Topic: The Great Reviewer: All Castlevania Reviews (please read and debate)

[The Great Reviewer]

[The Great Reviewer]

[Gunlord]

-165 and counting! (down)

[chainsawmidget]

I know I shouldn't be poking the troll, but I'm curious at to something here.  I'm actually curious about something here. 

GR, why exactly do you think giving your opinion on games is bad? 

What is it that you think reviewers are actually supposed to do? 

[crisis]

@ crises: So ..... God of War was influenced by Castlevania, right?

It's the truth, whether you choose to accept it or not is irrelevant. They wouldn't have bothered to interview Jaffe if he had nothing to say concerning how the original Castlevania games had an influence on his own ideas [concerning, specifically, God of War].

In the world in which I live was exactly the opposite, right drawers.

Then out of all the idiot people in all the idiot worlds, you, sir, stand alone.

Sure, anyone can claim to read something in Japanese, which no one understands.

And yet you persist with ignorant remarks like this. Unfortunately for you your days here on this forum are numbered, you're not gonna last that much longer here, trust me. At least you offered us some form of juvenile entertainment for a while, before you inevitably fade into obscurity like all the others that have come and gone on this forum over the years. The CVD ain't for everybody.


And my username is "crisis," not "crises," fyi

[Shiroi Koumori]

And my username is "crisis," not "crises," fyi

He wants more of you. hehehe.

[The Great Reviewer]

[Dark Nemesis]

@ Dark Nemesis: I imagine you know Cox in person? I have spoken with him, interviewed him, I shared drinks in a bar. I know more than the people are criticizing it. That puts me in a position where I can speak confidently about how Mr. Cox. And I'm not allowed to speak ill of him, or mocking way, in my presence. Dave Cox is a gentleman with all the letters.

By the look of the interviews he's giving, i don't see any gentleman, especially, when he's mocking old school fans. He's always like that, you don't like my games? I don't care, because these games are what you are gonna get, like it or not. He's the master of arrogance.

[Jorge D. Fuentes]

Alright, I think we've all had enough fun, today.

Now for some administrative rules talk... not for the Great Reviewer, but for everyone else:

-While these reviews are... mmm... questionable... it is the community's job to stay civil.  I will refer you to the This Thread, which you guys have forgotten about.

-Also, name-calling doesn't really give you an edge (I'm talking specifically to the people calling someone an 'idiot', which is kind of messed up and arguably counts as a bending/twisting of the "Don't be an ass" rule.

-I suggest you guys follow the old adage "Don't like what you see? Don't click".  If you don't like what The Great Reviewer has said, then your 7 pages of arguments against what he said are not going to sway his OPINION on the matter.  Better let the sleeping dogs lie and the post sink quietly into the backpages.  The Great Reviewer has not insulted anyone, so there is no need for the namecalling and I'm actually somewhat ashamed that some of you resorted to this.  I do agree that his reality is... not the same as most of ours, but that's also just my opinion.

@The Great Reviewer:
-Creo que no sabes la diferencia entre Opinion y Dato. Decir "No hay buenos juegos en el Gameboy" es una opinion, no un dato.  Decir esa frase inmediatamente destruye su credibilidad.  Es mas, cualquieras frases que sean completamente 'absolutas' como esa bajan la credibilidad de la persona que las dice, sobre todo cuando la persona las trata de pasar como si fueran datos.
(I believe you don't know the difference between Opinion and Fact.  Saying "There aren't any good games on Gameboy" is an opinion, not fact.  Uttering this phrase immediately destroys one's crediblity.  In fact, any phrases that are completely absolute like that phrase lower the credibility of the person saying them, especially when said person is trying to pass them off as fact).

