Alright, then for now I will keep on ignoring any "spam" like this:
Maybe the moderator, Brute, can keep an eye out for actual and very intentional spam in the future.
That's not spam so much as shorthand (to be more specific, the intent was to criticize the value of the statement, not merely to anger other users). To elaborate, my criticism is that if the measure for games earning critical score lies with those two Nintendo games, the metric doesn't hold much value. It's kind of like how Black Panther is one of the most financially successful movies, often being compared in that way to Titanic, The Force Awakens and Avatar. All of them are pretty mediocre films, hardly worthy of significant praise. But the people are dumb and unimpressive things are often lauded, as is likely the case here (I'm aware that sales are not the same thing as critical praise, but both tend to be equally as irrelevant to the quality of the respective art).
I tend to present my criticism with snark rather than excessive exposition until questioned because it saves time and I like it stylistically. But just because I'm terse doesn't mean that I'm spamming. The specific, isolated line quoted indicates clearly, in my opinion, what my criticism was, and it's not only valid but relevant to the discussion you were trying to populate the thread with (ie: "God of War's critical praise probably means it's a great game").
I am very excited about this game, as you seem to be equally strongly dismissive of it from the get-go in your posts, which I find just as bewildering as you find my excitement. I will try to tone it a bit down though, that as my peace offering.
Being skeptical is not the same as being dismissive, nor is being pessimistic.
For the record, I think God of War will probably be a pretty decent game. While I have no intention of spending $60 on it, I'll keep my eye on it for sales and whatnot, just as I have done with its predecessors and spiritual peers. If I were dismissive, I would be saying: "It
is shit," not "It
looks underwhelming," without having played it. Conversely, to say "It
looks good," is to be optimistic, whereas to say "It
is amazing!" without having played it, is to be dismissive.
When I get my hands on the game, and if it turns out my excitement was indeed warranted, which its critical acclaim rather suggests than the opposite, I will let you guys again know.
That sounds perfectly sensible to me.