Some players read Schreier’s criticism as a reason to start the game

After Jason Schreier’s reserved words on Crimson Desert and Expedition 33, part of the audience started treating his scores as a reverse signal: if he does not accept a game, it is worth trying. Warmer reviews of Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Avowed are recalled next to that, and those games landed coldly with another part of the players.

The argument moved quickly into sarcasm. Some write that his taste diverges from a demand for fast combat and exploration. Others allow that sharp wording simply gathers attention. The award odds he wrote about earlier are not recalculated in this note.

This is a reaction to a reviewer, not a new measurement of the game. Sales figures and Metacritic are not updated here.