Selnors Graphics prediction Alan Wake review thread.

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I really can't tell when a score is "just" these days. I mean, everbody knows how the media works, most of the times those opinions are compromised by advertising contracts, bribes, and ultimetely fanboyism/controversy/and attention whoaring.

Today's media sells us gamers the idea that if a game is not "AAA", is just not good enough. How do they do that? when they only score 7-10 in a supposed 1-10 scale, and lots of games with flaws get away with 8s, many of them with 9s, so that when you see a game that it's REALLY FLAWED it gets a 7, and that's presented right there as utter trash in the eyes of the gamer. High 90s and 80s are too frequent, and games that should deserve less are scored 7s and 8s. It's just a mess. Metacritic doesn't help with their metascores, it actually makes the shit hit the fan (pun maliciously intended here).

Selnor is quite guilty of propagating this idea of only AAA matters. He had it in its sig for like forever. He lives by it, he truly believes in that shit. That's why I think his genuinely butt-hurt right now when Alan Wake is being received by the media like it is. Sorry Selnor, but it's all in your mind, next to your neverending obnoxius overhyping nonsense.

I consider myself a pretty picky gamer, I'm hard with my scores. This gen I've scored below 8 some games like Dead Space (7.6), Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (7.6), Brutal Legend (7.6), Folklore (7), Killzone 2 (7.0). Just to name some of those games I've REALLY enjoyed but in my book I couldn't find any logical or objective reason to score any higher. I enjoyed every bit of NGS2 (I beat it 4 times, all dificulties) and Brutal Legend, especifically. If Alan Wake is a 7.6 or a TRUE 7 , then it's a game worth playing and has a high chance of being enjoyable. It's a shame you can't tell the difference between the true scores and the fake ones, all you can do is read the review and try it out for yourself (which is what ultimetely counts). I read IGN's Alan Wake review, and it sounds 7.6-8.0 to me, going by what the review says, that's how I get it...but the guy gave it a 9.0, go figure. 9 is the new 7.