does every game get dropped down in average by unknown sites?

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DTG said:

GooseGaws said:

DTG said:

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leo-j said:

94 on metacritic with more reviews http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps3/metalgearsolid4gunsofthepatriots

Also, Its obvious they are biased, after eurogamers " EVERYONE NEEDS A 360 BECAUSE WITHOUT IT HARDCORE GAMING IS DEAD" statement it made that a fact.

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I seriously dont know wtf reviewers are trying to say:

80

Wired

The team at Kojima Productions has at the very least set a new high-water mark for cinematic presentation that I wager any other videogame will be lucky to reach, let alone exceed, for the next few years.

Seriously, how can you give something an 8 after saying that.

So a crappy game with the best cinematics ever should get perfect tens?

 

 

plot > gameplay.

You do know that video games are games, right? As in something that you play? An amusement or pastime?

 

In the 1980's? Yeah. Today? No. Video games are creeping ever closer to being a viable medium for artistic expression, political and social commentary and education. No longer am I and many others satisfied with good gameplay simply because gameplay is no longer an essential quality to all types of video game experiences such as ones made for the purpose of education or commentary. In those cases and others gameplay becomes merely a vector to transfer knowledge or the designers political or social views which are the focal point of the experience.

No matter how good the plot is, terrible gameplay means a terrible game.  I won't suffer through bad gameplay just to hear a story I could much more easily read about elsewhere.