I don’t think I’ve ever watched a movie or played a game and had my experience be similar to critics at all, it feels like it’s their job to have the exact opposite reaction as the audience sometimes
My belief is that at least half of the reviewers for anything are just really desperate to be distinguished and taken serious, so if a thing has too much mass appeal and/or it’s too low brow they can’t like it on principle.
I don’t think I’ve ever watched a movie or played a game and had my experience be similar to critics at all, it feels like it’s their job to have the exact opposite reaction as the audience sometimes
My belief is that at least half of the reviewers for anything are just really desperate to be distinguished and taken serious, so if a thing has too much mass appeal and/or it’s too low brow they can’t like it on principle.