So About That Time I [Initially] Gave Hellblade A 1/10…

Jim Sterling - "Sometimes you don’t quite consider every facet of something until the thing is done. Unfortunately this was the case with a previously published review for Hellblade.

The review will be back, but given the personally unprecedented situation, I need to think about it more than I initially did."

[AspiringProGenji]

Woah there Jim...
What's wrong with you!?

[MetalGearsofWar]

He didn't receive his money at first.

[badboyz09]

Exactly! all about the money and attention.

[LightofDarkness]

He never does sponsored videos and works entirely off of his Patreon. None of his videos are monetised. Try again.

[Bathyj]

So attention then. Cos he doesn't like that right?

[Born2Game83]

@bathyj who doesn't like getting attention in the entertainment (movie, game, music) industry????????????

[Mr Pumblechook]

LOL!

[Tech5]

Jim Sterling ran into a game locking glitch and he mistook the glitch as part of bad game design. after realizing the glitch didn't appear again he took back his review. It's not clear which version he tested.

[moegooner88]

He actually included a link to a website selling his merchandise in the original review. How pathetic is this ?

[Cobra951]

How do you think he earns a living, digging ditches?

[moegooner88]

Lets make this the standard for reveiwers then. Each one can have their own merchandise and slam it into their reviews, because advertisements and flambait scores aren't enough.

[Allsystemgamer]

Except he doesn't have advertisers. That's how he makes his money to do reviews.

[moegooner88]

^ so he isn't getting paid when posting his videos on Youtube? Yeah right. This whole " fiasco" got him 100K views in one day, go figure.

[its_JEFF]

^ Yea, apparently none of this videos are monetized. Apparently all his money is make through patreon and merch. TBH pretty much every game/review website has merch store, at this point you're just looking for a reason to hate him... which is fine, but just come out with it. I could see why someone wouldn't like him, totally understandable. I personally don't mind the guy, for better or worse he says what's on his mind and what he thinks.

[Miss_Weeboo]

@LightofDarkness I'll try again. The whole thing is shameful. Imagine what the people that created this game are feeling when a critic completely dismiss years of hard work and gives their game a 1 out of 10. And I'm completely fine with the score, if you truly think this game is sht, if that's your honest opinion then that's what you should give to it. But that's not the case here... "Maybe I really did go a bit too far this time" Really?
I'm not demanding of a critic to be right each time, I don't even care about objectivity anymore: be subjective, give us your opinion, that's fine... The bare minimum I ask of people like him is to have this limit: Am I being honest with this review? That is, to behave like a grown up,not like an immature spoiled little brat: There are more than enough 12 year old ranting about things out there.
And another sign that you are an adult is, when you F*** up you admit your mistakes, and do not make sorry excuses like: Oh you know, at the time I didn't consider every facet of this (F*** u man!)...

[LightofDarkness]

Oh please, talk about a storm in a teacup.

You didn't even bother to find out why he gave it a 1/10, did you? The game has game-breaking bugs, which are trickling out now across the user base. The issues are known to the developers now, but we still await a fix. While I agree that a 1/10 is over--zealous, I would be remiss not to score a game poorly for game breaking bugs, regardless of the level of polish and work that went in to it (my personal scale is <=4/10 for a broken game, depending on how easily broken it is). Broken is broken. You don't release broken products. He has been quite vocal in his crusade against "release now, patch later" release practices, so any one who has followed his work should not be surprised, really.

I think what's apparent here is that you have some strange cognitive bias against the man and are desperate to for this to be a vindicating "gotcha!!" moment, because all narcissists love to quietly seethe and then relentlessly gloat when the apparent hypocrite has been outed. And oh boy, there are a few of those here today.

"And another sign that you are an adult is, when you F*** up you admit your mistakes..."
What do you think this video is about? He apologised and told you his reasoning for doing so. Explaining why he did a thing is not the same as making excuses.

