LudicrousSpeed said:
This. It's sad that people fixate on the low numbers and shout about integrity or "click bait" and insult the person writing those reviews, but when games get 10's and high 9's it's extremely rare for someone to question it. A websites integrity can be just as tainted by a high score as a low score. A high scoring review can also be click bait. Also, I've seen a lot of people shitting on the content of the review, even going as far as to claim it's satire. To me it just reads like a review by someone who is either tired of the Uncharted/Naughty Dog game formula, or was never a fan in the first place. That might lead some to question why he was reviewing it in the first place, but it's not uncommon for a writer to review a particular game even if they are not a fan of the franchise or genre. There was similar fuss with some site recently and Quantum Break. Reading the review, it actually touched on a few of the criticisms I have always had about the franchise. Personally I would have liked more in depth writing about what made it a 4 out of 10 in his book, but not having read any of his other reviews, that just might be his style. And multiple people in the thread have pointed out that developers salaries/bonuses are tied to MC scores and have used this information as if to imply it assigns some sort of responsibility or blame towards the reviewer or MC itself. Like.. these scores mean money to developers, they need to do a better job reviewing them or tallying the scores. That's bullsh. If ND misses a bonus because Uncharted 4 might end up at 93 instead of 94, the only two entities to blame are Sony for including something so stupid in the contract, and most importantly ND themselves for agreeing to it. Maybe there was some miscommunication regarding the review and its score. For what its worth, there have been other reviews by that site posted on MC and given bad scores even though the review has no score. |
and what perfect 10 reviews are clickbait and wrong? how did you like uncharted 4 would it get a good score from you?