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VGKing said:
About this Forza vs GT thing....aren't they totally different games?
Isn't GT more of a racing simulator while Forza is more of an arcade-type gameplay?

No it's definitely a sim. But generally people say GT is more realistic, and I'm sure GT fans exaggerate that, transforming it into "GT is a sim, Forza is arcadey".



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man-bear-pig said:
SpaceCowboy said:

High Metascore =/= Quality Simulator


Metascore is the best quality indicator we have. So yes, high metascore = higher quality game.

I agree with you. But I think this case is an exception. Forza is an amazing game, and deserves that Metascore. But I also think GT5 deserves a higher score. GT5 Metascore is low because people expected more of him and not because it's a bad game. For me deserves a Metascore of 90.



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i agree with you, quality doesnt mean sales. uncharted is better than halo but halo still sells better.
a comparison between the uncharted games to highest rated halo games this gen from gamerankings.com

uncharted 2 96.46% > halo 3 93.60%
uncharted 3 91.76% > halo reach 91.71%
uncharted 1 89.70% > halo 4 89.27%



bananaking21 said:
i agree with you, quality doesnt mean sales. uncharted is better than halo but halo still sells better.
a comparison between the uncharted games to highest rated halo games this gen from gamerankings.com

uncharted 2 96.46% > halo 3 93.60%
uncharted 3 91.76% > halo reach 91.71%
uncharted 1 89.70% > halo 4 89.27%

Halo is clearly better:

Uncharted GA 80.62 < Halo 2 94.57



Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 said:
miz1q2w3e said:
Wait, Forza averages 91 a game? News to me.

Highest Rated Racing Series of this generation. 

Found you! The one who quoted me!

Anyways, I had no idea. The way some people talk you'd think GT was the one that was higher



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bananaking21 said:
i agree with you, quality doesnt mean sales. uncharted is better than halo but halo still sells better.
a comparison between the uncharted games to highest rated halo games this gen from gamerankings.com

uncharted 2 96.46% > halo 3 93.60%
uncharted 3 91.76% > halo reach 91.71%
uncharted 1 89.70% > halo 4 89.27%


That's just your opinion. The 2 games are completely different so you shouldn't really be comparing them.



Andrespetmonkey said:
bananaking21 said:
i agree with you, quality doesnt mean sales. uncharted is better than halo but halo still sells better.
a comparison between the uncharted games to highest rated halo games this gen from gamerankings.com

uncharted 2 96.46% > halo 3 93.60%
uncharted 3 91.76% > halo reach 91.71%
uncharted 1 89.70% > halo 4 89.27%

Halo is clearly better:

Uncharted GA 80.62 < Halo 2 94.57

how is halo clearly better because of one game? plus i compared games from this gen



VGKing said:
About this Forza vs GT thing....aren't they totally different games?
Isn't GT more of a racing simulator while Forza is more of an arcade-type gameplay?


They're both racing sims. Also, as I said in the OP, they're both their respective consoles flagship racing franchise, so they're the best games I could use to illustrate this baffling phenomenon.



VGKing said:
bananaking21 said:
i agree with you, quality doesnt mean sales. uncharted is better than halo but halo still sells better.
a comparison between the uncharted games to highest rated halo games this gen from gamerankings.com

uncharted 2 96.46% > halo 3 93.60%
uncharted 3 91.76% > halo reach 91.71%
uncharted 1 89.70% > halo 4 89.27%


That's just your opinion. The 2 games are completely different so you shouldn't really be comparing them.


my opinion? no, thats what i took from game rankings. in my opinion  and from what i seen, halo 4 is better than uncharted 1, but i havent played halo 4 so i cant really say for sure. but if i just blurted out uncharted is better than halo and called it my opinon people here would want to kill my because im just using my opinion and not being subjective. so i went with what the OP of the thread did and gave out numbers from the site that is considered the best to check game scores from, wich is gamerankings



SpaceCowboy said:
man-bear-pig said:
SpaceCowboy said:

High Metascore =/= Quality Simulator


Metascore is the best quality indicator we have. So yes, high metascore = higher quality game.

I agree with you. But I think this case is an exception. Forza is an amazing game, and deserves that Metascore. But I also think GT5 deserves a higher score. GT5 Metascore is low because people expected more of him and not because it's a bad game. For me deserves a Metascore of 90.


Even if it did have a metascore of 90, it would still be lower than Forza (91 average metascore)...yet it has higher sales. Bizarre.