Jim Sterling Pro Reviewer and Youtube Personality DDOS'd Over 'Low' Score Zelda BotW Review

Breath of The Wild has enraptured fans and critics alike in the week since its launch. Touted as one of the greatest open world games in a decade, the most awesome Zelda since Ocarina of Time, and the most excellent video game to come out in recent memory.

Flawless and perfection are the adjectives that echo in everyone's words that talk about this newest iteration of Zelda. But not everyone has been echoing the same sentiment, and one man, in particular, is paying pretty dearly for his opinion.

Jim Sterling, known for his no-nonsense and polarizing views on the gaming industry, has taken fire for seemingly being responsible for Breath of The Wilds drop from 98 to 97 on Metacritic after publishing his review giving the game a 7/10. (Boy that sure looks familiar.)

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Jim Sterlings Review notes said:
“At its absolute best, Breath of the Wild offers some of the most absorbing experiences a Zelda game ever has.

“Unfortunately, it makes you work harder for it than you should, buried as it is under a pile of small but constant irritations that collaborate to form a thick crust of frustration around a delectable center.

“Breath of the Wild is a delightful adventure, one that tries its utmost to be as big a pain in the arse as possible.”

In the hours since publishing his review, Sterlings website has gone down and is currently inaccessible at the time of this writing. He has also received numerous public death threats and even has shared straw polls demanding he be hanged for his opinion.

Jim Sterling on the reviews for Zelda said:
Truly, I wish I could say I understood what all the critics were raving about in their onslaught of 10/10 reviews, but I don’t. I see too many things getting in the way of the brilliance, too much repetitive busywork and full-on dick moves for me to say this is even close to my favorite Zelda game, much less in the top five.

Close, but no Triforce.

Silencing criticism with DDoS's and hate speech is an unfortunate and unnecessary consequence of modern internet media. No one should be silenced for their opinion as everyone has a right to their views.

What does our community make of this recent news? How do you all feel about what happened to Sterling?
 

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Meh, he got what he was looking for.
If he got screwed over for his "opinion", suits him well, he is obviously going for the clickbait and attention, and attention whores are the worst.

Sure the game has its flaws, every game has, the Stamina is pretty limiting, but can be enhanced with Spirit Orbs.
I would only go against it for the Durability system and the framedrops.
If they included a way to restore weapons which have been worn-out and worked on the framedrops, then the game would surely get a 9.5/10 from me.
Right now I would give it a 9 or 8..5, I've been hooked to it since release.
 
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As link gets more powerful he is eventually able to survive a thunder strike. Maybe those enemies have more than a few "hearts"?
Bokoblins? The ones i easley kill? I understand that link is more human than those monsters thus gonna hurt more. So maybe monsters have some kind of resistance. But bokoblin can be defeated with arrow thunder. Even when using on water it kills bokoblin. But the thunder is doesnt. Strongerst armor isnt that much different from the weakest. There is a slight difference.
 
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@netovsk As a matter of fact, I was thinking of that game when mentioning a suboptimal and punishing system. And to answer your query, it would make it "bad" in the sense that I would enjoy it much more had it been toned down but at the same time, I am not saying that it is terrible and needs to be chucked in the bin.
 
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What I find funny is how many people in the thread are mad because 1 person didn't enjoy your "masterpiece" game enough to give it 10/10. It's not like the metacritic score went down to 60. Just accept that people have different tastes. If anything you guys look stupid for being butthurt over one guy's opinion.
 

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The amount of ignorance in this thread is ridiculous. Weapons can be repaired by the way. Special weapons can be repaired by blacksmiths. Other weapons can be repaired by a method. Google "the octorok Trick" and you will see. Also to the guy who said that lightning was an instant kill and then went on to complain about enemies not dying to your lightning, lightning is not an instant kill if you're powerful enough. Stop whining just because you're a scrub. Get better gear, play the game, inform yourselves, and have fun with this 10/10 game. That's not even mentioning the EASY infinite stamina trick.
 
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Gotta love people who say Jim is calling the game bad just out of spite and attention whoring. I guess the multiple times he declares that he enjoyed BOTW and that he said it was a good game totally passed by them. It just so happens that the flaws (or as many of the fanboys would like to say, "aspects") of the game happened to displease him and lessen his overall experience. Apparently the large amount of reasoning behind all of it is completely ignored by the fanboys, because apparently they do not know the definition of opinion and thus can declare someone's opinion as "wrong".

This even devolved to an argument to whether a review should be objective or subjective. I thought it would be common sense that all reviews need both. A review with complete objectivity is no different from just describing the features of the game, as it's impossible to say whether the game is enjoyable or not without bias. Want an objective review on a game? Might as well look up a wikipedia article or the wikia for the game. At the same time, a review cannot be completely subjective as it practically equates to biased rambling then. This is what most of the haters on this particular review are leaning towards, because they can't be bothered to read the reasons why Jim doesn't like certain parts of the games.

