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<blockquote data-quote="pawsplay" data-source="post: 3710961" data-attributes="member: 15538">Yes, it's certainly within the limits. But it begs the question, what is it being compared against in terms of improvement? It's presumptuous to say that a game is being improved a lot but was already superlatively the best; the implication is that it is now in some stratosphere which other games can hardly aspire to. So the comparison simultaneosly discounts the competition (they were never even with us) while emphasizing its competitive advantages (now we are farther ahead of the competition, or at least where we were before). If the game can be improved, that means it was not perfect; if it was not perfect, how absolutely can it be said to have been the best - wouldn't that depend on the criteria used? If it can be said to be &quot;the best&quot; it must be nearly perfect, since it must contend in several areas of comparison.&quot;The best... now even better!&quot; pretty much always invites self-contradiction unless you hold a product is being improved for itself, rather than to any specific purpose, or unless it has no competition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pawsplay, post: 3710961, member: 15538"] Yes, it's certainly within the limits. But it begs the question, what is it being compared against in terms of improvement? It's presumptuous to say that a game is being improved a lot but was already superlatively the best; the implication is that it is now in some stratosphere which other games can hardly aspire to. So the comparison simultaneosly discounts the competition (they were never even with us) while emphasizing its competitive advantages (now we are farther ahead of the competition, or at least where we were before). If the game can be improved, that means it was not perfect; if it was not perfect, how absolutely can it be said to have been the best - wouldn't that depend on the criteria used? If it can be said to be "the best" it must be nearly perfect, since it must contend in several areas of comparison. "The best... now even better!" pretty much always invites self-contradiction unless you hold a product is being improved for itself, rather than to any specific purpose, or unless it has no competition. [/QUOTE]

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