Angelus said:
thismeintiel said:
This helps illustrate the problem with Metacritic, and not just that people put too much importance on it. The biggest one being that Metacritic still allows attention grabbing troll reviews to affect the average.
The Order should never get a 20 from ANY publication that sees itself as credible. 10s and 20s are reserved for games that are almost unplayable because of glitches and poor controls, while also having below average graphics and gameplay. Really, a game that is pretty much bug free, with average graphics and control should be enough to get you into the 40s and 50s, if the reviewer is being objective. From there, you start adding extra points for better than average graphics, control, gameplay, and story. If you take off the ridiculous below average scores, this game would have a 70, which without playing it, is probably what I would give it. When I do play it, however, and I really like the story and characters, it would probably move up to an 8 or so.
Regardless, I'm not too worried, cause from what I have been seeing and hearing, this game is still going to do really well. Which I'm sure will tick off those reviewers who decided they didn't like this game from the start. 
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Not if you also take off the ridiculous above average scores
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Lol, those aren't ridiculous. If those reviewers thought it was that good of a game, then they are more than welcome to give it that. However, one cannot objectively give it a below average, especially a 20, while talking about how well the game performs technically and visually, without losing credibility. If you think it's just an average game with great visuals, then fine, rate it that way. But to rate it so low, either to try and make a point or just for the clicks, is the reason why people are slowly turning away from gaming sites.
