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psychoBrew on 28 October 2009
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aragod said:
psychoBrew said:
aragod said:
They failed to produce even an A game (The Conduit - 69 meta), yet they hyped it insanely. I really don't think they can pull it off with Gladiator or Grinder either. They lack the talent, specialy their art director.


Why does it matter what Metacritic says?  I mean, after you buy a game, you don't need somebody else to tell you how good it is.  Personally, I don't play Metacritic and I find reviews are often misleading.  They rate Little King's Story highly so I go out and spend $50 on it, but I bring it home and find out that it puts me to sleep.  That game was repetitive, dumbed down, and boring.  The graphics were bad and It felt like it had been done before.  The Conduit wasn't the best game in the world, but it wasn't terrible.  We all knew what the art looked like before the game even came out.  You can see the work of the artists on both Gladiator A.D. and The Grinder right now -- and it doesn't look bad at all.

Another game that I'm enjoying is Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga.  This game is averaging something like a 3, but I find it's much more fun then games like Little King's Story that scored really well.  I think reviewers are aften out of touch with reality.

Well maybe I'm spoiled, but I don't enjoy playing bad games. Also I don't have the time to waste it on bad games, I have to try and pick up the best. Metacritic is VERY important for everyone, if the game has under 70 %, it will most likely be inferior to game that has over 90%. It's the opinion of more than 70 professionals in the case of Conduit. And that says a LOT.

Ofcourse there are games that have high rating and might not be suited for you, due to their playstyle or something else. The same way you disliked LKS, I dislike No More Heroes, even though it is a pretty high rated game. But when the game recieve bad reviews universaly, I know I'm not in for a good treat, seriously... Maybe I'm hard to please, but HVS games don't spark even a little interest in me. They all seems so generic, without an idea.

If you devleop for Wii, you know that the graphic will suck, so you should use some smart gameplay ideas to make your game appeal to anyone. The Conduit sold any copies only because it was a multiplayer title on Wii, where there aren't any similar decent games. But you if you have PC or even other console, you'd be dumb to buy The Conduit, as that game is inferior even to the old Half-Life 1 mods (TF, CS, NS) - IN MY HONEST OPINION.

 

I don't like No More Heros either, but the point is sometimes there are decent games out there that are rated lowly just as there are bad games that are rated highly.  I can agree that The Conduit would not have survived on another console, but both Gladiator A.D. and The Grinder are fairly unique and if the games are solid enough, I think they would make it on other consoles (where you could tell The Conduit's only option was the Wii from the begining).  I'm not saying you should pre-order the games now, but keep an open mind and look at how they differ from The Conduit.