rocketpig said:
Actually, that leads me to believe they might be biased more than anything. It's not only about the high scores. You have to pay attention to the whipping boys of the industry, too. Haze was a bad game. It was. But a 4.5? No way. It had its qualities hidden underneath the lobotomized AI and Uwe Boll-esque dialogue. When Two Worlds pulls a 6.8 and Haze pulls a 4.5, you know something is wrong. They're almost the exact same game once you factor in genre. Two Worlds is a shitty Oblivion ripoff that has moments where it's actually fun mixed between massive game faults. Haze is a shitty Halo ripoff that has moments where it's actually fun mixed between massive game faults. For some reason, Two Worlds slipped through with mediocre reviews, just as it deserved. Haze, on the other hand, was given the "Lair Label of Doom" and all reviewers jumped on it for some reason. In short, reviewers are stupid, biased, and terribly inconsistent. |
Fair enough. Haze was unfairly crucified, I agree. Personally I think Lair was too, but with that I can understand a little bit better. In all fairness though this is the first game the PS3 team has given a 10/10 themselves, because the GTA IV score was a joint effort between the PS3 and 360 team. But I think you definitely have a point.
They hi-balled Folklore a little bit with a 9.0, but many of their scores for games like Uncharted, Ratchet and Clank (a little bit higher than average), Motorstorm, and Heavenly Sword (below the average) are pretty good guidelines.
But it is true that reviewers are people too, so they will have their own imperfections, and IGN has gone back and forth a bit this gen in terms of loving and hating things. I guess we just have to accept that no reviewer is 100% trustworthy.
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