| NobleTeam360 said: Friend of mine named Ryuu told me about a website called Opencritic. They apparently have some standards compared to Metacritic. Maybe give that a try. |
The site pretty much has the exact same scores as metacritic maybe 1 higher or one lower, but most of the major games there (at a quick glance) have the same exact scores. Perhaps the only feature it has over metacritic is that they include curators for an easy overview such as Total Biscuit and Eurogamer even if they don't provide a score. Not a fan of their layout though.
| Platina said: Having a cap for reviewers may be better, but I feel that the average is more or less the general view of the game, which Metacritic shows.. Do I agree with it? Not all the time, but metacritic does what it intends to do and not everyone agrees.. Best way is to find a critic or 2 that has a similar mindset as you and follow them, because their opinions will fit better than the overall average |
Basically this. It just represents the industries average view of the game, does not mean that the scores will be to everyones liking. Best pick a few reviewers you like and follow them if you really don't like metacritic.
| maxleresistant said: It's just crazy that there is bonuses for developers hanging in the balance of those metacritic reviews. |
This is probably the worst part of metacritic along with the fact, that many gamers often decide to buy a game or not entirely based on these somewhat arbitrary numbers. It is especially bad when people flat out refuse to consider games that are below *insert arbitrary number here*, which usually leads to scores like 70-79 (or even higher) considered bad by a large proportion of gamers.
It's a good place to find varying opinions of a game in one place that are usually "professionally" written. I can easily find the lower reiviews to see what flaws the game might have, and decide if those are something that would bother me. It works in the same way as steam reviews, where I mostly look at the negative reviews to see if the flaws are something I would be fine with. A score by itself won't tell you if you like the game, but after you've done enough research on it, metacritic can be a good extra tool.
