Vincke continues by claiming some reviewers get “personal” with their critiques for “the sake of some likes”.
There’s plenty of games I genuinely don’t like playing and there are many I know are made for the wrong reasons. However – it’s incredibly rare for one to be made without there being someone behind it that truly cared about what they were making, putting a part of themselves in…— Swen Vincke @where? (@LarAtLarian) January 27, 2026
While it is indeed true that games are made up of hundreds of people’s time, effort, and passion, a review is designed to remove that emotion and fairly judge the creation of the studio.
“I get that if people are charging money, you want to know if it’s good or not. But reviewers can just say — I didn’t enjoy it or I don’t think it’s well made or I don’t think it’s worth the money they are charging. That’s enough,” he added.
It’s not clear what — if anything — the posts are in reaction to.
Vincke’s comments have drawn heavy criticism from reviewers and the games industry, such as former GameSpot and Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Gerstmann:
Try a couple decades of shitty emails ranging from simple insults all the way up to death threats from idiot fanboys who can’t handle you giving a game “only” 8/10 and see which one puts more calluses on your soul, dummy. You’d fold in six months or less.
— Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann.com) 2026-01-28T03:18:56.524Z
Eurogamer’s deputy editorial director Chris Tapsell adds:
You can review me, but the moment you let your personal opinion get in the way of objectively reviewing my wordread, just know you’ve just lost all credibility as a critic critic!
— Chris Tapsell (@christapsell.bsky.social) 2026-01-28T09:36:05.358Z
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