"The Onion" strikes again it seems...

"That high-fiving, frat-house, epithet-spewing, tea-bagging culture has had the unfortunate side-effect of making the Halo universe increasingly less soulful, rendering the subtitle of the original game-"Combat evolved"-something of an oxymoron." 67 Rating...

How the hell do these guys get accepted on Metacritic and VGChartz doesn't?

Just for reference, here's some scores of pretty big games.

New Super Mario Bros. Wii - 58-100
Final Fantasy XIII - 42/100
Borderlands - 33/100

Safe to say they're just a troll site looking for hits...

The most complete FPS game ever to be released is the lowest scored of its series?

*confused*

Edge: 9/10  (Strange since it is rated the same as ODST? Further adds to just how inconsistent they really are.)

"Reach is a fine conclusion to Bungie’s stewardship of the series, but that's what stops it from being anything more. Halo felt like the future. Reach is merely a brilliantly engineered present."

http://www.next-gen.biz/features/halo-reach-review?

Gameshark: C (50)

"Halo is still a superlative multiplayer game, and with a group of friends, there's nothing quite like a well-tuned game mode or a white-knuckle finish to a Firefight. It's a shame that Halo: Reach couldn't add $60 worth of improvements to it."

http://www.gameshark.com/reviews/3624/p_0/Halo-Reach-Review.htm

Both included on Metacritic.

They guy from game shark who gave Reach a 50 also said this about Deus Ex 

"I'd say it's only 90% bad"

Is this guy a serious reviewer?

I know it's harsh, but I'd give the same score to those games...

VGChartz should definitely be on Metacritic though, with the amount of no name sites that are being added, I'm still surprised that they keep leaving VGChartz out.

Wow well I certainly did not expect Reach to be on 92 and looks like it'll stay like that after 60 reviews. From what I've been reading and watching, Reach is definitely the best Halo.

I personally don't think it's a matter of 'standards have changed since 2007'. Sure standards have changed since 2007 and that why 2010 games like Mass Effect 2, God of War III, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Red Dead Redemption, etc are real standouts. But the thing is if Bungie didn't put much effort into Reach and was just another 3/ODST like game, and let's say it's been scoring 90 on Metacritic, then the reason for that would be because standards have changed since 2007, meaning a reviewer would say 'yeah it's a Halo game but it's like 2010 now and we feel like we're playing Halo 3 again'. That's when you say standards have changed. And a clear example of this is Crackdown 2. In 2007 Crackdown released and now it's sitting on a 83 on Meta. Fast forward to 2010 and Crackdown 2 is a flop in both sales and reviews. It's on a 70 on Meta and the criticisim is consistent amongst the reliable reviewers. It's pretty much plays like Crackdown 1 without any major improvements. This is where you'd say standards have changed.

But that shouldn't apply to Reach. It improves over Halo 3 in all ways and I'm sure Reach players right now know this is true. (Though seeing how quite a number of reviewers have said that the Reach Campaign is a bit weak, it's up to debate whether it's an improvement over 3 since I haven't played both.) Campaign aside, Multiplayer is intense. The Customization is what I personally love about Reach. I saw the videos and wow it's so awesome. I'm a fan of character customizations and that's why I'm also pleased that in COD Black Ops you'll at least be able to customize your character to a certain extent. Nevermind that and back to topic.

I hope people see what I'm trying to say here. I just personally don't understand why it's below Halo 3 and is sitting on a 92. Like how I predicted a solid 95, that's not gonna happen and I personally did not think that it would recieve so many 8's.

the gameshark review is a clear fanboy driven review

I think those kinds of reviews should be banned from metacritic and gamerankings, its obviously fanboy drivel.

Gamekult: 7

pros: multiplayer and coop

cons: too short and mediocre presentation

http://www.gamekult.com/tout/jeux/fiches/J000096707_test.html

(not yet included in metacritic)

Decent scores imo, i think they should be higher.