Review Score Bruhaha:R2 critics weigh in...

[forevercloud3000]

@garnett

Heavenly Sword has a 79 metacritic average when the game should really be somewhere around an 8.8

Uncharted has a 8.8 average where it should be somewhere around a 9.5

RFOM averages as a 8.6 when those who played it put it somewhere around a 9.3

@Kas

Your Carnival Games analogy is weak at best. First off Carnival games are not a tangible sold good. They are closer to a service. Plus there is hundreds of other factors not limited to the fact that Carnival's prey on humanistic drive to spontaneous purchase. Carnival Games are not reviewed either so what really is your point?

Reviews are meant to lead the average consumer in the right direction on what is worth buying over something else. This is their purpose do you not agree? Hardcore gamers like you or I, ppl who surf gaming forums are much more informed on a game's significance. We are highly knowledgable of the games we are interested in already and do not need to hear it from a word of mouth reviewer(to an extent). Yet common/casual consumers are not that knowledgeable of games before a review tells them. If a review says the game is bad or that it does not compete with other games they will not buy it. As hardcore gamers we are better at making these decisions for ourselves.

My point is....
The hardcore gamers who already knew about these games, and regardless of the media giving it low scores, knew better and still got these games. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the casual game buyer. They missed out on the opportunity because the reviews said otherwise.

This is why I cannot tolerate shifty reviews that in return hinder the success of the game and it's developers.