A review needs both. If you dislike a part of the game, clearly explain why. Jim does, believe it or not. If you like a part of the game, clearly explain why. Most reviewers dealing with BotW did. However, a review shouldn't be entirely based in one side either. Almost all reviewers choose to ignore entirely the flaws (no matter how small) of the game, stating why they only like it. Jim, and by another extension Tom Bombadildo stated both why they disliked AND why they liked the game, but apparently the "liked" portion of their review was totally ignored by the fanboys.

That being said, a review being "wrong" is entirely asinine. It's his opinion, with quite a bit of objectivity backing it up. It's literally NO different from me saying "Oh? You like the consumable item weapon system? YOU'RE WRONG".

Also disclaimer, I don't agree with his score, though I agree with his points.
 

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Gotta love people who say Jim is calling the game bad just out of spite and attention whoring. I guess the multiple times he declares that he enjoyed BOTW and that he said it was a good game totally passed by them. It just so happens that the flaws (or as many of the fanboys would like to say, "aspects") of the game happened to displease him and lessen his overall experience. Apparently the large amount of reasoning behind all of it is completely ignored by the fanboys, because apparently they do not know the definition of opinion and thus can declare someone's opinion as "wrong".

This even devolved to an argument to whether a review should be objective or subjective. I thought it would be common sense that all reviews need both. A review with complete objectivity is no different from just describing the features of the game, as it's impossible to say whether the game is enjoyable or not without bias. Want an objective review on a game? Might as well look up a wikipedia article or the wikia for the game. At the same time, a review cannot be completely subjective as it practically equates to biased rambling then. This is what most of the haters on this particular review are leaning towards, because they can't be bothered to read the reasons why Jim doesn't like certain parts of the games.

A review needs both. If you dislike a part of the game, clearly explain why. Jim does, believe it or not. If you like a part of the game, clearly explain why. Most reviewers dealing with BotW did. However, a review shouldn't be entirely based in one side either. Almost all reviewers choose to ignore entirely the flaws (no matter how small) of the game, stating why they only like it. Jim, and by another extension Tom Bombadildo stated both why they disliked AND why they liked the game, but apparently the "liked" portion of their review was totally ignored by the fanboys.

That being said, a review being "wrong" is entirely asinine. It's his opinion, with quite a bit of objectivity backing it up. It's literally NO different from me saying "Oh? You like the consumable item weapon system? YOU'RE WRONG".

Also disclaimer, I don't agree with his score, though I agree with his points.
His Review was wrong, objectively. There is a way to repair weapons, which he didn't know about but still.... there is a way to fix them.. Just saying...
 
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The amount of ignorance in this thread is ridiculous. Weapons can be repaired by the way. Special weapons can be repaired by blacksmiths. Other weapons can be repaired by a method. Google "the octorok Trick" and you will see. Also to the guy who said that lightning was an instant kill and then went on to complain about enemies not dying to your lightning, lightning is not an instant kill if you're powerful enough. Stop whining just because you're a scrub. Get better gear, play the game, inform yourselves, and have fun with this 10/10 game. That's not even mentioning the EASY infinite stamina trick.

None of these are even actually repairing. The zora blacksmith, for a very small selection of weapons, will practically give you a new one, not your old one. The octorock actually upgrades your weapon. Even if you classify these as "repairing", which it obviously isn't, that would mean I would have to explore for an octorock or visit that zora to "fix" my gear. The fact that these are called "tricks" already tells you that you have to go out of your way to get it done. But hey, let's just ignore all of it and give it a 10/10! ZELDA FOR LIFE.
 
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His Review was wrong, objectively. There is a way to repair weapons, which he didn't know about but still.... there is a way to fix them.. Just saying...
Probably should actually read the review. Just because you can repair them doesn't invalidate the argument- because the argument is about how having to do that isn't much fun in the first place.

Also, glitches aren't considered "redeeming factors" just because they are easy. That's not the intended game behaviour.
 
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The fact that you said someone's opinion is objectively wrong pretty much ruins your credibility, or as you would say, your opinion is objectively wrong.
I said the REVIEW was wrong, not his opinion. It was wrong because you can repair weapons. I never said all weapons can be repaired either. I said that "weapons can be repaired" and I was right.
 
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I said the REVIEW was wrong, not his opinion. It was wrong because you can repair weapons. I never said all weapons can be repaired either. I said that "weapons can be repaired" and I was right.

And I can say objectively that this is wrong. You get a new weapon from the zora blacksmith. He forges you a NEW one. Something that Jim has mentioned in his videos. The Octorock UPGRADES your weapon. You get a NEW one.

Objectively speaking, there is NO way to repair your weapon. Nintendo has really gone of their way to make it to make it so. It was entirely intentional, and whether this was a good move or not is debatable.
 

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Probably should actually read the review. Just because you can repair them doesn't invalidate the argument- because the argument is about how having to do that isn't much fun in the first place.

Also, glitches aren't considered "redeeming factors" just because they are easy. That's not the intended game behaviour.
Now you're just being a nitpicker. It's amazing the lengths people will go through to try and drag the game down. Like the idiots who tried to mass bomb its metacritic score. I never said it was a "redeeming factor" I merely pointed out that it was easily possible to keep running. The fact that this wasn't patched in with the update means that it might not have even been a mistake.
 

