chespace said:
This really is one of those games that's love/hate... and most unusually, this is one of those games that's both love and hate AT THE SAME TIME.
For the record I haven't played Perfect Dark Zero, so I'm going soley off watching media of the game online and reading impressions and previews, but I honestly cannot fathom how a game that you love and
hate at the same time can garner a 9/10 score. That's basically insinuating that the aspects of the game that you
hate are wholey insignificant (which doesn't sound like the case from reading impressions of the title), and were it not for those aspects where the hatred stems from (level design, character design), the game would be perfect.
It would be more understandable from my viewpoint if these aspects of hatred were more minor areas of a game's design- like artistically poor enemy character models. But something like abysmal/nonsensical level design, that's a huge aspect of a videogame- be it FPS or other. I can understand the want to reward a videogame for excelling in some areas- like graphics or innovation (regarding weapons)- but I think all too often reviewers are willing to override the bad with the good if the good is done very well. And an argument can be made in favor of rewarding a title for offering a high counter in it's positives, but I can't see that being the case in this situation.
Again, this goes with playing the title for exactly zero minutes, so my argument can only hold so much tempermental merit, but after forming an initial opinion of the game based on gameplay videos and impressions (which isn't entirely unfair), I just find it perplexing that (the) a game like PDZ could receive a 9/10 with such evident admitted flaws.
