darthdevidem01 on 09 November 2009
| lestatdark said: @Darth Metacritic scores can be inflated artificially due to them having a Gausian Bell type of statistical count, as long as you push the final 5% of the scores, the entirity of the statistics will come along, the same goes for the first 5%. So, most of the times, that Gausian spread is artificially inflated or deflated until the scores even out, at that moment it doesn't actually matter much what scores are added, the statistics per se is tamponized. The game that i'm referring is a PS game, The Grandstream Saga, it had a 6.7 in Gamespot and a 4/10 in RPGDreamer http://www.gamespot.com/ps/rpg/granstreamsaga/index.html?tag=result;title;0 http://www.rpgdreamer.com/gs/gsrev1.html |
Yeah I'm sure the results do get inflated due to that
but in general all I'm saying is that I've found metacritic's ratings to be a very good guide....I have enjopyed 90 + games more than 70 - 75 games countless times
Because I have a very tight budget, Metacritic is really one of the best ways to judge the quality of the game (obviously I "read" the reviews, not just look at the scores).....for someone who can just buy 1 - 4 games a year for PS3 (£40 is too much) metacritic is vital.
but I'm sure when I start earning in the future, I'll have more freedom to buy whatever game I want & so on.
