will this stupid ds topic ever die. Critics dont review games based on favoritism to aaa developers. The game wouldnt have had all of the sony marketing and support without a big name probably.
Kojima name garantees more open minded people playing the game, the game is great, but without kojima name, it would be considered only a good atempt.
Googled but couldn't find anything: what does that mean ?
It's just an innocent poll and question.You didn't like an acclaimed work. It's ok. You don't need to find reasons why people who like it don't actually like it.
the notion that if BotW would be as good as a game if it were called Belda instead of Zelda. basically what the OP is putting forward, "would be actually like this game as much as we would if it was not an established IP or creator?"
If Zelda was called something else, then it wouldn't get the same level of critical reception.
Came here to say this. Generally speaking critics aren't going to be swayed by stuff that has nothing to do with the game itself, but the industry loves an underdog. It's more likely the game would see more praise from devs we don't know. See: Celeste (and I love Celeste so please don't come for me!)It would've gotten more praise honestly.
People would've found it just as creatively risky but since it would've been by unknowns they'd have given it extra praise for being so unique.