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But, but, but I thought Polygon was MS biased?!?!?!



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I'm kind of torn on this. I just hope they update the review again if/when the problems are remedied.

With only two games that fall under this situation, it remains to be seen if they will be consistent with this policy.



Fair is fair. But it seems a partly online game shouldn't be docked the same as a totally online game. I would have docked 1/2 a point maybe.



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Wats wrong with MCC?



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CladInShadows said:
I'm kind of torn on this. I just hope they update the review again if/when the problems are remedied.

With only two games that fall under this situation, it remains to be seen if they will be consistent with this policy.

They did that already with a lot of reviews... and they even upped some after a year and the game got better content.



It was originally 9.5, not 9



tbone51 said:
Wats wrong with MCC?

A good part of the owners can't find matches to play online since release.

Using the Polygon words "Halo: The Master Chief Collection's multiplayer component is broken".



binary solo said:
Fair is fair. But it seems a partly online game shouldn't be docked the same as a totally online game. I would have docked 1/2 a point maybe.


i thought halo was suppose to be the gold standard in online multiplayer.   if mp is half the point they should have docked it half the score.

 

4.5/10



It does make reviewing games tricky these days. I mean, if a game was released horribly buggy and had a massive patch a week later would you say "3/10 for broken mess" or "8/10 for fixing the issues"?

Server issues seem even more vague because one person's experience could vary greatly from another.
"I cannot get on, this game is unplayable! 0/10!"
"I had no issues, this game is amazing! 10/10!"

Not sure how you aggregate those experiences within a review or if the reviewer goes on their own experience in a bubble of what other's experienced.