Squilliam said:
Have I ever stopped to wonder about a game? Yeah I have. I can easily recognise flawed but fun in comparison to flawless but no good for me. I am however under no illusion or expectation that others do the same considering once you get into a meta range of review scores the variety of personality and review style comes into play whether it is good or bad for the overall score a game gets. However noone in their right mind ought to look at metacritic as a final judge as to whether or not it is worth shelling out $60 for a title given that variance. It is however good to look for titles which may be worth a 2nd look or a first look based off overall review impressions. What you're seeing with games is a split between the core/niche buyer and the mainstream. It is the same with movies, the mainstream wait until they are told about a game and the core/niche buyer will actively seek out content which interests them. However the fundamental problem with this is that a niche/core game costs about as much to make as a mainstream game or at best a 5:1 ratio whereas in the movie industry the cost difference can easily exceed 100:1 between a niche movie and an expensive blockbuster. It is both a sad reality of the cost structure of the games industry and a negative black mark on the core/niche buyers whom place high content quality expectations on the media assets of games. If people want to see a return of a lot of niche games then they had better be supportive of online download services which is the only real future for niche/core titles as the retail boxed market share is evaporating. To reiterate what I said about GT5, I wasn't talking about the 9M buyers total. I was talking about the 9M mainstream buyers whom just want a racing game, mess around with the cars and may not even finish 1/4 of all the available races. The metacritic represented the views of those people quite well and as a whole metacritic represents a more mainstream view of a game. Specific sites which cater to the other 1M or 10% of the population who wanted the simulator aspects still cater to those but it is unlikely that the opinion of the 10% would ever crowd out the opinions of the 90%. You need to qualify yourself before you can relate your opinions to people with the same values in a relevant way. |
but how is GT5 any more mainstream than any other past GT, people should know what they're buying. It's the same GT as all other GT's and that's why people buy it. My question is why the heck is GT5 any different??? I could care less about the scores but it's the manner in which they're given I got a problem with. as if GT5 is the first Simulator in the franchise. in fact some would argue past GT's are probably harder and less forgiving on casuals (not gonna complete 1/4 of events). in past GT's you HAD to complete the license test to get in certain events. the leveling system is a noob proof method to stop people from putting themselves is a no win restart the game situation. There was no visible racing line ETC. Those 9 million repeat customers are actually getting the most casual of the franchise even though it's still harder than another Sim out there , so no the majority of those costumes know full well what GT is all about. so no those reviews don't cover them at all. It covers the need for speed fans, the burnout fans, etc. the people PD never wanted to play their game....
another thing I always seem to scratch my head about is how reviews and people say PD led people on with the trailers and Pics.....
REALLY????
I'm pretty sure I saw this BEFORE the game came out and they pretty much look the same to me...
show me an PIC PD showed that you CAN'T do in the game......, so me where they over hyped the standard cars. I mean they told us about the standards when june....july..... and then reviews get the game and are all like WAAAAAA, TEH FAILUREZ TO LIVEZ UP EXPECTAIONZ!!!!!!! it's like OMG standard cars are...... and get this standard cars. we the 9 million GT fans knew this FAR before hand. why is it shocking reviewers now???
there's not a single lie in any of PD marketing of GT5, every trailer and car they shown is in the game and of the exact same quality.So WTF is what I ask myself.
but maybe it's just me.......
