ckmlb said:
Yeah comments are a lot better than numbers. Sometimes you read the reviewer's gripes and think that those are not as big issues for you or that they are manageable issues that you can work with. The reviews try to score it and analyze it from the perspective of someone who isn't willing to go to extra lengths to play the game properly. When I saw Gamespot gave Crackdown a 7.8 I flipped but then I found out their review was pretty balanced but they weren't looking for what I was looking for in the game. |
Yeah, I often find that's the case with me as well. I will read a score, then read the review and find it tells me something completely different. I have enjoyed many games that were not scored all that well, and also been disappointed by many games with all around positive scores (Morrowind).
Also, it should be noted that getting mediocre reviews in no way dooms this game to bad sales. 50 Cent's Bulletproof sold 1.44 million copies on the PS2, and averaged a 55% or domething ridiculous like that. With all the hype this game has and had I still expect it to break 1 million at least on the PS3 in lifetime sales.