[DaDrunkenJester]

I'm sorry, but if there is a game breaking bug that doesn't allow you to beat the game... the game should get a bad score. Its one thing to be a bad game, it an entirely different thing if the game is broken.

[Miss_Weeboo]

@LightofDarkness You're wrong. (Sorry for any grammatical mistakes, I tried my best)

1) I notice why he gave the game a 1/10 (I read and watch or listen whatever I'm criticizing). By the way he mentions just one bug, not plural. But in any case He was extremely harsh with this game (bias I'd say), and you can see that just by doing a simple search on google of his other reviews: for example, He gave AC Unity, the most iconic modern example of a broken mess, a 5/10. So I didn't know about his crusade against the "release now, patch later" practices, but I'm guessing it started like this year? But then again he criticize those practices (and I can even agree with that criticism) But he is totally fine with giving "Initial" reviews? (by the way he changed the word "Initial" from the title on his website now, probably cause it made him look like a hypocrite)

2) I laugh when I read the second paragraph: I didn't even know who this guy was! (I think I might have seen him some years ago like involved in a controversy, maybe idk, cause I google it and kind of remember his looks, the fascist costume or whatever... but I'm not sure) I don't have a bias against him, I don't know the guy! I don't care about "getting" him. From your words I'm guessing you are a fan of him, and I'm sorry that you felt insulted or angry... But yeah, I profoundly dislike this sort of mediocre journalism.

3) No. That's not what you do when you admit your mistakes. You should Ask for forgiveness and take all the consequences as an adult, you don't justify why you did what you did, trying to make the world "understand".
And No, I'm not getting the vibe here of an apology: I'm sorry. I was completely unfair with this game. I'll try and do it again... More like he wanted to create exactly THIS... This Controversy, People arguing about him, searching on google about him (like I did), getting more clicks, maybe even support from his fans (in the form of money). I guess he succeeded.

[ShadowWolf712]

Bias?

The guy wanted to love the game and absolutely adores the new model of development they're trying to pioneer, why would he be trying to kill this game? He WANTED to love it and WANTS to see it succeed. It's why he took down his old video and even specifically talked to Metacritic to get his score first taken out of the metascore and then changed.

[drunkenspy007]

he's a hack who makes his living of opinions, what did you expect? I'm surprised anyone gives this walking heart attack any attention.

[MegamanXXX]

I honestly think this is one of the best games I played this year. Hellblade is definitely a contender for goty imo

[Ashlen]

Well I guess at least he acknowledged his mistake.

I have liked Jim for a long time I agree with most of what he says about the gaming industry but I can't deny that recently he has become way too self important. It was funny as a joke but when it's serious it's way too much..

I'd really like if he went back to his roots of criticizing the wrongs of the industry and reviewing games and left a bit of the ego behind along with adding a helping of humility because at the end of the day he is creative and entertaining.

[S2Killinit]

I would like to give him the benefit of doubt but there are so many clickbait reviews in the wild that i dont want to let a possible benefactor of clickbait strategy, to get away with their reputation intact.

But yes, at least he is trying to correct it.

[ShadowWolf712]

...how is it clickbait when clicks get him zero revenue?

[S2Killinit]

You think clicks dont get him money? Why?

[Liqu1d]

Clicks give him more attention, more attention can get him more patreon supporters.

[Ashlen]

I am going to say almost assuredly this wasn't about click bait if it was this video wouldn't exist. It was just stupidity if were going to be brutally honest.

Jim is definitely the type of person who wants to be in the limelight, but at the same time he has shown a lot of integrity and personal responsibility.

[S2Killinit]

@Ashlen
I do agree with you on that.

[ShadowWolf712]

Clicks don't get him revenue as he runs no ads on his site. Traffic, or lack thereof, is meaningless to him. He's funded exclusively via donations.

[S2Killinit]

After a certain number of followers on social media, an online personality gains royalty for each click. No ads needed.

