2011: Top 10 games thus far (META SCORES) [UPDATED: Uncharted3 92; Skryim 96; Zelda 95]

[Areym]

Mr Khan said:

Areym said:

Sad to see uncharted 3 dip to 92 but it' still universal acclaim, still my game of the year. I got a question if anybody can help me out. Why is it that the PS3 version has 33 reviews and 96, while the 360 has 77 reviews and a 94. How exactly does that work? It's multiplatform, shouldn't it all go into one?

EDIT: This whole argument on mario and zelda and HD exclusives is pretty stupid. Just about every post has a biased opinion. Hell, I do to. PS3/360 Exlcusives > Wii Exclusives. One group isn't to convinced the other, so why bother?

Because one group is taking their stance from a fallacious perspective. Our Joker friend is asserting that these Nintendo games are categorically inferior or that the HD games are categorically superior, which is false. Each game exists in a vacuum when its merit is judged, and therefore no factors of categorical superiority or inferiority can exist, and the opposing argument is false. The Nintendo side is not contending that Nintendo games are categorically superior, just that they tend to be superior on the whole, much like how one could say that the New York Yankees are superior to the Pittsburgh Pirates, which for the last 20 years has been true and tends to be true, but is not categorically true (that is, by virtue of being Yankees they are inherently superior to the Pirates)

So basically, a vast majority of Nintendo games have proved to be of higher quality over the past few years over it's competitors. I can't  disagree but I also don't quite fully agree. I personally feel as at this point, games like Mario and Zelda (my usual prime examples) can't really be dissapointing. They reached that "transcendetal" kind of status where they can do no wrong, in the eyes of the fans. Now, that doesn't take anything away from how great the game actually is, but to me, it puts that "It's Mario/Zelda, it's gonna be good either way" mentality on a lot of the reviewers. Again, just my personal thought, but I do understand where the Nintendo side is coming from. I can't say that the past few AAA Nintendo titles have dissapointed or have taken a step backwards, with maybe Metroid the other M being the only one that fits the category, depending from fan to fan. Nintendo games stick to the formula and do what they do better than most.