vlad321 said:
Barozi said:
CollectiveCynic said:
It's been an on going trend amongst critics during this generation of gaming. Many games receive "rave" reviews despite their obvious flaws, they're so caught in the hype, that they become oblivious to the flaws.
Examples:
- Grand Theft Auto IV (Excellent game, but not worthy of a 98 average rating)
- Gears of War 2 (Great single-player mode and horde mode is a lot of fun, but the multi-player...)
- Modern Warfare 2
- Oblivion
- Any Halo title after the Combat Evolved
- Fable II
- Fallout 3
They're all good games, but hardly deserving of the accolades that the influx of the media give it.
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Total disagree and I'm not a game critic. All those games easily deserve 90+ scores and are the best of their respective genres. (Fable 2 being the exception).
conspiracy theory rejected.
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He is actually completely correct on everything he listed. Should have added a few more for good measure.
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need to quote myself here:
Barozi said:
Sure, GTA IV is overrated. Never deserves a 98.
I would give it a 92, but I think an average score of 90 is fair. (+/- 10 points for the individual taste) Anyone rating it below that (80) is either lying to themself or simply never played a game that would really fit in that department.
The only game where I really don't agree with high score is LBP. Low 80s for me.
Everything else lies within +/- 5 points and some others within +/- 10, which I would say is the normal value for a margin of error (error being the average of critics OR yourself !)
