How long will you depend of Metacritics?

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Nate4Drake said:

Phronesis said:

It’s a very common tradition: when a game is released, gamers will read the reviews to know if the game is good or not. Nobody really understands the logic behind the abstract scores. What is a 67? Who knows! But a 67 is better than 66 then people says game X is better than Y so my console is better than yours.

I’m tired of this tradition because people can’t think by themselves anymore and have a personal opinion. All that matters is the metascore, the sales, the resolution. Numbers. Games are NOT a physics class, they are entertainment. We can stop depending on “professional opinions” because there are no pros when it comes to games: they are all just opinions.

 

So I propose that the next time you are in doubt if a game deserves be bought: download the demo, watch the gameplay on Youtube or even if you are going to ask someone or read a review, don’t bet your life on it, maybe you are discarding a very nice experience.

Many many casual gamers don't even know Metacritic exist, and many other casual - casual/hardcore and hardcore gamers don't even bother Metacritic.

This metacritic is just food for some members of forums here and there, who represents a very small percentage of all gamers.

So, don't worry buddy.

This applies to the whole forum "business".