Gears of War - Metacritic (currently 85)

[Pemalite]

DonFerrari said:

Pemalite said:

Sea of thieves deserved it's score, it was a pretty bare-bones and average game on release, even if it's premise was relatively unique.

But you are right, a games score should be reflected against games releasing around the same time as well... But I don't recall any big AAA releases in this current release window that would drag down Gears of War 5.

Gears 5 is certainly a superior title over Gears of War 4 in every regard, so it still baffles the mind that it's score doesn't reflect that.

Well it isn't just in the same timeframe but they also compare to the best games that released within the same gen.

We have seem many great games score within 85-90 even though we personally though it deserved 95, and usually it have to do with reviewers not evaluating what the game is and have, but what they wanted to be, what it doesn't have (even if the dev didn't want to put it and fans don't care) and details or mechanics other games have used.

If you force your memory to the start of the generation you'll see cases of games that were much better than last gen counterparts but received lower scores.

Anyway at least 85 is a pretty good score, but I'll trust you on that it should have been higher based on your impressions of the game.

Well, Gears of War 4 released in the same generation as Gears of War 5, so Gears of War 5's score should be reflected against that... It doesn't need to be a 95, it just needs a score higher than Gears of War 4.
If we were comparing it against a 7th gen Gears of War title, then that is another issue entirely.

Either way, it doesn't really matter, anyone who enjoys Gears will pick this game up, those who don't, probably won't grab a copy, irrespective of a couple of irrelevant metacritic points.

My issue is just the consistency of review scores, irrespective of platform or game.