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[ItsaMii]

sinha said:

ItsaMii said:

Legend11 said:
Well it would help if your question actually made any sense. Both Halo 1 and Metroid Prime got a score of 97 on Metacritic (Halo 1 based on 68 reviews, Metroid Prime based on 70 reviews), yet you post making it sound like Halo didn't receive reviews as good as Metroid Prime, had you actually did even a little research instead of just going by your personal opinion you would have realized why it may appear to others that you're just trying to piss on the Halo franchise.

Links:

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox/halo

http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/gamecube/metroidprime

Halo - 97 and 83

Metroid - 97 and 86

the difference between critic ratings for the two games is 0, for users (meaning, random people on the internet who cast a vote) it's 3 out of 100. if you really think that's a big deal, i can hop on ten computers real quick and even it out for you.

 You are right. That is if you ignore 4 of my 6 examples. My point was to show the disparity between user and professional reviewers. In some games the difference is not so big Zelda TP (95 and 94) shenmue (89 and 93). Bigger disparity may mean that the reviewers overhyped a game or had some other reasons to rate it so high (like the company funding the site with ad money). There is another issue you have overlooked. You need a e-mail adress to vote on the metacritic. You vote, them log on your e-mail and confirm it. It is not random voting, it takes some time and fanboys and trolls do not do this most of the time. Here on VGchartz anyone votes and may vote several times so I do not think you should take this site model into account.

Look at Gamefaqs if you think these sources are biased and make an average on all the user reviews.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/review/472132.html

 http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/xbox/review/562116.html

 http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/review/447244.html

http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/gamecube/review/589573.html

 

I am not trying to start a "which game is better" thread here, that was Legend11 misdoing and I gave up trying to use facts or arguments against him a long time ago. I just agree with the OP that the MP is underated (do not get so much attention). I would say that is because HALO is some sort of socio-cultural phenomenon in the USA. There is all the Red vs Blue episodes, pop references to HALO, celebrities that kick ass at HALO, HALO championships. HALO is the Mario or Sonic of M$.