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Destructoid’s Reviews Editor is in hiding today after his attempt to pass an opinion off as a valid review on the internet was met with anger.
A mob of critics were swift to descend on Jim Sterling, 16, after he flaunted his opinion in an on line review of the violent murder based Assasin’s Creed 2 videogame, giving it a below average score.
Heralding the 4.5/10 review of the game as “butthurt” and “wrong” the antagonized internet commenters have forced Sterling to retreat to his family home in Mississippi.
Videogame reviews are strictly controlled by Metacritic, a branch of CBS Interactive Inc., making Sterling’s far-below-average honest review such a shock.
Shamed Sterling announced on his Twitter that he was “Dismayed by [the commenter's] mental abnormality” and “amused by the free traffic”.
The first Assassin’s Creed game was given an only marginally higher score of 5.5/10 by Destructoid when it was released in 2007, causing many to question Sterling’s weight.
Talking to NG Sterling said that “next time, Ubisoft needs to make sure its checks arrive on time”.
It is assumed the review has not been altered or removed due to Destructoid’s Judaism.
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