Quote Originally Posted by dgdgagdae View Post
You mention the review of Catherine twice. Is that really what's upsetting you? And have you played the demo? That was enough to tell me that the gameplay had nothing whatsoever to do with the story, and that I wasn't going to play slideyblocks to watch some amime film.

To summarize: The Japanese are weird.
No, this has been bugging me for years. But the Catherine article was what prompted me to write this post. It's also just an example that's fresh in my mind because I read it yesterday. I haven't played the demo yet because I preordered the game and I prefer to be surprised when it shows up.

I do agree with some of their reviews. I just saw that they gave Portal 2 a 9.5, and I think it deserved it.

Definitely, this stuff is not worth freaking out about. But I am/was curious to understand why my they consistently knock just about anything that's not a 2-D fighting game from Capcom or an FPS.

The bottom line is that you have to just digest these reviews as entertainment, I guess. Trying to understand why I disagree with them so often is basically pointless. I don't think I'll ever have an answer. And that's fine.