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[Pre-emptive backlash to backlash to positive reviews for Judas]I’m just hoping we can skip ahead a few years, okay?
I’m just hoping we can skip ahead a few years, okay?
In the same way that shoulderpads sometimes become cool again, and everyone is buying over-sized hair scrunchies like wot I used to have when I was 11, games journalists are destined to be trapped in repeating discourse cycles of ever-decreasing size. This is why I will often specifically advise people to never, ever pitch me opinions aboutBioShock. Any opinions about BioShock have already been had. There are no more opinions to have about it.
Judas - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2022Watch on YouTube
Judas - World Premiere Trailer | The Game Awards 2022
When Ghost Story Games' [philosophical treatise/political and religious satire/rumination on paternal relationships] but-with-guns-in-space Judas came out, we were pretty much all in alignment. Though the game [had some technical flaws/was a bit smug], Judas more than made up for that with [satisfying/innovative/crunchy] combat that [nails the fundamentals/redefines a genre/whips ass]. I mean, who doesn’t want to fire [an albatross/a bunch of, fuckin, nails or whatever/actual fire] from your hands at will? Plus, the derelict spaceship itself, the [Fancy Fortune/Blue Iguana/Queen Rand’s Revenge] was an absolutely fantastic setting - a place at once beautiful and forbidding, offering glimpses of its former glory even as it falls into ruin. It wasn’t surprising when Judas got a metacritic score of [83/86/88].
But because this is [2023/24/25], there was an inevitable backlash to those scores. People pointed out that [some of the gender politics were real bad/it gave an overly simplistic view of the themes it wanted to tackle/calling your main character Judas is a bit fuckin' on the nose, lads]. Even if their objections weren’t to the theming and writing, there were dissenting opinions on the [combat/characters/enemy design], suggesting [it/they] [was/were], rather than being very good, actually [messy/ridiculous/boring].
I hope this is satisfactory, please never speak to me about it again.
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