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AngryLittleAlchemist on 26 August 2019
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Hiku said:
AngryLittleAlchemist said:
Open Critic is actually matching Metacritic now at an 88.

Admittedly it would have been nice to get a round 90 because I see a lot of people on social media who are deniers or kind of on the fence about the game, but oh well. Going to be awesome at any rate ! (unless it's not then i'd be sad).

The answer to people doubtful of games under 90 on Metacritic is probably to have them play less games with a score of 90+, and more games with a "horrifying" score of 88. Or god forbid, even lower.

Yeah, lol. 

Don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but I feel like a lot of 87-89 titles are probably games that are as quality as 90+ titles, but simply are much more niche. It certainly feels like review scores are generally tailored towards popular titles, with a lot of 90+ games perfectly capturing both acclaim and popularity. Or maybe they're just titles with slightly less polish in some areas, that overall are fun enough to be as good as games of higher review averages.

Either way, I don't really care about review scores. I'm just glad people are generally happy with the game, hopefully that nets more sales.