UPDATE: Killzone: Mercenary Currently a 78 On Metacritic (Not a 77)

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Andrespetmonkey said:

BlowoverKing said:
Pretty good score when you consider most sites are reviewing the game as a PS3 game. I mean seriously why can't people realize that the Vita is a handheld and not a home console and review it's games accordingly.

Because the system and this game are promoted as console-quality on a handheld? It is a lot cheaper than the console versions though, so they should take that into account. 

It is console quality on a handheld, which is why it shouldn't be judged harshly due to not being AS good as a console title but rather judged due to a handheld coming so incredibly close to that which is found on a home console.

The reviewing system when it comes to handhelds lately is so backwards thinking. It seriously is like the Vita gets way over criticizes because it's NOT a home console. How does that make sense?

 

A constant complaint I find is: "This game isn't as good as it would be if they developed it on a home console" or "This game isn't as good as it's home console counterpart".

Nowhere else do I see this constant complaint with a handheld. Heck, they can put console quality games on the iPhone and it gets praised, even though it isn't as good as it's home console counterpart.