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DirtyP2002 said: Says some stuff
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I think you're being unfair. I'm no fan of Metacritic for many reasons, but it does its job as a barometer of review opinion very well. To take some of you points specifically:
| DirtyP2002 said: those reviews just proofed once again, why I do not trust reviewers.
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Please, using this example so early in proceedings is disingenuous. The Metascore for each is determined from a very small sample of reviews. There is no reasons not to trust reviewers or Metacritic here, all you need do is wait for more reviews to come rolling in. Opinion will always vary when it comes to the subjective practice of reviewing, but you invariably find that multiple reviews bring a far stronger measure of a reviewed product's quality than a handful. If you want to make this point, at least wait until 40+ reviews are in.
| DirtyP2002 said: Halo Wars 83% is blasphemy. It is one of the best games this gen for me. I really think reviewers are not able to review a game for what it is. Halo Wars for example is a RTS on a console and I really don't see what could have done different to make it even better. It is a great game, even though the reviewer doesn't like RTS on a console. What I am trying to say is, Ensemble Studios had no chance to create a AAA game, because they made a RTS. They did an insane job, but it didn't help, because the game is what it is.
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That's your opinion. The general concensus from the collated reviews is different. Whilst you may be willing to forgive the short mission structure, the lack of factions, and the lack of depth (to highlight some of the issues reviewers have cited) for the slickness of the product, many others are not. It's current Metascore looks fine to me. It's a good game, but stumbles at some key hurdles, especially for a RTS. Sure, some will find it the best thing since joysticks were wired into a console (Gameshark gave it a 100% review, for example), but for the majority (39/64 score it less than 85%) it is lacking in some areas, and a higher score cannot be justified.
Metacritic has never promised to reflect your opinion, all it does it collates what it deems to be reliable reviews together into one place and sums their collected opinion. Sure, you, others, will not always agree with such a system, or the end result, but, in general, it does what it sets out to do very well, in my opinion.
