foodfather said:
You are quite right. Numbers like metacritic scores like 4.9 for BF, 6.2 for Watch Dogs and 5.1 for Destiny are very telling indeed. 8.1 for Rise of The Tomb Raider and 7.6 for Sunset overdive are far more impressive. |
While i agree with the general point you're trying to make (not quite to the same degree, but regardless), Metacritic user scores really aren't very telling at all. If they prove a point it's often just by coincidence. It's almost sad how many outside factors come into determining them, and the type and severity of those factors changes depending on site. It's how Destiny can be rated 6.1 on Metacritic 6, 8.2 on IMDb, and 7.2 on Amazon. All these with decent sample sizes. Heck, even on Metacritic itself there is a decent amount of variation. The Xbox versions of games are almost always rated lower, simply because the site has more Sony fans.
I did a long winded post explaining logical versus illogical score ranges a few weeks ago. I'll see if i can find it if you like.
