A_C_E said:
kain_kusanagi said:
I'm sure you've heard about the controversy caused by no-name websites giving low scores to Halo 4. If you haven't go back and read that last sentence and you'll know enough to get by.
Metacritic seems to allow bottom of the barrel blogs equal placement aside websites with at least a shred of journalistic integrity. I think the fatal flaw of Metacritic is it is too broad and takes into account too many little websites that may just want to trump up traffic. A big website like IGN or Gamespot will assign a review best suited for the job. They aren't going to give a the latest Madden to someone who hates football. They are going to pick the person with the most sports and sports game knowledge to do the job.
So I propose an alternative and I'm going to use Halo 4 as an example. Let's just use the top 10 review websites. I'm going to make up a list. You can argue for or against, but I'm not going to include any platform specific websites like OXM or PSM.
Ok, here's the list and scores:
Halo 4
98 --- IGN
90 --- Gamespot
( ) --- Game Trailers
( ) --- Gamefront
90 --- GamesRadar
91 --- 1Up
( ) --- UGO
100 --- Joystiq
100 --- Destructoid
80 --- Giant Bomb
Ok, so let's do a little simple math. We are awaiting three scores so until then the total possible is is 700. The current actual total is 649.
That comes out to 92.71% if my rusty calculation skills have held up since I fell asleep in high school math.
92.71% with three scores left to go. Metacritic has Halo 4 at 87% right now. Which number do you think is a better estimate of Halo 4's quality?
What do you think? Is there a better review website than one listed? Is this even a good idea? Should I buy a domain and get started? Should I give up gaming altogether and find a new hobby? You tell me.
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Yes, you should give up gaming because you live to judge a game without playing it. Just as long as the review says that the game is bad then you won't like it. So since we live in an age where we can take reviews over experience you should quit gaming. I mean, it's metacritic. They know you more then you do, their opinions are NEVER wrong.
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lol, nah I think I'll keep gaming. Thanks for the advice though. I'm going to go play some Halo 3 in preperation for Halo 4. Damn is Halo so damn good.
