| Ariakon said: One of the troubles is that reviewers have gotten a bit more critical this gen, but most gamers are still entrenched in the old days when it seemed every big game would pull a high 80s/low 90s. To see legitimately good games like Alien Isolation and Dying Light pull 70s can be a bit confusing, since games like that used to get 85 and above. A number of my favorite games this gen have scored in the 70s. To be fair, though, my favorite game so far (this gen) is Bloodborne, which got a very high rating on metacritic. |
Game reviews are subjective. A game that one person really enjoys, another person might not like at all. I don't think reviewers have gotten more critical. I think the general quality of games this gen, has gone down by a lot. Games are starting to cost too much to make, and devs are starting to cut corners as a result. New IPs don't show up very often these days. Every company is just doing sequels to longstanding franchises.
