starcraft said:
Gamespot just gave NG2 an 8 when many publications are giving it a 9. I don't see them as being as inherently biased as many people claim. In any case, I think sites like Metacritic (and in the case of Japan, I guess the most commonly accepted standard is Famitsu) are simply the best yardstick we have, despite the fact they arn't perfect. |
I haven't played NG2 yet (BTW the Metacritic average is 81%, so GameSpot score is just about the general average so far). I am just judging based on games I actually played.
> the fact they arn't perfect.
My point exactly but I would go as far as saying far from perfect and thus IMO the scores shouldn't be used as some sort of bible or courtbook to make judgements, if someone thinks the PS3, Wii or 360 has killer must have games, it's probably true from his or her's perspective and there's no way telling if all people across the world would play those games would agree with him or with the average game reviewer.
I think most people here know games which they believe have been treated unfairly or hyped too much. I am European and a game like Madden comes no higher than a 4 in my book, my gf would probably rate such a game 0/10 (a complete waste of time). 
It's all just very subjective, influenced by many different factors. Was Van Gogh, Mondriaan or Rembrandt the better artist?
