KBop a doo said:Well, as you agreed yourself, it's subjective. You're right that I shouldn't have brought genres into it, as someone who doesn't like a genre shouldn't be allowed to be the reigning opinion on it, but even so, "Stating Maple Creek should be a more highly rated game than FC Primal is ridiculously insulting"... to you. "Far Cry Primal is a vastly better game the Maple Creek"... to you. Even if they love both genres, this is your opinion that not everyone will agree with, much like you don't agree with the reviewer's opinion. I just don't understand your argument I guess, it seems like the site reviewers are not allowed to have their own opinions but you're allowed to have yours. It all boils down to basically, "They didn't share my opinions, so they're wrong." I also don't feel like one person's opinion of a game you loved should "offend" or "insult" you. Millions of people didn't like Far Cry Primal; millions did. What's one drop in the bucket? If everyone in the entire world loved or hated everything to the exact same extent, it'd be a pretty boring place.
Fair enough, then let me elucidate. Firstly millions of people played FC Primal, in and of itself, that says something about the perceived quality of the game; while I don't have actual numbers, it would not be difficult to imagine Maple Creek sold "somewhat" less than that. We could lok at the differing budgets of the games....Primal would have cost tens of millions to make....Maple Creek likely a few thousand. Again, doesn't fully prove a quality gap, but speaks to it. Next let's move to the scope of the game...what did the devs try to do with their game....what was their vision? Maple Creek is a point-and-click game that is suitable for kids say between 6 - 12...it encompassed somewhere between 30-40 screens total that you would continue to revisit to do another item scramble...the entire process took less than 4 hours. FC Primal was a fully developed world with thousands of screens and a myriad of things to interact with...it was an advanced RPG with a fully fleshed out leveling system, combat system, reasonable amounts of lore and considerable social interaction...to mention merely a few of its features. One could easily lose themselves in the detailed world for 30-60 hours no problem.
Look FC Primal was not my favorite RPG (maybe this year), but to even suggest it is, in any objective way, an inferior game to Maple Creek is unjustifiable.
If Maple Creek's (or this game) review specifically stated that it was rated on a curve and for younger audiences I would have few qualms with that, but to simply state that, per the rating system, it was a more worthwhile game than FC Primal or Recore is absurd.