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foolm0r0n posted...

KamikazePotato posted...

I'm saying that these reviews were decided long ago more on principles by the games journos than on anything related to the game's quality

Eh I don't know if that really happens. It's really clear in these cases that it's pure marketing. You can tell because they don't mention the senseless violence and objectification and outdated gamer power fantasy that defined the previous GoWs, even as they emphasize how THIS GoW is different and justifies all those things. They only mention praise for the GoW series, as if they are contractually obligated to not say anything that could hurt the brand.

Also worth noting is that gaming journalists normally love to talk at length about senseless violence, objectification and outdated gamer power fantasies, so that they would pass up a golden opportunity to do so here is rather out of character for them.