Sterling Caught in Review Opinion Shocker
By Nukezilla Reporter on Sunday, December 6th 2009
Destructoid’s Reviews Editor is in hiding today after his attempt to pass an opinion off as a valid review on the internet was met with anger.
A mob of critics were swift to descend on Jim Sterling, 16, after he flaunted his opinion in an on line review of the violent murder based Assasin’s Creed 2 videogame, giving it a below average score.
Heralding the 4.5/10 review of the game as “butthurt” and “wrong” the antagonized internet commenters have forced Sterling to retreat to his family home in Mississippi.
Videogame reviews are strictly controlled by Metacritic, a branch of CBS Interactive Inc., making Sterling’s far-below-average honest review such a shock.
Shamed Sterling announced on his Twitter that he was “Dismayed by [the commenter's] mental abnormality” and “amused by the free traffic”.
The first Assassin’s Creed game was given an only marginally higher score of 5.5/10 by Destructoid when it was released in 2007, causing many to question Sterling’s weight.
Talking to NG Sterling said that “next time, Ubisoft needs to make sure its checks arrive on time”.
It is assumed the review has not been altered or removed due to Destructoid’s Judaism.
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Look at that smirk. A man who smirks like that is clearly not fit to review games as a Professional Video Games Journalist. For shame, Mr. Sterling!
I’ve got to say that while I don’t agree with the score, this backlash is pretty pathetic. Somebody has a negative opinion of a game and the internet loses its mind.
Wow, was not expecting The Perfect Lifeform’s face all up in my Negative Gamer. Also, though I disagree with the score, the review was well written and I could see where he drew his conclusions. Its just a shame the internet had to go and be the internet about it.
SCANDALOUS!
The trolls descended on his review of the Saboteur as well.
I like Sterling, and I haven’t played AssCreed2 so I have no opinion on the score other than it’s pretty low, but if he is going to relentlessly bait fanboys then…
The only shocker about this is, how many people are fans of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.