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TheJimbo1234 on 24 March 2013
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pezus said:
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What AAA game does not get 85%+ nowadays?


http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/god-of-war-ascension

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/gears-of-war-judgment

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/aliens-colonial-marines

http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dead-space-3


A:CM was bound to be a flop, DS 3 is just as dea, and the others are on the verge of being as high as I said. I reme,ber a time when getting 70% was rare, and nothing bar 1 game a year, if that, would get 90%+.

I don't. When was that?


PS2 era and before.

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all?view=condensed&sort=desc&year_selected=2000

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all?view=condensed&sort=desc&year_selected=2001

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all?view=condensed&sort=desc&year_selected=2002

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all?view=condensed&sort=desc&year_selected=2003

http://www.metacritic.com/browse/games/score/metascore/year/all?view=condensed&sort=desc&year_selected=2004

and so on. I would go further back, but Metacritic only goes back to 2000.

Here's '99 on Gamerankings: http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=1999&numrev=4&sort=0&letter=&search=

'98: http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=1998&numrev=4&sort=0&letter=&search=

'97: http://www.gamerankings.com/browse.html?site=&cat=0&year=1997&numrev=4&sort=0&letter=&search=

You get the picture


So it is websites that are the problem. Back then I bought magazines as websites looked utter crap and the internet was dire, and they never gave such scores.

But is this a surprise? One you need a good CV for, the other you need a neckbeard and a basement for.