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VGchartz review scores pattern?
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SuperAdrianK on 17 February 2010

You're poll makes this look like a joke thread.

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O-D-C on 17 February 2010

their is no pattern I can 1000% guarantee that

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Khuutra on 18 February 2010

Have you guys seen our Gears of War review? An atrocious affront to the need to adhere to the Metacritic party line

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blizzid on 18 February 2010

Machina said:

It's not a case of the site being biased - there's no way you could orchestrate such a bias amongst 16 different people (that's roughly how many active reviewers we have at any one time) and 5 different content editors. It's my view that the scoring differences are less about console preference, and more about how harsh or lenient the reviewer who happens to review a particular game (and own a particular console) is.

While I agree with your post, this point can be applied to nearly every review site out there - and even more so to an aggregate review site like Metacritic. That doesn't stop a huge number of forum posters from believing in a vast conspiracy of bias against their console of choice.

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Simulacrum on 18 February 2010

Who cares about Vgchartz review score??I don't. If you are interested about the game,just read the review.

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gustave154 on 18 February 2010

this is definitely a conspiracy to me but i need proof to prove it.

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Hephaestos on 18 February 2010

the difference is little... but anyways, I tend to think that reviews are pro HD and anti Wii, so a little "adjustment" as you pointed is probably closer to what the scores should really be.

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Reasonable on 18 February 2010

I don't think there's a pattern as in deliberate pattern. I think that the PS3/360 reviewers occasionally skew harsher than the general trend represented by Metacritic (in a flawed sort of way) while occasionally the Wii reviwers skew a little higher.

Now, assuming VG is using reviewers familiar with the platform this actually makes sense to me as I believe that:

a - general PS3/360 reviews tend to skew a little high generally, particularly for titles with official mag reviews, therefore I would expect a good, firm review to be a little lower than metacritic

b - general Wii reviews often seem to be by people who don't necessarily fully 'get' the platform or its titles, hence I'd expect a good, firm Wii review by someone who does to skew a little higher than metacritic.

Of course, maybe VG Wii reviwers are just big softies and the PS3/360 reviewers are all tough cookies.

Either way it's all a statistical accident. Probably. That was a slight joke.

Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

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sergiodaly on 18 February 2010

i do think VGCz scores games a bit lower than i think is right... don't think is a conspiracy... its just way of living... like a person who is usual to be in a bad mood and don't get excited so often...