The kicker, though, is that Wardell petitioned GameSpot to pull Stark from the site’s review of “Ashes” in early April. Ironically, Wardell is doing the very thing he’s complaining about by attributing, without any evidence, a political motivation to someone who trashed his game. But it’s a big leap from “I think you’re wrong” to “an ethical violation may have been committed.” But that’s the leap Wardell is making. It’s obviously within Wardell’s rights to be pissed about a negative review of his game and complain all he wants to about it.
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But it’s the other stuff that gets at the real problem here: The idea that “‘Ashes’ is by any reasonable standard a very good game.”Īlso Read: How to Start an Internet Flame War, 'Batman v Superman' Edition (Commentary) It is possible that this colored Daniel Starkey’s review of “Ashes.” I couldn’t say for sure, because the review doesn’t mention Wardell or #GamerGate or anything other than the game itself, really. Yes, Wardell is often known to side with the loose coalition of Internet harassers known as #GamerGate. He took his complaints to the “Ashes” official site, where he published an essay called “Basic editorial standards in game reviews.” He said things like, “You’d be hard pressed to find a lot of people who think the game deserves a 4. Rock, Paper, Shotgun‘s Brendan Caldwell said, “There’s nothing here that hasn’t been done before and done better.”īut the CEO of Stardock, Brad Wardell, publicly called out only Starkey. This is not an uncommon sentiment from critics and regular players alike with “Ashes of the Singularity.” Game Informer‘s Daniel Tack called it “formulaic and forgettable” and gave it a 6.75 out of 10. There is a decent foundation, but Ashes fails to build on it in a satisfying way.” The review concludes: “ The game comes off as half-finished. The lowest score for the game comes from the major video game site GameSpot, for which freelance critic Daniel Starkey gave “Ashes” a 4 out of 10. For games, people interpret that number to mean something probably sucks. For a movie, that would be a pretty good average. “Ashes of the Singularity” has so far gotten what, in the video games sphere, are considered middling reviews, averaging 69 out of 100 on the aggregation site Metacritic.
Into this weird discussion comes “Ashes of the Singularity,” a strategy game produced by developer/publisher Stardock. Also Read: Dear Video Games: Your Politics Are Showing, Whether You Like It Or Not (Commentary)
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