred for it. Ultimately I have come to feel slightly alienated and resentful of the gaming community at large even though the gamergate crowd is a small, unbearably loud and malicious minority. I don’t like that I feel this way, but it’s the truth.
And it’s put me in a weird position where because the discourse is so insane and based on bad faith arguments, that I’m having a hard time admitting the faults and flaws of the game. There is a conversation to be had about how so much of the entertainment industry/gaming industry relies on the wealth of nepotism, or the originality of the story, or about what constitutes an indie game. But ultimately, I find it impossible to have an actual conversation about these things while the discourse is so incredibly toxic and angry as it is now.