| BenVTrigger said: Really no one expected 90 or a little lower? I certainly did and Im a gigantic Halo fan. This has the lowest reviewed year Ive almost ever seen. Once I saw how bad Resident Evil 6 and AC3:got hammered by some reviewers I knew anything over 93 was out of the question. I still cant believe Mass Effect 3 is the highest reviewed game this year. Pretty much to get anything over 92 at this point in the generation you have to do something MAJOR revolutionaty. God Of War wont get it next year, Gears of War wont do it next year. Beyond and The Last of Us have a slight chance as both are new IP which reviewers seem to be a little more leniant on just look at Dishonored bloated review score. |
A lot of people just expected too much from Halo 4, still it won't go below 90% which is a great score. A lot of games are being more harshly criticised this year but it doesn't seem unfair, reading some reviews on AC3 or RE6 justify their mixed/bad scores and what's hard to believe about Mass Effect 3 being the most acclaimed game this year? A vocal bunch of fans hated the original endings but most people think the game as a whole is brilliant. It's my personal GOTY, which might not mean much since this is the worst year this generation in my opinion.
I don't think you need to do something revolutionary to achieve a really high average, if a game's truly good it will score very well. God of War: Ascension will probably score over 92% due to the fact God of War III did and the new game is going to be improved in every aspect, new multiplayer component to shut up critics crying for replayabilty and by the time of release it will be 3 years since the last entry so it'll feel fresh. Gears of War: Judgement definitely won't as Gears of War 3 couldn't, it's from a different developer and it's releasing too soon which some critics will complain about. Beyond: Two souls probably won't either as it'll have some critics slating it for being more a movie than a game like what happened with Heavy Rain. The Last of Us probably won't either as Uncharted 3 couldn't and people's expectations are way too high for the game, unless it is virtually flawless (which is unlikely) people are going to be disappointed.
Regardless of how harshly or not the games are reviewed next year I do believe 2013 will be the best and last year of this console generation, so many guaranteed to be brilliant classics are coming.
