DonFerrari on 15 September 2017
guiduc said:
potato_hamster said:
It's not that I have little faith in the review system, I just understand what it is. It's mostly composed people like you and me that are decent writers and decided to play and review games for a living. That's it. As a result, I use reviews as an indicator of whether or not I will like a game, not to determine whether one game is objectively better than another. You can't remove the subjectivity out of personal preference, and I don't pretend that it can be mitigated enough to be reasonably objective.
Now you're acting like Metacritic is some kind of authority? From their FAQ
"Why don't you include my publication in your panel?
We are always on the lookout for new sources of quality, well-written reviews that are well regarded in the industry or among their peers. Several times throughout the year, we will re-evaulate our current group of publications and make additions and deletions to our panel if necessary. If you feel that your publication deserves inclusion among this elite group, please let us know. Remember, we are only looking for high-quality websites (or print publications).
Can you tell me how each of the different critics are weighted in your formula?
So you have a group of people that are deciding which reviews to count and which ones to ignore, and weighting them differnetly based on uhhh... erm... secret sauce. How can this be seen as even reasonably objective?
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There is no system in itself that is fail-safe. Maybe it isn't strict enough, and maybe our industry needs to tighten up the looses in order to be considered ''more objective'' or of better quality. Why is there 108 critics out there to evaluate Breath of the Wild and 50 for a movie like Dunkerke? Maybe because we need to cut half of these. Maybe half of these shouldn't be allowed to be even considered. Maybe the selection process isn't harsh enough.
We have to make do with something. At least, for now. An average from Gamerankings, Metacritic or whatever else is better at giving a common tendency than... say... your personal opinion? Your personal opinion is the most important thing to you, but for everyone else, for someone who wants the most objective review possible, how do you do? An average can be a good way to.
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Sorry, but a lot of people in vgc preffer to adhere to single opinion of some publication or reviewer than to the aggregated score exaclty because like that he can look to opinions of similar taste.
Boutros said: By the way I don't know how The Lost Legacy isn't 90+. It's at least as good as Uncharted 4. |
Because as some have said here metacritic is almost perfectly objetive, so TLL is inferior to UC4 in such manner that this manny points difference is necessary.