Persona Q Reviews! Metascore 87 [19 Reviews] Another GoTY Contender?

[Euphoria14]

sundin13 said:

Euphoria14 said:

When Metacritic has their own awards I am sure they will factor in the iOS Hearthstone and its 93 score. Having less reviews means little. It had less because A.) it was on mobile and B.) It was already reviewed previously when on PC, so many wouldn't review it again. Hearthstone is considered best when played on iOS. 

 

This is a show that's seems to have been made in collaboration with the big companies, so im sure they had input on how the nominations went. What did people want, Smash, Bayonetta, Mario Kart, PersonaQ taking up 70%+ of the nominees for GoTY? It can't work like that. That would be like the Emmys making the Actor of the Year nominees entirely with Breaking Bad actors. It just doesn't work like that. Sometimes you might have 2 in there, but other shows are also great and need representation.

Also if you look outside of forums I am sure many of these nominees are valid amongst people who play games. The list is fair.

A) You ignored all of my points why the metascore with fewer reviews means less. Yes, I know there are reasons why it happens, but that is irrelevant

B) If the companies have input in the nominations, isn't that a good enough reason to discount The Game Awards? The companies shouldn't be the ones who decide what gets to be GOTY...

C) Your comment about Actors of the Year being entirely from Breaking Bad doesn't make any sense. It would be more like, Actor of the Year being entirely from AMC Shows, which, if true, why not? If two of the best games this year were published by Nintendo, why should we ignore one of them? Especially if they are as different as Bayo and Smash. 

D) I think leaving Smash out solely because it is a fighting game, or solely because it is a Nintendo game, is ridiculous. It seems quite strange that the highest rated new game of the year would be left off of any GOTY nominations list...

Euphoria14 said:
This has gone so off topic. O_o

Anyways, yes, Persona Q COULD be a GoTY contender if you go by its current metascore, but I'm sure it won't be.

Because of some arbitrary assignment of lesser worth placed on handheld games (and fighting games), which is BS...

 

Also, both me and tbone have explained the "we are the industry" statement...not sure why you can't wrap your head around that explanation

A.) I ignored it because Hearthstone PC =/= Hearthstone iOS.  The iOS version is widely considered the superior version even without metascore being taken into account. I used the best version of Hearthstone and the one that will continue to be the games driving force now that Blizzard is setting up to release it on Android tablets and smart phones now. it is currently on iPad. PC has most reviews, but the mobile version is the most relevant.

http://venturebeat.com/2014/11/05/how-android-and-asia-are-key-to-blizzards-hearthstone-world-domination-plans/

B.) So GDC awards don't count now?

C.) Your issue is that you are trying to base everything on Metacritic and Metacritic alone. More goes into what becomes a nominee than just review score, which is done by one guy in one outlet. This is why Demon's Souls won GoTY at Gamespot in 2009 despite not having the highest score that year. The score for Dragon Age was .5 higher, but the entire staff thought otherwise. In TV even if people beleive the best actors were in Breaking Bad you can't just put Aaaron Paul, Bryan Cranston & Giancarlo Esposito in there and ignore the fantasic acting work by Kevin Spacey in House of Cards or Jon Hamm in Mad Men. You need proper represenation for multiple shows in the industry. You can't just appease on fanbase. This is just how it goes, like it or not.

D.) Seriously? Leaving it out because it's a Nintendo game? Have you even looked at the nominees? Nintendo is one of the few that has multiple nominations in a single category and Smash is listed, albeit the 3DS version.

The reason Smash isn't there has nothing to do with being a Nintendo game or a fighting game. 

 

Also "Because of some arbitrary assignment of lesser worth placed on handheld games (and fighting games), which is BS..."

*Sees Hearthstone on GoTY nominee list.

 

 

Now about the "industry" thing. Explain to me how you are "the gaming industry". Because you walked into the store and gave them $60 for Smash Bros? I would expect industry personal to have more imput in the industry than just that. You can argue that purchasing habits can help a company decide what to do next, but that doesn't make the customer "the industry".

Go look up industry and tell me what it says.

Here, i'll just link it. Show me where it says anything about the customers.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/industry