Slight mischaracterization of all the reviews
No its not. Leave it to you to pick the worst review to make your point. Newsflash...it doesn't say the game is bad. In fact it says "It shows a good deal of promise". Try again. Take the average of the numbers. Take the overall feeling from all. There is zero mischaracterization.
I mean, yes? Picking the worst review was intentional, with the "More seriously" line I wrote after it (which you don't quote) was meant to convey this was more of a joke point.
The average of the numerical reviews is around a 7, which is good. Not great, but not bad. Enjoyable, but with definite room for improvement as the game is developed to full release. As both you and I (and the review I quoted) agree on.
I think most people on this forum agree that this game has potential. The question is how much work/changes need to be done to become an amazing game.
I also think most people think that the game in its current state is enjoyable. But that doesn't mean it can't be improved, and it certainly doesn't mean we shouldn't point out any flaws and attempt to provide valuable feedback.
Warning: Potentially inflammatory:
The forum is full of people that are Negative Nancys, Chicken Littles, and Insecure Ians. Blah blah blah is atrocious. Blah blah blah has to be in the game or it's crap. Larian hasn't chimed in and said my suggestions are amazing and they are putting me on the payroll. The game is good. The sky isn't falling. Larian is not your dad so look elsewhere for validation.
You can find plenty of posts where I disagree with someone yet thank them for their suggestions. I am all for constructive criticism and differences of opinion. But there is a difference between making a constructive comment and bashing the game, the developer, and the people that disagree with your comments.
In another thread, I provided evidence and links, yet people still want to perpetuate lies or twist what they said or focus on another item just to be negative.
The purpose of this thread is to be positive and shine the light of truth on these forums and the vocal minority. It's a good game. It will be better. It will never be everything you want it to be and in the end, you may not like it, but you are the minority and your opinion is no more important than anyone else.
Again, we both say that the game is good and will get better but obviously won't be perfect for everyone. There's been a lot of effort put into the game by Larian and its exciting that we're getting another BG game.
However, between the two of us, one of us has spent much more effort bashing people that have disagreed with their comments, so you don't really have the high horse for "respecting differences of opinion."
