Azzanation said:
The issue for me isn't that Gears 5 isn't sitting in the 90s for a total score and as mentioned before, it doesn't have to sit in the 90s to be a great game. The issue is that Gears 5 is sitting similar to Gears 4's score which doesn't sound right at all. Gears 4 was a solid title but a game that I and many others weren't a huge fan of, come Gears 5 and its a different story. USER reviews on Metacritic show Gears 4 sits on a 6.9 while Gears 5 sits on a 8.8. That's a pretty big difference between USER review scores and something that actually tells a more realistic story here. And its funny because I barely look at USER review scores as its full of troll reviews good and bad and can be extremely inconsistent but in this case I think the USER reviews are more accurate here than the actual critics. Gamers are loving Gears 5 across the board and the game shows it quite clearly however the scoring doesn't and that will be misleading to many. |
I understand. Game Informer one of the more popular review sources gave Gears 5 an 8.5 even though the reviewer clearly states that "Gears has never been better" yet the same publication gave Gears 4 a whooping 9.25. I don't know, it is possible many of these reviewers are being pressured into stricter scoring by their bosses.