Should GBATemp keep doing clickbaits?

[Gourmet]

Discuss!

 

[Deleted User]

IT'S TIME TO STOP

THIS HAS GONE TOO FUCKING FAR

WE GET IT, YOU DON'T LIKE THE REVIEW
IT'S A REVIEW, FOR FUCK'S SAKE

MODS END OUR SUFFERING AND LOCK THE THREAD

 

[The Catboy]

That's fucking great. Someone actually thinks we care what gamefaqs thinks? Even better someone thinks we care about some butthurt fans!
"Waaa!!! They didn't give this game a 10/10 Like everyone else! Let's call it "poorly worked" and call it shit!"
It's better than instead of actually reading the review, they just called it wrong.

 

[Imacaredformy2ds]

Literally one word with post plus an image, and almost 100 replies calling out for how "butthurt" I am.

Have you guys thought that, maybe, it's the other way around?

It's not "the other way around", I think I can vouch for a lot of people that we're just trying to reason with you why it's not fucking clickbait;
The title isn't EMHARGED WERST ZELDEH VARHHZ 7/9999 KLOKCHZ TO FOIND EATS MORE¡1¡q,q,q,
Its just that it's gotten to the point people are calling you names because you refuse to understand.
A review with Tom's opinions and a normal title isn't clickbait.
If you don't like it, then just don't read it again. (I hate this mentality but I swear that this is the only possible way I could put this without sounding like a dumbass)

 

[VinsCool]

Seriously, people should stop getting batshit crazy over opinions. But this is internet after all, so why would I bother when some people have shit in their ears.

 

[guitarheroknight]

Eat little fishies, eat!

 

[Veho]

I'm sorry, I know you are just trying to be funny but I don't really see this response as appropriate, considering how one of the staff has linked the review in the first place looking for opinions. You can't just go back on what it's been done by acting like you don't care. I agree that the review was fine, but this is incredibly immature.

I'm sorry, I just didn't think this thread warranted a serious reply. But if you really want one, here goes:

1: If OP or anyone else had any comments or complaints about the review, they should have posted them in the appropriate thread here instead of starting a pointless new thread to whine about it.
2: To answer the flamebaiting loaded question from the title: GBAtemp will not "keep" "doing clickbait" because GBAtemp was never "doing clickbait" in the first place. There was no devious scheme to give a controversial rating to draw in visitors, like the OP infers. A contributor wrote a review and it was published as is. We don't change review ratings to draw in visitors; however,
3: We will not force reviewers to change their review just to avoid rustling someone's jimmies either.

Reviews are subjective, and just because you disagree with the rating doesn't mean there is a conspiracy afoot. Grow up and keep your paranoia in check.




Tl;dr: show us on the doll where Tom's review touched you:

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I see lots of score comparisons here for no reason, why do people keep comparing games between scores? A score is meaningless. I don't read all reviews, when i do, i know is one person playing the game and making opinions of it. Not a group of people colab on one game review. Each review is unique and that is that. Mine opinion may not match others, well that how life goes, can't please everyone. I can only recall my experience with a game and share if i like it or not. I like metroid other M, i would give it a 5 for is balance of being average, so who cares, i can explain why i think is worth such a score, but not many agree on that.

Fact is you can't scale one person's experience on a game with the whole site responsible. A community of people who optionally do reviews for game are all one person independently. Score is simply a general representation of the entire opinion. Understanding what the person experienced is important. Everyone is different. I don't think resident evil 4 is all that great, so what? No one cares what i think, and i don't make a problem of it. Purpose of reviews are meaning less if this is how people react to it.

 

[Gourmet]

Of course, more"Butthurt" and "salty". Oh please. I just made a small point, I just wrote a title, a word and an image. I didnt even read the whole thread until now. And here you are, over 100 posts later, saying how butthurt I AM.

You are the butthurt, you are the salt, obviously because my thread has the truth, and THE TRUTH HURTS. Too much for your GBATemp-licked butts.

 

[omegasoul6]

It's a pretty bad review all things considered but I fail to see how it's clickbait at all or how it required a topic about it outside of the actual review comment section.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Yes.