Spiderman PS4 Review Thread - Currently 87 Metacritic (97 Reviews)

[DonFerrari]

StarDoor said:

DonFerrari said:

When they praise the game this much and the score doesn't reflect it, it is certainly strange.

It would probably make more sense if deskpro2k3 hadn't cut out critical parts of those reviewers' quotes.

"Despite a few missteps in its open world design, Insomniac Games has delivered on its promise. Needless to say, this is the best Spider-Man game to date." - 4/5

"The best Spider-Man game ever made… but only just, since it fails to move the superhero video game genre forward in any important way." - 7/10

"This game shows tremendous love for all things Spider-Man, and the ending packs a punch he would be proud of. But Insomniac relies too much on its hero to elevate the world built around him, with the result that the game wears thin some time before its powerful conclusion." - 3/5

When you look at the whole quotes, the attached review scores seem a lot more appropriate. If anything, the real problem is how poorly Metacritic handles review scores on the five-point scale.

Few missteps wouldn't justify 20% of the score being detracted, but then they have a poor 5 start system being counted the same as a 100 score.

Not moving the genre also doesn't justify 30% deduction or all games that doesn't revolutionize a genre they give bellow 70?

And taking out 40% of the score because the game AFTER FINISHED wears off is ludicrous. A 5 star system also didn't help.