[morganfell]

His mistake?

"Sometimes you don’t quite consider every facet of something until the thing is done"

So he is admitting he pushed out an incomplete review? Or he reviewed incomplete code. Either way what he did is simply wrong and the immediate question springs to mind... has he done this before? Did he give a title a great review that did not deserve it? Did he treat another similar to Hellblade?

This is why I could care less for reviews and have never purchased a game or failed to buy one because of remarks by some talking head on the internet. Reviews are willy nilly affairs without the slightest regard for standards. They are all about what side of the bed on which the writer woke up that day...or how much money they can make by taking a certain tack. And anyone that for a second believes he is rethinking his position because he has discovered the deep end of Hellblade - and it does have one, I love the game - is fooling themselves. This is about money pure and simple. His patreon has taken a beating over his 1/10 position and he is backpedaling for the sake of his wallet.

[Allsystemgamer]

No he admitted he should not have published the review because he was angry at the time and not thinking rationally.

His entire experience (which he loved) was ruined because t was impossible for him to complete the game. He would have had to completely restart which should dock points.

He was angry and gave it a 1 because it ruined his experience completely. He shouldn't have gave it a 1 and he admits that.

[Ashlen]

If you actually watched and read Jim's work you'd know the vast majority is more along the lines of video game related entertainment. People watch Jim as much for the spectacle as for anything else.

Reviews are only one part of what he does.

[morganfell]

I have watched his other works and since before he struck out on his own. And like his reviews they do not change my opinion. It isn't just him but rather this thing I have concerning the desire to make up my own mind.

[morganfell]

Why would anyone want to listen to a review by a person that was raging when so many others did not? His rage is even more reason to write him off. How many games did he slam because of some inability to be objective and he let his emotions run unchecked. Sounds more like some annoying child than an intelligent, objective individual capable of rational thought. Thanks for making his backpedaling even more inexcusable.

[pintar32]

He couldn't complete the game becaus it was bugged, hours of work and nothing to fix. How is he wrong? wtf? the code is bad so he is wrong? answer my question.

[pintar32]

Never mind, I have seen you other comments in this thread and your just a biased loser.

[Obscure_Observer]

Too late, fool! The damage to your image is permanent!

[OMGitzThatGuy]

Not.

[psyxon]

Nah, it's true. He's like a whiny kid. Hard to take seriously considering he's 33.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@ps-who cares? What's the take seriously? You're talking about a person that reviews video games.

[Born2Game83]

Its true because you said it????????????? do u think before u type.

[morganfell]

Even if he loses a single viewer over this matter there is damage. The question is concerning how much. And Edmix is correct. This is a nobody on the internet and like so many others he has absolutely zero grading standards. You would be foolish to allow this individual to make decisions or sway you concerning your enjoyment. He is quite similar to that worthless angry joe. He has a shtick and no one should consider him a legitimate reviewer. He is an overblown potato with a mouthpiece that was given him by viewers.

[Obscure_Observer]

@morganfell

"This is a nobody on the internet and like so many others he has absolutely zero grading standards"

I wouldn´t say "nobody"; his 1 out of 10 score for Hellblade alone on Metacritic, droped the game from 81 to 77. That´s a LOT of damage to your game image and potential comercial success these days and age where most gamers relies on Metascores rather than experience the game themselves.

[morganfell]

He is a nobody.

His opinion does not affect me. He has not nor will he change my mind. I do not know him, I am only aware of the persona he portrays, but because he is demonstrated his whorish nature I seriously doubt I would like him as an individual.

A nobody.

He doesn't influence my life outside of providing some ridiculous amusement. Whether he lives or dies I could care less. I would prefer he leave any gaming related endeavor but it doesn't affect me if he stays. He is being laughed at by more than quite a few people, and no developer or publisher or developer is going to alter their plans based on his actions. Thanks to his latest debacle, his motivations are even more transparent than ever.

