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Bonzinga on 13 June 2020
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DonFerrari said:
Bonzinga said:

I haven't read the 7/10 reviews however I will say that 6 or a 7 are not troll reviews. Some people just don't like the game or think its a masterpiece, no one has to like the same things as everyone else. with your logic, every masterpiece should have a 100 metascore, is that what you want to see? After all, those 7/10 scores come from people who have actually played the game, how would you know what the games score is entitled when you haven't actually played it? You might hate it.

Your example of that Candy Crush IOS game that might score 100 meta will most likely be sub categorized into best mobile game and win that category. Iv seen a lot of GOTY awards and iv seen a lot of games get sidelined in favour of what's more fan pleasing. Its just me though, some people treat GOTYs like life and death while others like me don't care for them. My taste in gaming is very different to the majority.

I also highly doubt IGN Japan would be a troll reviewer, considering the brand. Also Polygons review doesn't sound good either and that's another major outlet.

So you didn`t read the reviews but are sure they aren`t trolls?

And again not liking a game is one thing totally different than doing a professional work. Also from 25 points bellow average the alternative of not liking but seeing the game is great there is a lot of leeway until you hit 100.

So you think major outlets don`t put troll reviews? Ok then

I am not saying there are no troll reviewers, what I am saying is a 7 is not a troll score. A 7 is actually considered an average/good score and there is nothing wrong with that number. What's the point in having multiple different outlets doing reviews just so they can all give the same score.. than there is no real point. Just pick your favourite outlet and go by there score, you don't need every reviewer to agree with your own views.

I admit I didn't read the 7/10 reviews, I don't need to, however you are the one trying to criticize the review scores, maybe you need to read them yourself before jumping on the negative band wagon. I am still curious as to know why you think the game is better than the 7s when you haven't actually played it. Unless you are a reviewer yourself, you don't really have an opinion on someone else's work since its not your field.

A troll review would be the 4/10 given to Uncharted 4 or the 2/10 given to Halo 4 and Forza Horizon 2. They are questionable review scores, not a 7/10. Heck if they were trolling, they would give the game a lot worse than a 7.

Last edited by Bonzinga - on 13 June 2020