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Unread postby icycalm » 22 Mar 2017 23:36

http://culture.vg/forum/topic?p=28183#p28183

I wrote:I am annoyed by the way they talk about their port evaluations. When they say that this port is "okay" or whatever, merely "decent", but not on par with "better ports", they give the casual viewer/reader the impression that the console versions are superior. But they themselves say that the PC version offers the ultimate, superior experience if you have the required hardware. So for the most important issue at hand -- which version offers the ultimate experience -- even a "mediocre" port will usually win that comparison. Even SHIT ports will usually win it, if you throw enough hardware at them. Sure, we would all like every PC port to run on a 30-dollar toaster flawlessly and better than the console versions, but let's be realistic here, and let's not lose sight of WHAT ULTIMATELY MATTERS, and what ultimately matters is NOT if the port can run on a toaster flawlessly, or if it doesn't require any user-made patches for an optimal experience. So the stuff they are asking for, in order to call a port "a good port", must be details of minor importance, in the grand scheme of things, and if they base their ultimate evaluation of the port on these details they must be morons.

Pedantry at its worst. Completely missing the forest for the trees. They try to appear to have high standards and discerning taste, and in the process trash the very thing here that maintains the highest standards of quality overall.
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