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quickrick on 19 April 2018
fatslob-:O said:
CGI-Quality said:

I sincerely hope you’re joking. It has a 95 Metascore. What’s not looking good about that?

Lowers the probability of the game maintaining a 95+ score ... (everybody wants to keep this being a gem in memory)

Obviously what i meant 

Lafiel said:
CGI-Quality said:

I sincerely hope you’re joking. It has a 95 Metascore. What’s not looking good about that?

maybe he means that GoW is in danger of dropping to 94 with that, as there are signs pointing to more "low" reviews coming in

yes.



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Lafiel on 19 April 2018
CGI-Quality said:
I know what you meant and I still think it’s utterly ridiculous. 94. 95. Why does it matter so much?

it doesn't matter - the game received superb critical acclaim either way, yet speculating about whether or not it can hold on to the 95 was a popular topic in this and other review threads around the internet



GhetooBillGates on 19 April 2018

Well there is still 20 something reviewers left, so this could go in any direction and looking at some past few releases, GOW could be get bumped up once, PS AUS, UK and Benelux review it and that's not counting other sites that favor PS games that are left, its likely going to retain its 95, so dont stress yourselves out alright you guys just think positive. Remember yall good vibes, good thoughts = good results.



Alara317 on 19 April 2018
VGPolyglot said:
pitzy272 said:

Yeah, after his last response to me, I just gave up. He just wants to argue, for some reason, but his arguments are odd and often nonsensical.  I’ve seen him pick arguments with others as well. 

I'd say my argument is pretty sound:

Enjoyment of video games is subjective. As a result, there will inevitably be variations between review scores among different critics. That's where Metacritic comes into play. It rounds up reviews from around the web to see what the overall average is. Eliminating low scores because they deviate from the average destroys the whole purpose of trying to find an average in the first place.

Yeah, but a crazy person doesn't know they're crazy; if they did, they wouldn't be crazy. 



tokilamockingbrd on 19 April 2018
GhetooBillGates said:
DigitalSpy 80 review up Meta Dropped from 94.50 to 94.36
down 2 spots 52 now on all time.

Where did you get the exact % from? You cant just do simple math unless you know the exact weights (unless there is a way the site shows it that I don't know of). 



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VGPolyglot on 19 April 2018
Alara317 said:
VGPolyglot said:

I'd say my argument is pretty sound:

Enjoyment of video games is subjective. As a result, there will inevitably be variations between review scores among different critics. That's where Metacritic comes into play. It rounds up reviews from around the web to see what the overall average is. Eliminating low scores because they deviate from the average destroys the whole purpose of trying to find an average in the first place.

Yeah, but a crazy person doesn't know they're crazy; if they did, they wouldn't be crazy. 

Hmm, for schizophrenia it's about half who know, and for bipolar disorder it's around 60% of people who know, so a lot of people actually do know when they're suffering from a condition:

http://www.schizophrenic.com/articles/schizophrenia/do-schizophrenics-know-they-are-schizophrenic



GhetooBillGates on 19 April 2018
tokilamockingbrd said:
GhetooBillGates said:
DigitalSpy 80 review up Meta Dropped from 94.50 to 94.36
down 2 spots 52 now on all time.

Where did you get the exact % from? You cant just do simple math unless you know the exact weights (unless there is a way the site shows it that I don't know of). 

Its just the regular math, I mean 1 could potentially figure out the scales by comparing multiple games and determining weight but that would be way to time consuming.  

100 Meta.  –32     3200

 

99   Meta   --1        99

 

98   Meta   --4       392

 

97   Meta   --3        291

 

96   Meta   --2        192

 

95   Meta   --11      1045

 

94   Meta    --1        94

 

93  Meta     --3       279

 

92  Meta     --4       368

 

90 Meta      --24    2,160

 

85 meta      -- 2     170

 

80 Meta     -- 6      480

 

 

  



tokilamockingbrd on 19 April 2018

ya that's what I figured. I know places like IGN get far more weight than a digital spy (who probably has more weight than a lot of other places) so while the 80 is not helpful, it is not as bad as getting an 80 from IGN, Polygon or any other widely read gaming mag/site.



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VGPolyglot on 19 April 2018
RolStoppable said:
CGI-Quality said:

I just think people put too much emphasis on it. It’s a score, and high one at that. Makes no difference if it’s a 94 or 95. Not trying to be mean, but folks take it too seriously.

I have to compliment you for finding a clever way to call people "vermin".

The part you quoted used to say "bug folks", but now it says "but folks"?



GribbleGrunger on 19 April 2018

Just walked 3 miles to ASDA to pick it up and was told they didn't have it in. I insisted it would be in because it's a huge title. One phone call to the games department later, no GOW. Came home and searched for ASDA Grimsby (my home town) and there is a copy of GOW. They just don't know what the hell they're doing. How can anyone be running a gaming department and not know if GOW is releasing?



 

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