| Dodece said: I think the reviewers are being overly generous, and doing a disservice to their audience. Never give people enough credit to be bothered to actually read the review. Some dolt out there is going to pick this game up on the rating alone, and that same dolt is going to blow a gasket when he or she polishes the game off in one sitting. They are going to get reamed, and deservedly so I might add. It all boils down to how good is this product going to be for the average buyer. The person that uses review scores to find the best game for their gaming dollar. The vast majority of gamers are going to consider the games length to be a major fault, and it isn't irrational when you consider that the majority of gamer are of modest means. Most gamers have to stretch their games between purchases, and cannot afford to be paying full blown retail for just a few hours enjoyment. I think some of these reviews are a sign of just how out of touch some reviewers are with their audience. I think some of these super high reviews would be modified if reviewers had to pay for their games, and they didn't get a constant stream of games. There is a world of difference between that was a great ten hour, and that was a great ten hours, but its a shame that is all I am going to get for two months. The way I see it this is just a matter of practical reviewing. There is no way in hell players are going to get the same value out of this game that they would get out of a Halo or Skyrim. So there isn't anyway it should get anywhere near the same score. I am not hating on the game by any means, but dammit price does matter, and it matters to the people who are going to put their faith in a review score. I can see this score being valid at a ten dollar price point, and maybe even a twenty dollar price point. At sixty bucks no way in hell it deserves a nine out of ten. Hell I don't even get the coin up fetish love some of these reviewers espoused. How many coin jockeys are really left out there, and why would you write a review with them in mind. Not that there haven't been games that catered to them this generation anyway. Anyway I will pick up this game when it is used or in severe discount. I already played Bayonetta this generation, and I ain't seeing where this game does something better while being shorter. While I am on the subject I really would love to hear how it stacks up against Bayonetta. That is if anyone picking up this one played that one, and if you haven't your missing a damn good game. |
I really have to check I'm getting this right. What you are saying is reviewers should change their reviews and the scores given based on what the average gamer will think? The moment that happens I will never read any review from that site. A review should be the reviewers opinion. Not him trying to say what Joe Bloggs will like.
Limbo? Too short, too weird and not enough explosions for your average gamer. 2/10.
I would even take massive issue with you saying some dolt is going to pick this up on the rating alone.... they aren't. Your average gamer who plays Call Of Duty is never in a million years going to see a 9/10 for a game called Lollipop Chainsaw, with a weird box art, clear quirky Japanese style etc and just shrug and buy it anyway because it has a good rating on metacritic. The same way that consumer didn't buy a weird, rock punk, horror comedy, single player shooter.
I haven't played the game in full yet but one sitting for the consumer you are describing sounds extreme too. Everything I have heard is that the game is around 5-6 hours in length. If a consumer is playing a game for 5 hours straight in one sitting then they probably aren't the type of person to only look at a game's score. (Well there was that one polish website that literally no-one had ever heard of before that claimed it was 4 hours and suddenly got more hits than it ever had. Even then though 4 hours for this 'average' gamer who is apparently a dolt who can't be bothered reading?)
Not only this but you are saying replayability doesn't count for this average consumer. So a beat em up then? Where in a few hours you can play every character and every stage. None of them ever deserve to get a 9/10 at $60? Replayability is something reviewers consider.
Seriously if someone is only looking at the score then it serves them right when they buy something they don't like. The score is just a vague approximation of what that reviewer felt the experience deserved. There is no magic 9/10 = x amount of hours with x amount of interesting gameplay. Who are you to say that because the game is only so long it cannot get a 9/10 at $60? The reviewer felt that's what it deserved and most importantly backed it up with their written review.
Also if you are expecting this to be like Bayonetta then you will be very dissappointed. Bayonetta is one of the greatest action games ever made. I would even say placing this and Bayonetta in the same genre isn't entirely accurate. There is a big difference between the style of DMC hard core action game and the lighter fare of Lollipop chainsaw.
