The "reviews don't matter" argument, as presented by Zenfoldor

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Picko said:

A and C are wonderful points that couldn't be emphasised enough. They fundamentally make comparing games based on review scores useless, which is obviously true. Standards are undeniably important when considering reviews and are all too often ignored by ignorant gamers.

E is also largely true statistically, however I have yet to see a game reviewed by enough people for this to apply (although for the most part games are reviewed by enough people to make a more than reasonable estimate).

But ultimately reviews were never meant to be used like gamers currently do. They are only meant to inform someone whether something is worth buying. As it is, they do a pretty good job at it but sites like gamerankings are fundamentally useless.

 

 

Very astute observations Picko.