Splatoon Review Thread - MetaCritic 81% / GameRankings 81.46%

[pokoko]

sundin13 said:

pokoko said:

If a game with promised content got a higher score based on that promised content, and that promised content turned out to be of inferior quality and offered no real reason to keep playing the game, would you be okay with that?

What if we have two games, both of which promise additional content.  One under-delivers with shallow, redundant content, while the other hits a grand-slam with content that improves the value of the base game greatly.  Are you okay with these two games getting the same score?

Your solution is not a solution.

Its not perfect, but I believe it to be better than your non-solution. When you have a problem, the answer isn't to do nothing because you can't find a perfect answer. You move towards the better option until you can find something that surpasses that.

For you, perhaps.  The writer noting that the review is only for the content included on the disc and that the publisher has promised more free content is on the way is much more honest, consistent, and professional than making a guess based on content they've never seen.

A bad solution is worse than no solution.

Moreover, the conversation hasn't been about what I think would help the situation but instead the concept of scores based on promised content.