Anyone who tells you that being a reviewer is easy only needs to point to the case of Bae Sang Hyun.
As the review embargo on God of War: Ragnarok lifted, critics got a chance to publish their thoughts on the upcoming God of War sequel ahead of its launch today, November 9.
As expected, most of the reviews sang Ragnarok's praises, which was enough to make it one of the highest-rated games of the year and of all time. It's not enough to vault it past the original game from 2018 but it's as good as it gets.
However, it appears that the sequel didn't make fans of everyone. Bae Sang Hyun gave Ragnarok a 6/10 score and fans were having none of it. It came to a point that the Korean author received death threats for his "negative review" and he had to take to Twitter to clarify his thoughts on the game.
After likening Ragnarok to a DLC for the 2018 title rather than a standalone game, Bae took the brunt of the collective frustration of Ragnarok's fanbase.