Metacritic Scores for Q1/Q2 PS3games?

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Akvod said:

CGI-Quality said:

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Carl2291 said:
The only problem with Heavy Rain's score is this -

You know full well there will be a bunch of people who wont be able to get to grips with it, and will give it a 50/100 or something.

I think it will be one of those games that will just miss the "AAA" status, because of a few harsh reviews.

Kinda like Demon's Souls and R&C:ToD

Exactly, which is a shame. A lot of low scores (for various games across the board) should not be counted, because even though a reviewer may not like the game, you need to give credit where credit is due. If a game had undoubtably got the graphics, the gameplay, the story ect, but the review JUST doesn't like it, so gives it 6/10 ... that just isn't fair.

I concur.

Yeah, but doesn't the reviewer not like the game BECAUSE he thinks that the games is deficient in either graphics, gameplay, story, etc?

... I mean you two are believing that a reviewer subconsciously likes a game and doesn't give the score he really has for the game... IDK it's a very weird theory you two guys are having.

 

If you're saying that the general consesus is that the game has the graphics, gameplay, story, etc, and that the reviewer should give a score based on that, you two are only promoting the current score inflation problem.

I believe the score should be based equally on it's own merits, and the reviewers opinion (aka if it's FUN, ect)

When I say low score I don't mean 7/10. I mean 5 and in some cases 6, to a game that clearly deserves a 9+. If reviews were 100% opinion they would be worthless, they have to have some basis on the quality of the game.

 

CGI can probably explain it better than I can ..