naruball said:
There has to be some kind of standard or no standard at all (i.e. include every single review anyone posts). It might not matter to you on a personal level, but a whole lot of people base their decision on whether to buy a game or not on Meta and only go for 90+ games. In all honesty, had I not seen universal praise for the game, I would have skipped it, since I already have more than 60 games that I own and never got to play. I would have probably missed out on one of the most unique experiences that a video game can offer. |
while that might be the case. You could argue that you're missing other similar experiences, just because the metascore isn't 90+. For instance, I think most games find most 90+ games, not a 90+ game.
However, I'm still probably missing other great games. I think It's even worse if a reviewer feels they have to give it a 90+ out of charity when they feel they deserves it. You can argue reviews need to be better written. But, there's likely some positive reviews that are written poorly as well.
Now VGC not being included in metacritic is their issue, and I'm not sure if they're trying to get on it or what.
