Vincke continues by claiming some reviewers get “personal” with their critiques for “the sake of some likes”.<\/p>\n
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\u2026\u2014 Swen Vincke @where? (@LarAtLarian) January 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n “I get that if people are charging money, you want to know if it’s good or not. But reviewers can just say \u2014 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.<\/p>\n It’s not clear what \u2014 if anything \u2014 the posts are in reaction to.<\/p>\n Vincke’s comments have drawn heavy criticism from reviewers and the games industry, such as former GameSpot and Giant Bomb journalist Jeff Gerstmann:<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n \u2014 Jeff Gerstmann (@jeffgerstmann.com)<\/a> 2026-01-28T03:18:56.524Z<\/a><\/p>\n Eurogamer’s deputy editorial director Chris Tapsell adds:<\/p>\n 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!<\/p>\n \u2014 Chris Tapsell (@christapsell.bsky.social)<\/a> 2026-01-28T09:36:05.358Z<\/a><\/p>\n What do you make of Swen Vincke’s latest comments? Share your thoughts in the comments below.<\/p>\n [source x.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n