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I don't have a Switch or BoTW but the reviewer in question is irrate because the game is harder than he would have wanted it to be? Well boo-hoo
 

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And I can say objectively that this is wrong. You get a new weapon from the zora blacksmith. He forges you a NEW one. Something that Jim has mentioned in his videos. The Octorock UPGRADES your weapon. You get a NEW one.

Objectively speaking, there is NO way to repair your weapon. Nintendo has really gone of their way to make it to make it so. It was entirely intentional, and whether this was a good move or not is debatable.
http://gaming.stackexchange.com/que...-another-flameblade-or-repair-the-one-ive-got This ocktorok "trick" is actually in the official guide book so it was intended. Also, it REPAIRS the WEAPON. It also can repair rusted weapons and UPGRADE them to their un-rusted counterparts. Know your shit man. Jim sterling is just an uninformed scrub who spent 10 hours on the game. Just like you. "The Octorok repair method is not a bug, it is stated in the guide as an official way to repair a weapon or turn a rusty weapon into a new one"
 
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http://gaming.stackexchange.com/que...-another-flameblade-or-repair-the-one-ive-got This ocktorok "trick" is actually in the official guide book so it was intended. Also, it REPAIRS the WEAPON. It also can repair rusted weapons and UPGRADE them to their un-rusted counterparts. Know your shit man. Jim sterling is just an uninformed scrub who spent 10 hours on the game. Just like you.

Are you reading your own post? Apparently rusted=unrusted to you? That is not the same weapon. If you happen to break that rusty weapon, is it not gone? Can you "fix" it after being broken? No. You instead upgrade a rusty weapon into it's unrusted form. I can see why you'd consider this as repairing, but game mechanic-wise this is just upgrading your weapon. Not fixing. Seriously, take a chill pill and learn how fallacious your own arguments are

But hey, I'm a scrub who doesn't know how to play the game according to you. *claps*

EDIT: Now that you added your little additional statement, I can't believe you are still butthurt about the statement of facts. "Turn your weapon into a new one". That's not repairing. Once your weapon breaks, it breaks. End of story. You might be able to get a new one from the zora. Or you could get an upgraded one from the octorock, given your weapon isn't broken.

Good god, anybody with common sense can see Nintendo purposely gave no repairing options for your weapons. I'm not even declaring it as bad or good in my latest posts, but it's fact. You can't fix your stuff. You can upgrade, yes. You can get a new one, yes. But can you fix the SAME weapon after it broke or loses durability? No.
 
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DUDE, there is video evidence that you can fix broken weapons with this method. Look this shit up scrub. It works. It's in the guidebook to so it's legit. Play the game or look at one of the few videos showing the ocktorok repair method.

Yes you are a scrub. *CLAPS*
 

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Are you reading your own post? Apparently rusted=unrusted to you? That is not the same weapon. If you happen to break that rusty weapon, is it not gone? Can you "fix" it after being broken? No. You instead upgrade a rusty weapon into it's unrusted form. I can see why you'd consider this as repairing, but game mechanic-wise this is just upgrading your weapon. Not fixing. Seriously, take a chill pill and learn how fallacious your own arguments are

But hey, I'm a scrub who doesn't know how to play the game according to you. *claps*
When you play through he game, and your weapon in the menu is glowing red, you should know to take it to a rock ocktorok anywhere in the world and get it repaired. If you want to repair the special weapons take them to a blacksmith. It's repair because you can only do this after you originally obtain the weapons they break. It's as simple as that. I've proved that both of these are intended methods for repairing broken weapons.

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"EDIT: Now that you added your little additional statement, I can't believe you are still butthurt about the statement of facts. "Turn your weapon into a new one". That's not repairing. Once your weapon breaks, it breaks. End of story. You might be able to get a new one from the zora. Or you could get an upgraded one from the octorock, given you HAVEN'T broken the rusty weapon you plan to upgrade. Is its durability restored? Yes. Is it the same weapon? No. It's not repaired.

Good god, anybody with common sense can see Nintendo purposely gave no repairing options for your weapons. I'm not even declaring it as bad or good in my latest posts, but it's fact. You can't fix your stuff. You can upgrade, yes. You can get a new one, yes. But can you fix the SAME weapon after it broke or loses durability? No."

YOU CAN FIX A WEAPON AFTER IT LOSES DURABILITY! YES. Clearly, I've proven that.
 
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What on earth happens to your equipment after it breaks (save the master sword)? They disappear. With a few exceptions like the lightscale trident being able to be reforged, once a weapon is broken, it is GONE. This was entirely intentional. Why on earth are you arguing it? This isn't discussing whether it's a drawback or not (I would consider it so but i got used to it), this is a mere statement of facts.

And as far as the octorock "fixing your weapon" goes, you are getting a NEW weapon, just like the Zora reforging. I can see why you would equate it to fixing, but it isn't. But hey, let's just pick out a few words and say HURR DURR I AM RIGHT YOURE A SCRUB HUUR DURRR
 
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