And you are looking at the metacritic affair in far too simplistic terms. That score will not affects sales. In fact, his actions have served to poke another hole in the ridiculous structure that is metacritic and that is as far as his impact extends.

[Allsystemgamer]

Morgan a "nobody" isn't someone YOU don't like. You clearly don't know what a nobody is.

He's not a nobody. He is known throughout the gaming industry. He has worked for a few big name review sites. He is invited to panels to speak with game devs on how to improve things.

That's not a nobody.

A nobody is the guy who sings on the street with no signage deals.

A nobody is a guy making his first time game in his basement.

Jim sterling isn't a nobody.

[morganfell]

Allsystem,

pronoun: nobody
1. no person; no one.
"nobody was at home"
synonyms: no one, none, not a soul, nary a soul
"nobody was home"
noun
noun: nobody; plural noun: nobodies

1. a person of no importance or authority.
"they went from nobodies to superstars"
synonyms: nonentity, no-name, zero, nonperson, nothing;

Jim Sterling is a person of no importance. Its relative. He isn't to me. At all. Over. Done. Out. One day you will learn people have the importance that you give them. I accord him nothing. Nothing for a nobody.

[Obscure_Observer]

@morganfell

"And you are looking at the metacritic affair in far too simplistic terms. That score will not affects sales."

You don´t have to belive me. Do some research and you´ll find out more about devs threatening reviewers over bad scores on Metacritic. For real!

[ShadowWolf712]

Jim has very clear grading standards, actually. Which is why the 7 he revised this too (despite wanting to give it an 8 or even a 9) is still considered "Good" on his scale.

[Allsystemgamer]

@morganfell

Sweet I guess Bethesda is a nobody because I don't buy their games.

I guess the Seth Rogan is a nobody because I don't like his movies

I guess EVERYONE is a nobody so long as they don't influence YOU.

That's not how that term is used and you know it.

[morganfell]

That is precisely how the term may be applied. You are wrong, and were shown the door and just do not like it. If you have an issue, take it up with Websters. Definitions of multiple sources clearly point to this usage. If you do not like the facts, you do not get to change said facts. Tough. Suck it up buttercup.

And not only to me but in reality he is a nobody in gaming. Think about it. His loud pie eating mouth has had no real impact on gaming. None. In the grand scheme of matters he is nothing, not even a speck in gaming. Were he a developer, a well known voice actor things might be different. He has written and said nothing of real impact in gaming. He uses his big trap to either praise or more often degrade the work of persons far better than himself. But this is to be expected from a nobody.

And I do not like Seth Rogan either but he is an actor. Your analogy, like your attempt to deny the use of nobody, fails. Try comparing like to like. Fat Jim isn't someone you compare to an actor. Instead he is no different than any nameless movie critic. He contributes nothing. Like any critic he is a nobody.

@ Shadow, if he had standards these would be written down in detail. They would be explained to those reading of listening to him bellow so they could understand by what accords he reaches his decisions. They would demonstrate to what he awards weight and for what he detracts praise or points.

And they would be inviolable.

But that is why such things as real standards have disappeared from print and the internet. Such standards prevent one from changing their mind on a whim and going against their own recorded standards because today "they felt like it". Or because their cash throw was threatened and they could not allow something like sticking to their guns to interfere with their bank account. They do not get to interject as much of their worthless personality into the equation.

And face it, reviews are no longer about true evaluation. Instead they concern the rockstar nature of ego driven writers who fail to comprehend they write about an industry in which they do not work. They often damn work they themselves in their talentless world are incapable of replicating. And they live to serve themselves and their own desires instead of conducting reviews for the target demographic. Yes, that would require removing their own personal likes and dislikes from the equation. A feat impossible when they really only write and review to serve their own ego.

[nitus10]

I think pretty much anyone would be annoyed if they were playing a game and enjoying it then put into a situation where the game was effectively locked in that you could not win due to an auto save which effectively prevents you going back.

