They reached out on behalf of Naughty Dog. Way to be overdramatic. It is odd that you are way more upset about this than the actual reviewer who was happy to reply.In other words, one of the cogs in the PR machine wasn't greased enough and they wanted to know why
I repeat: I have already experienced this.
There are absolutely goons online cynically using the labor stuff that they don't give a shit about, but the answer to that is to focus fire on those people, not to lash out at the reporter who legitimately exposed the labor stuff. That makes it look like you're either too thin skinned to handle any criticism, or are just as cynically using the trolls to delegitimize labor criticism.
This is a pretty bad look, especially with how Neil, Cory and Troy have been acting on Twitter recently in regards to Jason Schreier
Comparing some behaviour of some online stans to the reaction of a plattform holders is weird.just look at botw stans after it didn't reach perfect 10s across the board
this is why games can never be artNothing is confusing.. they are just wrong.
You can't say the game didn't improve over the original. It's 100% the opposite.
why not? Is there some writers code that says they shouldn't? Maybe Sony just wanted to know what they could focus on for next time to get even better reviews
Man so many people jump to conclusions and didn't even READ the OP.
This is a direct quote from it.
It's also Sony PR, NOT Naughty Dog.
This is nothing,
Yikes.
It's almost like people can have different experiences and interpretations of the same product...
I'm not really a fan of Jason Schreier but he didn't do anything to deserve having Neil, Cory, and Troy get their fans to harass him.
Exactly. It's incredibly frustrating to see sentiments like this on era of all places
It seems like they just wanted some feedback just because that review is an outlier or they just wanted to get a better understanding of what the reviewer was saying. No they didn't force him to change his score or his opinion. They just wanted a better understanding of his opinion and this was entirely Sony PR. ND is probably celebrating at the 94 Avg and millions of copies sold lol
This is factual wrong.It looks better, especially the animations but the gameplay does feel very much the same with many of the same scenarios. Even puzzles aren't too different aside from a handful of ones involving rope.
I would argue that it is a part of their job, at least in essence. The reviews they write is a form of feedback that developers can take into consideration in making their next game a better one.It's not a game critic's job to help a developer make a better game.
Except the reporter has been constantly making snide digs and petty remarks, and also has thin skin by blocking people who call him out on twitter.
There was nothing wrong with Jason reporting on the crunch issue. However he constantly uses it to rub it in the face of people who work at the studio as a defense for making snide comments about the work, not the conditions it was made under.
It looks better, especially the animations but the gameplay does feel very much the same with many of the same scenarios. Even puzzles aren't too different aside from a handful of ones involving rope.
I played on moderate and found much of this to be true. Game was just throwing resources at me and felt way easier than the first game, which I replayed on normal the week prior.This is nothing.
Wtf? This reads like the reviewer obviously played on the easiest difficulty and then chose to complain about it being too easy.
This is from the Vice review:
" The Last of Us Part II feels complacent, yet also preoccupied with its predecessor. Every facet of the original game has been expanded and enlarged in the sequel, but not actually improved. "
What? Now I understand why SONY PR contacted them.
Next time, VICE won't receive an early review copy. I really don't get the high metacritic score for that game. For me, this game is more like 75-80, not >90. I guess Sony had few more calls of this kind.
Did he need to be?
So do I, and it's completely immaterial to the fact Sony's reaction sucks ass, and Vice can have their own opinion.
Great reply very informative. If you have nothing to add just say nothing. Or you just want to keep adding more negativity to the world.
VICE farming the clicks on top of the anti-LGBTQ rage inflicted on TLOU2..
I think negative reviews of TLOU2 are fine. I think it's a highly flawed game. Some of the things the VICE review says though.. can't be someone who's played it
Lol fantastic
It does make me wonder, what if a review flat out gets something wrong?
Is it still considered poor form to contact them?
Maddie and zacny talked together on triple click and both shared similar feelings fyi. That might be it