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shinsa on 20 March 2014
EB1994 said:
Carl2291 said:
Is this a serious thread or is it a joke thread that fails to be funny?

Look at the disclaimer lol.

I know this is a joke thread....but it is a shame and pathetic how much gamers rely on metacritic scores to prove that said game is a flop or master piece. 

 



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fatslob-:O on 20 March 2014

Another reason to not take metacritic seriously.



biggamejames79 on 20 March 2014

Sales is a better measure of success than critical ratings. Money talks - opinions walks.



Blood_Tears on 20 March 2014

If you want a 90+ meta AAA game, you're going to have to wait till early next year when Witcher 3 launches.



ktay95 on 20 March 2014
Wagram said:
I believe if 2014 has taught us anything thus far it is that expectations need to be grounded. Enough with this HYPE HYPE HYPE HYPE. Also an 81 is a fine score, but people need to stop with this massive hype that most developers can't deliver on.

Really I thought it taught us that only FPS, Sports games, indies and last gen late ports are allowed to score hightly =P



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justiceiro on 20 March 2014
EB1994 said:
ps3-sales! said:
EB1994 said:
ps3-sales! said:

Simple question, difficult answer. With the recent metacritic reviews coming in Infamous Second Son has an average of 81; or a flop by AAA game standards. Where did Sucker Punch go wrong? It's obvious that the 54 critics on metacritic all agreed with one thing: The story sucks. 

It's a shame really. But I guess with Titanfall failing to be a great game with a score of 90+, we should have expected this. The next gen simply isn't very next gen if it can't even produce 90+ games on Metacritic because as we all know; great games must have at least a 90+ score to be great. 

Put simply: Infamous: Second Son is a flop; as is Titanfall. I guess we're still waiting for the first truely "next gen game". 

Discuss why Infamous is a flop in your opinion. 

 

 

 

 

*Disclaimer: I have not played infamous nor Titanfall. I am simply assuming they are bad games based on their subpar 90 meta-scores as most gamers should*

http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-4/towerfall-ascension

Nu-uh!!! Towerfall Ascension is a 90 metacritic! PS4 GOTY


Towerfall is not a truely next gen game. It was ported from PC and everybody knows PC has no gen.

Damn...you got me this time.


It is? I tough it was a OUYA exclusive first and then was ported over.

 

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fatslob-:O on 20 March 2014
biggamejames79 said:
Sales is a better measure of success than critical ratings. Money talks - opinions walks.

This especially ...



leo-j on 20 March 2014

5 should be average
6 should be above average
7 should be great
8 and above AAA

Maybe reviews are following a better format than the 7-10 scale from last gen



 

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crissindahouse on 20 March 2014

I know that you are sarcastic but I really find the new gen games pretty boring atm well, not boring but also not worth to buy a new console for. Even Forza didn't help me and I'm a big Forza or racing game fan in general.



SweetTalia on 20 March 2014

I gotta say i was expecting a higher score from all the hype of this game. Looks like a another rent to me.



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