That now brings me to auto saving. Yes, it is a nice but in many respects a lazy feature in some situations but personally, I prefer to manually save but the downside of that is the fact that if you die and you have not saved you will go back to your last save point which could be hours of lost gameplay. If this happens to you a few time you should learn to save regularly or do you throw a "hissy-fit " and complain the game is too hard. 😊

My personal favourite save feature is the one in the Souls/Borne series where you can effectively save the game by exiting the game but the downside of that is if you die you respawn back at the last bonfire/lantern minus your experience (ie. souls or blood echoes) of which you only have one chance if getting them back.

[rainslacker]

That's not a game breaking bug of the game though, that was by design.

Whether it's a good design principal or not is kind of besides the point here, but it does make it so the review itself is flawed if that was the sole reason that it was downrated, because it seems such a thing is not worthy of taking the game from a decent to high score to a 1....as a 1 is pretty bad.

That being said, to Sterling, it may have seemed game breaking, and as such, I can see a deduction in points, even a 1 if he really thought it was somethiing that grevious. I also feel that a rescore is warranted if it was brought to his attention that was by design, and when thinking on it, and the reasons for it were reasonable, then bump up the score, but also consider if they think it's a good feature or not. At the same time that has to be explained why it was lowered, so the user can decide if it's important to them.

In this case though, I wonder how many times he died to face this bug, because apparently it's quite a high number.

However, I don't think it was the save thing that made him score it so low. It just frustrated him that it was the case.

[rocketpanda]

Damage to his image, lol! Have you watched his videos? He uses dildos, strange masks, boglins, wraps his head in cling film with cornflakes and other weird things. This is hardly damaging, more like some egg on his face.

He makes money from patreon not from Youtube ad revenue. His patreon supporters will still be paying him for a minor review error that you think is some drama the will make him lose relevancy..

@psyxon - If you want to take about whiny children then how about the time he gave a certain Nintendo game a 7/10(which is a good score) and a lot of fans got so angry they decided to DDoS him and send him threatening messages.

[Obscure_Observer]

@rocketpanda

"Damage to his image, lol! Have you watched his videos? He uses dildos, strange masks, boglins, wraps his head in cling film with cornflakes and other weird things. This is hardly damaging, more like some egg on his face."

Yeah, good luck to you both. Enterteiner and patron.

[_-EDMIX-_]

Ok, for those that even care that badly.

I'm doubtful this is going to impact his career he makes a living based on his opinion in view of games.

To my understanding this dude makes like around $11,000 a month simply based on giving his opinion about games.

[rainslacker]

Why is his image relevant to his reviews. I'm not a huge fan of him, but I do respect some of the work he does. I don't typically look to him for reviews, because the stuff he grades on are different than what I look for in games for the most part. His other political discussions about issues in the game industry though are a good thing. I don't always agree with them, or the way he presents them, but he's in a place where he can keep real discourse going and call developers, publishers, and occassionally the community to task, and he more often than not takes the community side on issues. Obviously not the whole community as we are not one voice most of the time, but at least he's doing what he feels is best.

His image is fine. A bad review here or there hasn't ruined any reviewer that I'm aware of. People will forget about this until a time comes when he's inconsistent on some game they either want to love or hate, and even then, it's likely no one will care.

[ocelot07]

I do have to agree with him about the "Release it then fix it" mentality developers have these days. Major bugs that can break a game should be completely ironed out before the game goes gold. I can accept some bugs on release but game breaking ones is is really poor from the developers.

[ArchangelMike]

Well played Jim, I love the honesty. Not all "game breaking bugs" are actually game breaking. It depends on how far back you previous save was. If it was only a matter of retracing 5 -10 minutes of game play, then it's not really a game breaking bug.

[thorstein]

.... because you're a fat idiot that doesn't know what he is talking about but wants clicks to make your fat self relevant.