-Mucha de la comunidad, sobre todo aqui, esta en desacuerdo con tus revisos de juegos, no solo porque los juegos, generalmente, han tenido buenos puntajes de otras revistas (1up, gameinformer, etc.), pero por el enorme numero de errores que tienen.  Y decir algo como "nadie comprende Japones", no es verdad, sobre todo porque tenemos gente en este foro de diferentes paises, sabemos lo que dicen bastantes juegos.  Shiroi Kuomori tradujo una novela de Castlevania una semana o dos atras.  Decir cosas como esta no te estan ayudando.
(Lots of the community, especially here, is in disagreement with your game reviews, not only because the games generally have had good/high scores in other magazines/sites, such as 1up, game informer, etc., but more so because of the large amounts of errors your reviews have.  And saying something like "Japanese which nobody understands" is just not true, since we have people in this forum from different countries, so we know what the games say.  Shiroi Kuomori translated an entire Castlevania novel a few weeks ago.  So saying stuff like this isn't helping you).

[chainsawmidget]

-Also, name-calling doesn't really give you an edge (I'm talking specifically to the people calling someone an 'idiot', which is kind of messed up and arguably counts as a bending/twisting of the "Don't be an ass" rule.

Sorry, man.  I get carried away sometimes.  My bad. 

[Neobelmont]

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Alright, I think we've all had enough fun, today.

Now for some administrative rules talk... not for the Great Reviewer, but for everyone else:

-While these reviews are... mmm... questionable... it is the community's job to stay civil.  I will refer you to the This Thread, which you guys have forgotten about.

-Also, name-calling doesn't really give you an edge (I'm talking specifically to the people calling someone an 'idiot', which is kind of messed up and arguably counts as a bending/twisting of the "Don't be an ass" rule.

-I suggest you guys follow the old adage "Don't like what you see? Don't click".  If you don't like what The Great Reviewer has said, then your 7 pages of arguments against what he said are not going to sway his OPINION on the matter.  Better let the sleeping dogs lie and the post sink quietly into the backpages.  The Great Reviewer has not insulted anyone, so there is no need for the namecalling and I'm actually somewhat ashamed that some of you resorted to this.  I do agree that his reality is... not the same as most of ours, but that's also just my opinion.

@The Great Reviewer:
-Creo que no sabes la diferencia entre Opinion y Dato. Decir "No hay buenos juegos en el Gameboy" es una opinion, no un dato.  Decir esa frase inmediatamente destruye su credibilidad.  Es mas, cualquieras frases que sean completamente 'absolutas' como esa bajan la credibilidad de la persona que las dice, sobre todo cuando la persona las trata de pasar como si fueran datos.
(I believe you don't know the difference between Opinion and Fact.  Saying "There aren't any good games on Gameboy" is an opinion, not fact.  Uttering this phrase immediately destroys one's crediblity.  In fact, any phrases that are completely absolute like that phrase lower the credibility of the person saying them, especially when said person is trying to pass them off as fact).

-Mucha de la comunidad, sobre todo aqui, esta en desacuerdo con tus revisos de juegos, no solo porque los juegos, generalmente, han tenido buenos puntajes de otras revistas (1up, gameinformer, etc.), pero por el enorme numero de errores que tienen.  Y decir algo como "nadie comprende Japones", no es verdad, sobre todo porque tenemos gente en este foro de diferentes paises, sabemos lo que dicen bastantes juegos.  Shiroi Kuomori tradujo una novela de Castlevania una semana o dos atras.  Decir cosas como esta no te estan ayudando.
(Lots of the community, especially here, is in disagreement with your game reviews, not only because the games generally have had good/high scores in other magazines/sites, such as 1up, game informer, etc., but more so because of the large amounts of errors your reviews have.  And saying something like "Japanese which nobody understands" is just not true, since we have people in this forum from different countries, so we know what the games say.  Shiroi Kuomori translated an entire Castlevania novel a few weeks ago.  So saying stuff like this isn't helping you).

Ehh. okay. 

[The Great Reviewer]

[DarkPrinceAlucard]

I'm sorry, and i know a opinion is simply that, a opinion, but the fact that you would give Mirror of fate a perfect score but trash some of the highest regarded Castlevania games (namely Super Castlevania 4) around here of all places is obviously going to annoy some members.

