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Phantom Blade Zero | Review Thread

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Yrassinad said:
Again, how do bribery allegations against Microsoft in developing countries have ANYTHING to do with game reviews in the US and Europe? Note the countries where they were able to do this: Hungary, South Africa, the "Middle East", these are countries already rife with corruption (not that western Europe or US is free of it, but you're generally more likely to get caught and punished for it). You somehow think that because they were able to do shady deals in these countries - it somehow proves they are bribing journalists in the west to smear and praise video games at their behest.

Never once did I say Microsoft are angels that have never done shady shit, and bribery is one of their lesser offenses in my book. But again, Nintendo and Sony have been sued for price fixing. Nintendo has had ties with organized crime in Japan. Sony specifically has been caught creating fake reviews for their movies. If a company having done shady shit in the past is enough of a reason for you to conclude they are definitely messing with video game reviews, then all three of them will be guilty of it which mean it doesn't matter because they'll cancel each other out.

This is not about me believing everything at face value - it's me not believing every bit of random bullshit accusation that gets tossed around, even against a company that I hate like Microsoft, with zero evidence. You're doing the opposite. You hate Microsoft and have already convinced yourself that they must be messing with reviews and media coverage because you're looking for a reason why a Sony game might get a low score or an Xbox game a high one (and ignore all the cases where the Sony games get the high scores and the Xbox game gets dunked on), so you start grasping at straws looking for totally unrelated accusations against them because you cannot actually find any evidence for the main accusation you are making against them. Yet for Sony and Nintendo you'll ignore their controversies, even though out of these three companies Sony has come the closest to messing around with reviews.



But that's not the argument/accusation. I'm not arguing here that Microsoft is an innocent company. I'm saying that if the accusation is that they're bribing games journalists in reputable outlets like IGN, Eurogamer, GameSpot etc. to game review scores in their favor or in the disfavor of their "rivals" - I'm gonna need some more evidence than "Microsoft has done briberies for business deals in developing nations in the past". Because every company has done shady shit, and like I said above, Sony is the only one who has actually gotten caught trying to game reviews. I don't believe any of these companies is trying to influence video game reviews. There are far too many outlets to cover and the risk for both parties is far too high. The most you can accuse Microsoft of is giving codes and preview invites to Xbox fanboy sites, but again, Metacritic/Opencritic are the ones who allow these sites to affect the aggregate. And Nintendo does the same.



I'm far more critical of the west than most people on this place but the west being more tolerant of minorities is definitely one of the areas where the west is better than China. I'm sorry but a Chinese writer mocking political correctness at western game studios when their own games get censored all the time over political outrage is peak irony. The Chinese are much bigger snowflakes than the minorities western studios are supposedly scared of offending.
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Spare me of that Marxist nonsense

Minorities lmao

If we live in a globalised world as we do, then white people are minority. Not even 7% of global population.

I don't want to listen about Marxist propaganda nonsense

Its not the duty of Chinese to take care of "minorities". They have their own people. So called minorities can fix their own nations.

What a weird point you tried to make
 
QuantumCringe said:
Spare me of that Marxist nonsense

Minorities lmao

If we live in a globalised world as we do, then white people are minority. Not even 7% of global population.

I don't want to listen about Marxist propaganda nonsense

Its not the duty of Chinese to take care of "minorities". They have their own people. So called minorities can fix their own nations.

What a weird point you tried to make
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What are you even talking about man? I said the west caring for its minorities by trying to include them in their media is a good thing, and it's insanely ironic that people who live in a country where you can't even question historical events or "offend" people that have been dead for decades or centuries see this is as some sort of "political correctness" that is keeping studios hostage. China has way more political red tape for their media than the west does.

China shouldn't care about minorities in the west and likewise western studios shouldn't give a fuck about Chinese sensibilities. But ironically a gaming studio in the west is far more likely to censor themselves creatively to appease China than to appease transgenders or Black people or whatever.
 
Dumbass Sony funded this game for console exclusivity meanwhile 90% of Chinese players still bought it on Steam anyway lol. What an unserious company, basically knows nothing outside their CA bubble.
 
QuantumCringe said:
Spare me of that Marxist nonsense

Minorities lmao

If we live in a globalised world as we do, then white people are minority. Not even 7% of global population.

I don't want to listen about Marxist propaganda nonsense

Its not the duty of Chinese to take care of "minorities". They have their own people. So called minorities can fix their own nations.

What a weird point you tried to make
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I know you're intellectually lazy and dumb and don't understand the concept of irony, but surely even your stupid ass can wrap your mind around the reality that China is a communist country that has Marxist doctrine written into its constitution, right? Right? It's very explicit and not implied or covert.

www.constituteproject.org

China (People’s Republic of) 1982 (rev. 2018) Constitution - Constitute

China (People’s Republic of)'s Constitution of 1982 with Amendments through 2018
www.constituteproject.org www.constituteproject.org
It's literally in the preamble, and I'll be kind enough to spoon feed you the source because clicking on a link might be too difficult for you small brain
The victory in China's New-Democratic Revolution and the successes in its socialist cause have been achieved by the Chinese people of all nationalities, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the guidance of Marxism-Leninism and Mao Zedong Thought, by upholding truth, correcting errors and surmounting numerous difficulties and hardships. China will be in the primary stage of socialism for a long time to come.
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VOXApachePhantom said:
Dumbass Sony funded this game for console exclusivity meanwhile 90% of Chinese players still bought it on Steam anyway lol. What an unserious company, basically knows nothing outside their CA bubble.
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Did you expect 90% of Chinese players to rush out and buy a PS5? These investments are also about making inroads within a relatively fresh console market.
 
saltyashell said:
I know you're intellectually lazy and dumb and don't understand the concept of irony, but surely even your stupid ass can wrap your mind around the reality that China is a communist country that has Marxist doctrine written into its constitution, right? Right? It's very explicit and not implied or covert.

www.constituteproject.org

China (People’s Republic of) 1982 (rev. 2018) Constitution - Constitute

China (People’s Republic of)'s Constitution of 1982 with Amendments through 2018
www.constituteproject.org www.constituteproject.org
It's literally in the preamble, and I'll be kind enough to spoon feed you the source because clicking on a link might be too difficult for you small brain
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When did I imply China is not communist you mental midget?

How is that relevant to the point I made? You are mentally limited. Presenting me generic knowledge about China.

Do not tag me again, imbecile.
 
Danja said:
Did you expect 90% of Chinese players to rush out and buy a PS5? These investments are also about making inroads within a relatively fresh console market.
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But I thought PC gaming has 'destroyed Sony'? You guys can't seem to make up your mind.
 
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