Smeags on 05 April 2010
| Spiteful49 said: AAA really means a game the studio/publisher puts a ton of money and marketing into. It has nothing to do with the critics review. A lot of games that have that much attention do score the 90's or higher so are AAA. It baffles me that there is such a widespread misconception though. There are plenty of AAA games that have scored below 90. |
I've come to know this as the definition behind the term "AAA" as well. I mean, just go up to Square-Enix and tell them that Final Fantasy XIII (an 83 on MetaCritic) is not a AAA product. They'll probably tell you to go talk to Darth about it. And then you'll never be seen again.
As far as games that get the 90+ from the critics, I think Khuutra's term "MetaDarlings" fits the critical billing just fine. 