Why were you fired from two different places again?

[slappy508]

He probably hasnt seen his wiener in years!

[rocketpanda]

Stop making shit up! He left the Escapist and Destructoid. He left to go independent and makes $12 000 a month on patreon. So yeah, the fat man is doing well for himself since leaving. The fat bloke earns probably more than most here trying to very badly fat shame.

He doesn't get money from clicks because none of his content earns him as revenue, duh.

[Spike20XX]

All jokes aside.. He should go down in weight a bit tho.
He already had problems from overweight and had to go through surgery.

[ShadowWolf712]

He has slimmed down, actually. And the surgery he just had wasn't weight-related but..

[pintar32]

@thorstein wow you are scum and wish you nothing good in your life.

[thorstein]

Too late, my life is awesome, unlike Jim's. Of course, I actually contribute to the world rather than detract, but such is the life of a long time loser like Jimbag Fatpants.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Never heard of this fool, and don't care. Still might get it!

[mocaak]

I'm playing it right now, and I would highly recommend it. The combat, setting, cinematography, and sound are fantastic.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

:-)

[nucky64]

like it matters what jim sterling thinks.

[Kenshin_BATT0USAI]

woe is me? 'I have anxiety' isn't a good excuse for anything when literally everyone and their mother claim to have 'anxiety' which just seems to be another word for 'i'm not logical at all'

[LightofDarkness]

Yes, he deserves nothing but scorn for not having the same life experiences and mental state as you. Why stop there? Why don't we call all people with mental illness liars, except the ones you deem to be truly ill (which I imagine fall nothing short of serial killer or babbling, incoherent mess). You seem to know what's up.

[meka2611]

While I somewhat agree with you light, you have to realize we have no way to test for most mental disorders, we just take the persons word for it. I do have anxiety and ADD but I agree with kenshin mental disorders are way over diagnosed. I have met tons and tons of people that supposedly have ADD and anxiety and I can tell you they don't, they are just normal, but read stuff online and think they can self diagnose themselves. Bottom line is there are shit ton of liars in mental health.

[Pantz]

Whatever gets you the clicks man

[Segata]

I hated him for his review on VanQuish. 1/10 is trolling but he's a professional one. That said. NT games are pretty awful that get a lot of free passes. Always technically impresses but awful combat. Writing is poor in the games I played. I still can't get how dumb and racist Kung Fu Chaos was.

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Enslaved was brilliant though. Had the same environment artist from The Last of Us. Loved it.

[Segata]

Meh to both.

[Tony-Red-Grave]

NT games range from good to ok (8-5s), and if you think they get alot of free passes then I have bring into question both your age and memory. Clearly they got alot of "free passes" for DmC right?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

Whoa Nelly! O_O

[Lilrizky]

I honestly admire this

[niteight]

The forced autosave is bullshit.I'm also at a game breaking bug on the 3rd ravens alignment. Quit the game before completing it to answer a phone call, now ravens won't light up and an invisible barrier prevents me from crossing planks. I really enjoyed the game up until this. If you won't allow manual saves then at least make sure your shit isn't broke before you release it.

[rocketpanda]

And he was quick to change his review after others who pointed out the issue. He suffered a game breaking bug which would destroy anyone's opinion of a game. Also the game having only one save file which means he couldn't just load up a different save file before the bug.

Yes he was was a little petty but followed up with a correction.

[Mr_Writer85]

So he released an unfinished review that he's going to patch, about a game that needs a patch.

[Mithan]

So you changed your opinion after seeing what others posted. Disappointing.

[OffRoadKing]

Jim Sterling is a wanker.

[CaitSith]

Of all the games to [initially] give a 1/10, he gave it to this one, when many other games deserve it more than this game. Seriously, this just proves he's an attention whore looking for clicks.

[Saijahn]

Games should be scored harshly for gamebreaking bugs.

