In light of the rcent review issued by Wall Street Journal by Mike Thomsen, which rated Uncharted 4/10 after otherwise unanimous praise and acclaim....
I would like to ask whether we need some type of oversight or rating system to attribute to the quality of reviews? Perhaps a blacklist or list of shame?
As we all know I am firmly in the Playstation corner but this is an issue affecting all gamers; Forza Horion 2 and Halo 5 received 2/10 each from the same reviewer and Mario Maker received a 5/10 from the reviewer of Uncharted 4 mentioned above.
I think this is a far more important issue than many realise as there are many who still go to Metacritic to inform their purchasing decisions.....the meta could also be artificially dropped by a troll review resulting in bonuses being lost for an entire team. If the review is a fair reflaction of the game, I would not have issue with this but in the case of inconsistent reviews or those looking for easy clicks.... I feel it is outrageous.
As reviewers serve the purpose of informing purchases, I feel a degree of accountability and transparency needs to be brought to the table.
