It's interesting to see how our preferences give us different insights on the same things.
I thought both Skyrim and RDR were excellent. Evidently, TS did not have the same connection with those titles. Meanwhile, I didn't enjoy The Last of Us at all, but it was critically well-received by everyone else.
I don't think it's solely about intellect (though that could be a contributing factor), but it's probably more so about preferences.Well some people are smart and some are not. Some people would praise a movie that showed a butt farting for 2 hours. These are the people who don't like Skyrim and think Space Invaders was much deeper.
I don't think it's solely about intellect (though that could be a contributing factor), but it's probably more so about preferences.
I think some people are completely detached from high fantasy, and so playing the first hour of Skyrim has them completely bored because the story is not to their tastes. With TS, he seems to not care about environment and worldbuilding, so if he's already disconnected from story and atmosphere, then of course he's going to have the predisposed opinion of the game being "overrated." On top of that, TS doesn't appear to like westerns as well, so to him, RDR is also "overrated." So his opinion on these otherwise critically-acclaimed titles are based more so on his limited preferences than the actual quality of the games.
The first ten hours of The Witcher 3 were brutal to get through for me, but once I got into the story and saw the amazing choices / consequences system in action (on top of Gwent hooking me in more so), I was in hook, line, and sinker (even though Elder Scrolls has me burned out on fantasy). So if it isn't story that gets you, hopefully it will be environment, graphics, engine, or something else that does. But if you're so closedminded that you'll ignore all of the amazing aspects of modern-day games because your preferences are so restrictive, then my guess is there's not a lot that that person will actually enjoy.
TS has a 2006 account, but if I didn't see that join date I would assume that he was 14
I don't think it's solely about intellect (though that could be a contributing factor), but it's probably more so about preferences.
I think some people are completely detached from high fantasy, and so playing the first hour of Skyrim has them completely bored because the story is not to their tastes. With TS, he seems to not care about environment and worldbuilding, so if he's already disconnected from story and atmosphere, then of course he's going to have the predisposed opinion of the game being "overrated." On top of that, TS doesn't appear to like westerns as well, so to him, RDR is also "overrated." So his opinion on these otherwise critically-acclaimed titles are based more so on his limited preferences than the actual quality of the games.
The first ten hours of The Witcher 3 were brutal to get through for me, but once I got into the story and saw the amazing choices / consequences system in action (on top of Gwent hooking me in more so), I was in hook, line, and sinker (even though Elder Scrolls has me burned out on fantasy). So if it isn't story that gets you, hopefully it will be environment, graphics, engine, or something else that does. But if you're so closedminded that you'll ignore all of the amazing aspects of modern-day games because your preferences are so restrictive, then my guess is there's not a lot that that person will actually enjoy.