[SilentSolid]

I don't think many from here actually read or listened to his initial decision of giving it a 1. But ppl like blowing things out of proportion here on the internets. Oh well

[Cobra951]

So, to get this straight, the game has a game-breaking issue (doesn't matter what it is), and people are upset that it got slammed for it. Why? It should get slammed. You pay money for a product expecting it to work as advertised. If it doesn't, it's a bad product, and should get called out on it.

[GrimDragon]

Seems like it might be best to use a USB storage device when playing this game.

[Dalailana]

Isn't this the same guy who gave BOTW a 7...why is he still doing reviews?

He's shit like this purposely for clicks.

[SilentSolid]

because a 7 from one person is unacceptable for an overall loved game. please grow up.

[ocelot07]

Reviews are always just one person's opinion. I think his 7/10 score for Zelda is fair. I enjoyed BOTW and I personally give it a 8/10. But there is plenty of other games I enjoyed more than it. But I do think 1/10 is pretty harsh. Sure it's got a game breaking bug. Why not give it a temp score or an n/a score and just list the positives and negatives and do a full review once the game is fixed.

[ShadowWolf712]

He did revise his score. He even took the time to contact Metacritic and have them drop his score from the metascore and change it to a "Review In Progress".

[ocelot07]

@ShadowWolf712 are you talking about Zelda or Hellblade? I do see he has changed it to 7/10 on Metacritic which is good to know. As he said in his video putting it at a 1/10 is the same score he gave life of a black tiger. Even with the game breaking bug am sure Hellblade is a masterpiece when compared to life of a black tiger.

[bluefox755]

What do you expect from a guy that endorses doxing?

[CrimsonWing69]

Here's the thing, I commend Jim on this one.

He acknowledged what I've been having a huuuuuge issue with in modern reviews. It's difficult to seperate objectivity from your bias but it is what more reviewers need to learn to do.

He mentioned that it's a review based on his experiences and that's fair, however you can't let that personal feelings cloud the review. This goes for fanboyism too (not just negative but also being too overly positive). The point of a review is to inform a consumer and since not all consumers share the same feelings/bias/preferences it's best try to stick with facts using opinion to highlight elements worth praise or worth criticism.

It doesn't help anyone to do an elementary school report on "Why I like/don't like game". For him to give it a 1/10 was incredibly absurd UNLESS it was indeed a glitch that rendered the game fully unplayable no matter if you share his opinion or not on the game. At that point the game is factually broken and any game unplayable should and does deserve a 1/10.

I think he should've restarted and finished the game before posting a review, but perhaps he would've missed lighting the torch again and nothing would've changed for him.

The thing we have to ask ourselves is what is a review for? Is it a persuasive piece (is the author trying to persuade you to adopt his opinion as fact?) or is it an informative piece applying a synergy of fact and opinion as a way to give a consumer information to make an informed purchasing decision? If it's the latter then you have to try to give an opinion without using persuasive writing. Let the facts persuade us and let your opinion highlight issues for us to contemplate.

Jimmy boy, I have always respected your insight on the industry and perspective on the art of criticism (even though I rarely agree with you), but this has really bumped my respect up for you.

[Surt]

A 8hr game, that is pretty much just a walking cinematic experience. U ever wanted to play a schizophrenic sim? Your in luck.

[yomfweeee]

I think the 1 was a bit harsh, but you all have blasted other reviewers for ignoring glitches. This is a pretty bag bug and I don't buy the user error thing. Yes, he made a mistake... but to essentially end the game for him?

[The_Sage]

Can't stand the guy myself. I give him a 1/10.

[sypher]

I'll be blunt.

When the so-called journalists within the industry become the actual news.

You're doing it wrong.

[SixFragz]

Almost gave the game a 1? Really? A 1?
This game is A1. This game is epic.

Who is Jim Sterling? What is thejimquisition? I've never heard of this boy besides today, anyway.

