Metacritic user scores are a joke

[fauzman]

DevilRising said:

fauzman said:
Why are you guys even bothering to look at theuser scores. Few people look at them andthey are essentially meaningless. I do like the reviews themselves as while there isa lot of crap, a lot of the fairer and midrange reviews are quite good and give you a good idea of the game.

To be perfectly fair, a good majority of "pro reviews" these days are also essentially meaningless.

True. Which is why you should look at a whole range of different reviews. I tend to look at one near the top (i.e. high score) and then one near the bottom (as well as some in the middle) just to see which resonates more with me. You cant go wrong if you know the best and worst things about a game (as seen by others of course).