I've noticed that ded_ disses nearly every single home version of Mortal Kombat (even Midway Arcade Treasures, which is as close as you can get to the arcade without emulation) and even tells you not to play some of them! I can understand the handheld ports excluding the PSP, but he even disses the versions we grew up with like Genesis and SNES.Before I begin, let me say that this is not directed specifically at Gamespot. This goes out to all the sites, magazines, TV shows, etc. who have chosen reviews to be their main backbone.
A person's opinion IS NOT THE WORD OF GOD.
However, most people are too stupid to understand that.
They ALWAYS believe EVERY SINGLE WORD the media tells them.
Sonic the Hedgehog "was" my Favorite Game of All Time. I loved playing as the blue blur zipping through the pretty stages and bashing Robotnik's machines. But because of all the hatred and backlash 90% of reviewers have been giving him, I was literally forced to change my favorite game away from Sonic, a VERY painful decision.
I still love playing as Sonic, but I cannot have a favorite game that's nearly universally hated. And some reviewers even have the nerve to take their hatred over the edge. For example, IGN listing Sonic as the 3rd Most Overrated Game Character in History and even saying he should die. And X-Play stating that all Sonic games should be destroyed. I have condemned and stopped supporting both IGN and X-Play because of their evil actions. Yes, I say evil, because they thought it was fun and entertaining to take their opinion and shove it into our faces.
And it's not just me. One of my good friends watched as X-Play was hyping up and saying promising things about his eagerly anticipated game, The Force Unleashed. And when they backstabbed the game by giving it a poor review (and again (AT CHRISTMASTIME) taking their hatred over the edge and listing the game as a game you give to people you hate), it broke his poor heart. I myself wasn't that interested in TFU, but thought it was an OK game. But I feel sorry for my friend, because now he's preparing to write a hate letter to X-Play and give them the royal whipping they deserve.
I know this is probably going to be a lost cause, but I really want people to be their own judge about a game, NOT shove their opinion in someone else's face and making them cry, and STOP thinking that reviews are the Word of God! So many potentially good games have been utterly destroyed by reviews and because people were stupid enough to listen to them. I truly wish this would change. For the better, NOT for the greater good.
I've also noticed that ded_ is a motherfucking elitist. I can tell because he's always bragging about how the versions he disses in the Kombat Kolumns aren't fit for competitive play. Also, wheras Gambid and the other mods like all the Mortal Kombats as their favorite game, ded_ only likes UMK3. So it's obvious that he writes those Kolumns and disses those other versions just to make himself look good and make poor people cry.
So, I have a message for the people on this site, and MK Fans in general:
STOP reading Kombat Kolumns. They're heaviliy opinionated.
FLAME ded_. He's a fucking elitist and likes to masturbate about it.
and most importantly...
BE YOUR OWN JUDGE ABOUT THE FUCKING VERSION OF THE GAME! Don't become ded_'s slave, think for yourselves.
If you people don't want to listen to me, fine. If ded_ wants to eviscerate me, fine. I just wanted to express MY opinion about you, about ded_, and about the fucking biased Kombat Kolumns. Good day.