IGN: MAG Review!

[Barozi]

weaveworld said:

Barozi said:

weaveworld said:

chingrin said:
it's getting a 77/100 from metacritic "critics" but it's getting an 8.4/10 from the actual players. match that with mass effect 2 which is gettinga 96/100 from the "critics" and a 9.0/10 from the users. it seems that maybe listening to "critics" isn't all it's cracked up to be

QFT

But critics play ALL games extensively while those user scores are made up of:

A) Fanboys

B) Guys who played the game for 5 minutes at a friends house

C) Fans who were hyped for the game and bought it at launch (and in MAGs case already played the Beta before) so they already knew they'd like it.

Last but not least it's not possible to give an exact score for user scores at Metacritic.

Eh... not all critics play all games extensively, or can you prove that point...?

yeah it's their job and they play it for several hours. This alone is easily better than case B)

My taste is more comparable to other users taste then some critics taste or opinion. It's all about what the gamer likes whether critics give a game a 6 or a 10. You can use an 'official review' as a guideline... not as a standard.

And where in my post do I disagree with that ? I just take an opinion from a professional reviewer more serious than from some random internet dude, who could be a fanboy, someone without any gaming knowledge or some guy who justfies his opinion by talking about screenshots or trailers.

And certainly do not go by just some average number...  i for one tend to READ users reviews to make up my mind.

Well you QFT'd him and he's only talking about average scores except for the last sentence. How the hell should I know that you don't care abour averages ?