Dades wrote on Aug 3, 2012, 00:29:
What shills? Where? You act like the website is overrun with fanboys and shills for this game. Pull the curtain away, let's meet the wizard. If you want to post that you think the game sucks period end of sentence then yeah that's an opinion but it's not one anyone has to respect. There's something between a 130 page dissertation and a set of super vague criticisms that could be leveled at any videogame created.
See, that confuses me. Why does disliking the game have a greater 'burden of proof' than liking it. It's all pretty subjective in the end, so why go after people who simply state that they like or dislike something? There is value in simply getting the "pulse" of a community to see the number of likes versus the number of dislikes. If either group doesn't speak up, it gives a false impression of what people think of the game and it lets a few extremists run the block.
People saying "I had fun in the last test." aren't called on to say specifically what they liked, and they don't often elaborate. I can't speak for others, but the reason I don't call for more detail is because I know the reason someone likes or dislikes something can be hard to put into words. I enjoy WoW, but disliked Rift, which is incredibly similar and even has a lot of features I wish WoW had. I'd have a hard time explaining why I dislike Rift. It just doesn't do it for me.
I suppose one could reasonably argue that it being "good" is the consensus opinion and that an opinion that goes against consensus requires more elaboration, but...
Do you have a single fact to back that up?