If your initial impression of this game was as radical and severe as a 1, then you have no place in the review business, as this itself shows that you're shady, disreputable, and untrustworthy.

Glad I've never came across your reviews before buying games.

[pintar32]

How about read what the story is about. His game is bugged, broken, unplayable. Only one save file, can't continue his game.

You have no place commenting on this website because you don't read the articles. You just read the headline and think you are so important that people need to read your opinion on something you haven't even studied.

You are fake and make shit up. I am guessing everyone thinks you are a loser in your private life to.

[SixFragz]

As you can see, i'm not the only one who thinks that a 1 for this game is an idiotic score. Seeing the other review scores that this game was getting, and then seeing a 1 among them made me sure that this guys score was exaggerated.

As for having no place commenting on this website...

Just because you feel that way about yourself doesn't mean that you have to go project it onto others. It's a video game article, and my comment was solely about the article. You taking this so personal shows me that you are fragile, emotional, unhinged, and insecure. You should get yourself evaluated, because your triggered and targeting response is very alarming.

"think you are so important that people need to read your opinion on something you haven't even studied"

My opinion was obviously important enough to you if you got so emotional and offended over my comment about a video game.

What is there to study? Have you ever done any studying in your miserable life? If you studied my comment enough you would've noticed that you didn't have to get so butthurt over a comment, about a video game, over someone's review.

"Make shit up"...

What did I make up? You need to get yourself checked out bro... notice how I'm not gonna try to attack you because that might push your fragile self over the edge.

[EazyC]

1/10 is an idiotic score to give a game, unless it is fundamentally broken or unplayable...like Ride to Hell...NOT an isolated bug. I have had my save completely corrupted on F:NV but it's possibly my favourite game of the last 10 years.

[joab777]

How do you review games for ten years, and not know what to do when you are playing a game that you liked but gets a bug?

Hint: Review what you can, mention the bug and tell ppl you will get back to them. Or don't give it a score but an update for ppl. You DONT give it a 1/10!

[Chaosdreams]

*Blinks*

How does... Actually, I think I'm just going to avoid this thread all together. I know the game is not a 1/10 experience.

[ziggurcat]

I don't know why people are getting upset at him - he's retracting the 1/10 review score...

[Surt]

Game is ok if you like cinematic experience kinda of games. Otherwise its a schizophrenic sim.

[Elda]

We all know the game is not a 1 out of 10,it's obvious Jim may have some gripes about the game & threw fierce Shade by throwing out that number....lmao!

[PrinceOfAnger]

Lol this game is easily 9/10 try again Jim.

[pintar32]

try reading the article again.

[kevnb]

Who cares, the guys annoying.

[ScreenCritics]

I like he admitted his mistake. But really, he shouldn't have let one issue turn an 8/10 game into a 1/10.

That's just cruel.

[MonChiChi]

Man, what happened man? I use to like him but he has since been losing it.

[No Way]

I don't feel like reviewers really give purposely bad reviews.. Most people would look at a review, completey disagree and then never go back to their site again or read their words/watch their videos. That makes them lose views and potentially money. It's as simple as this, though. If you don't agree with the reviews - don't go back to them for their opinion. Just cause you like something doesn't mean they will and you'll always bitch about their opinion/review. If you find someone and vibe with their reviews - then stick with that person/site/group and don't look at any others.

[BadElf]

wuts?

[BadElf]

OFF TOPIC COMMENT COMING. SORRY. BE READY. I need an answer

"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered"....why is the "4" not there anymore? Why take the 4 out?

[mogwaii]

What a moron, even his name indicates that, just like the inquisition he went and wrongly condemned it without really knowing the facts, it was a bloody demo! What a moron.

[opinionated]

This guy lol.. I don't follow him but every time I see his name it's hit or miss, no middle ground. I guess that's his niche.

[GamesMaster1982]

This guy needs to man up and stick to his guns instead of changing things because of some butt hurt nerds.