I just do not get how you honestly could have thought that you would not annoy some members around here.

A lot of members hold the Castlevania series in high regard, especially the classics, so when someone comes and downplays them but hold the newer releases to the high heavens it is obviously is going to not set well with those said members.


Just letting you know where all the negativity is coming from, we normally do no treat new members so harshly.

Also the fact that you made numerous errors with your information made you lose credibility which only further added to the fire.

[Sindra]

I think largely what the problem at hand is that we have yet another individual from a Spanish background who seems to be putting entries in the Lords of Shadow branch of games higher than the others, for the most part, and does not seem to have really gotten to know many of the rest of the games in the series that he's played through.

TGR, I will attempt to communicate to you what you've done wrong with your approach here, and I encourage one of our fluent Spanish speakers to translate the gist if possible, so nothing is lost in translation. (regardless of how well you may speak English, there still seems to be miscommunication problems)

Your first mistake was coming into a new community, not really to get to know any of the fanbase that resides here and engage in conversation and debate about the great many topics currently open dealing with Castlevania, but instead only post in order to parade your reviews. This is called Shameless Self Promotion, and it is generally frowned upon. Had you introduced yourself into the community by starting off with casual conversation so we got to know you first, then your posting of your reviews probably would have been viewed a bit more favorably. Instead, you kind of forced them on us and expected us to understand where you were coming from.

It seems that you review only to review; not because you have any great love of the series. To me, it looks like you powered through most of the games you've reviewed simply in order to nitpick and criticize. You've made no effort to research the games you've reviewed, as evident in your many errors in your information about several games (ie. Simon being in CV3 and Adventure/Belmont's Revenge) A good reviewer does not simply play the game to rush through it. They dissect the game and gather information, in order to draw opinions that are both informative and much less biased-looking. I know this because I've done several video reviews of games, not just Castlevania, that I need to draw in my viewers to. I cannot do this with inaccurate facts and half-truths because I didn't do my homework. This also applies to you, and every other reviewer regardless of nationality. If you take the time to make sure you have your facts straight, it lends much more weight to your reviews and a bit more justification for your opinions. (also, be mindful of being critical of games because of their dated graphics compared to now; Castlevania was on-par with several other Nintendo games graphics-wise for its time, as were the Gameboy Castlevanias)

Lastly, what seems to be your biggest flaw is your arrogance. You dismiss what others are saying to you, simply because you do not agree or because you need to save face. I will tell you that most people do not like being condescended to, which you are doing in spades. Getting defensive because someone is being a jerk about what you've expressed is somewhat justifiable in anyone's case. However, the two wrongs mentioned above do not make you right. You are more than welcome to feel that people were too critical of your reviews. However, snapping back at them and being rude and conceited about your supposed "degree in reviewing" and basically making yourself out to be better than everyone else in your opinions and reviews of these games just comes off making you look like an ass. Take what people are saying at face value, perhaps learn how to better approach your delivery of your reviews from here on out based on the reactions here, and become a better reviewer because of it.

TL;DR

I suggest you walk away from this topic and start fresh. I challenge you to play through these games again, and this time not simply to rush through them and beat it as quickly as possible to form your reviews. Really take the time to enjoy things like how the mood of each game is effected by it's music, visual design and gameplay. I didn't like Super Castlevania 4 until I played through it a few times, and really gained a new appreciation for it. I hope you can as well, and find out there's a lot more to these games than what you gave them credit for.

[TheouAegis]

Um. Not sure if this was brought up already because I wasn't going to read 6 or so pages of obvious criticisms:

The guy is Spanish and LOOOOOOOVVVVVVVVVES Mirror Of Fate and I think also Lords of Shadow. He has broken English because of a bad translator. He disses on all the NES and Gameboy games. The only reason he's probably not dissing too hard on SotN is because he got banned or something once already....

This dude is Steampunk Skycaptain with a new account. It reeked of him as soon as I started reading this thread.