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Samus Aran on 30 August 2015
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Zekkyou said:
Samus Aran said:
Zekkyou said:

I expect so did some reviewers. That doesn't say much as to whether their metascore's are accurate or not though, at least within a reasonable range. Stand alone opinions don't mean much to a generalized view point after all.

I expect that the vast majority of gamers liked those games better than Bayonetta 2 and Rayman Legends.

10-15 points difference isn't reasonable at all. Even Disney Infinity 3.0 scored better than those 3 games despite most content being locked behind expensive plastic toys. I guess Disney pays more for ads.

Even if we ignore how silly it is to try and argue against the validity of generalized scores based on nothing but what an individual 'expects', unless you believe that all games are reviewed with the same audience in mind, that argument is redundant anyway. Zelda consistently out reviews CoD, yet i 'expect' the majority would rather play the latter.

I was talking about people who played all or most of the games I mentioned. I've seen polls on plenty of different forums and never once did Rayman Legends get many votes for best 2D platformer this generation. And I'm sure many Wii U owners consider Splatoon to be one of the best Wii U games despite it being so relatively "low" on the metacritic ranking.

As for CoD, it's on a much bigger userbase and has a much bigger marketing budget. Besides, sales can only be compared when the games in question are of a similar genre, are on the same console(s) and have a similar marketting budget. And yes, people who's favorite genre are FPS will prefer CoD over Zelda.

The point is that critics aren't representative for the normal gaming audience. Critics might love Bayonetta 2, but I can assure you most people aren't into a game like that. Even if you gave it a huge marketting budget it wouldn't sell well.

Far too much importance is given to metacritic on gaming forums. I've seen people argue that a certain game was worse than another because it scored 2 points less. Can you believe that?