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Is Metacritic Flawed

Yes 51 60.71%
 
No 33 39.29%
 
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Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 05 November 2012
think-man said:
@kain_kusanagi

Id qoute but doesn't let me do it on my laptop for some reason anyways I remember playing batman arkham asylum and thinking it was the worst most trashiest game i've ever played imo id prolly give it a 3 or 4 outta 10 but yet that game has a 91% on the metacritic does that mean im wrong?

Thats what seperates a professional journalist to a gamer. If your review has FAIR RATIONAL points. People will agree with you. A typical gamer would just give a score right off the bat. 

Write a comprehensive review about the game and let see what the community think. 



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kain_kusanagi on 05 November 2012
Chandler said:
kain_kusanagi said:

Like I said, their's no consistancy. A game like Halo has to deal with troll blogs posting shit scores while other games do not. That's not helpfull. The reviews used should be of only the hihgest quality. Only websites with established credibility and integrety should be used. That list can be as long as  you want, but it has to be consistant.


Sorry, but Halo 4 is not the only game that has to deal with those troll reviews so I don't see why it suddenly justifies to change the whole system just because your favorite franchise got trolled. The 2/10 is an extreme case for sure. But there are other examples of bullshit out there, even from the big sites. My favorite example is that RE Rev has the same score as Tekken Prime on EDGE. I disagree strongly but I manage to dealwithit.gif

Oh I'm dealing with it fine. I hate to see something I love get dirt thrown on it from obvious trolls, but believe when I say it has no real baring on my life. It just made be see the great big flaw in metacritic. You're right, Halo 4 isn't the first game to get hit with bogus scores. What I'm doing with this thread is trying to get people to not take Metacritic seriously.



think-man on 05 November 2012

@Wh1pL4shL1ve_007

Id write a comprehensive review but when you're not paid to play a game that you think is bad or don't enjoy, you usually stop and don't get close to finishing it. Then the community would complain that I didn't give the game a fair try etc etc



 

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the_dengle on 05 November 2012
kain_kusanagi said:
the_dengle said:
kain_kusanagi said:

A big website like IGN or Gamespot will assign a review best suited for the job. They aren't going to give a the latest Madden to someone who hates football. They are going to pick the person with the most sports and sports game knowledge to do the job.

lol, I don't trust Gamespot to do this at all. I also notice you include Destructoid in your list... the website of Jim Sterling? Now, I like Jim. I like the way he reviews things. It fits his style. But I also believe he goes out of his way to review games he's pretty sure he won't like just so that he can completely trash them.


Should I swap Destructoid for Gameinformer?

Hahaha. I don't care. I think this whole thing is kinda silly. It literally does not matter at all whether Halo's metascore is 87 or 90. Everyone is being ridiculous about one dumb review. Aw man, Halo's metascore dropped by 3 points! Clearly this is an indication that metacritic is completely broken and needs to be entirely overhauled, because... because metacritic is important, or something!



Wh1pL4shL1ve_007 on 05 November 2012
think-man said:
@Wh1pL4shL1ve_007

Id write a comprehensive review but when you're not paid to play a game that you think is bad or don't enjoy, you usually stop and don't get close to finishing it. Then the community would complain that I didn't give the game a fair try etc etc


Then the poeple WILL NOT agree with you when they cant see whats behind the 'curtain' of 3/10 or 4/10.



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Panama on 05 November 2012

Metacritic's only flaw (which is quite a gaping flaw) is the fact it hand picks its reviews. It reminds me of when Bioware bragged about receiving 75 perfect  scores for ME3 yet Metacritic only has about 20 or so.

I'm all for critic aggregates, but you should only be selective in picking the critics to be included in the aggregate if it is well established that they're known for being controversial for the sake of traffic and other underhanded means.



think-man on 05 November 2012
kain_kusanagi said:
think-man said:
@kain_kusanagi

Id qoute but doesn't let me do it on my laptop for some reason anyways I remember playing batman arkham asylum and thinking it was the worst most trashiest game i've ever played imo id prolly give it a 3 or 4 outta 10 but yet that game has a 91% on the metacritic does that mean im wrong?


Yes.

 

j/k But do you honestly think the game is that bad. I mean if you really sat down and made a list of pros and cons, would it really be as bad as you think. If you look at the merits and what it is trying to do, did it fail? You don't have to like the end result, but a reviewer should try to look past that.

A movie reviewer can hate a child's film, but give it a good score because it's a great kids movie. A game review can dislike FPS but give a game a good score for being a good FPS.


Aha got it working ( was using the wrong browser)

Anyways back on topic for my score on that batman game it was for me just plain boring and I play alot of games similar to batman AA so in my mind that score is justified as for the Halo 4 score everyone plays shooters these days and just maybe this one didn't hit the right notes with these VERY SMALL amount of reviewers.



 

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jamesmarkus87 on 05 November 2012

Time will tell if I agree with IGN (9.8), Xbox Magazine (9.5), or GameInformer (9.25).



kain_kusanagi on 05 November 2012
jamesmarkus87 said:
Time will tell if I agree with IGN (9.8), Xbox Magazine (9.5), or GameInformer (9.25).


I think we are on the same page.



A_C_E on 05 November 2012
kain_kusanagi said:

I'm sure you've heard about the controversy caused by no-name websites giving low scores to Halo 4. If you haven't go back and read that last sentence and you'll know enough to get by.

Metacritic seems to allow bottom of the barrel blogs equal placement aside websites with at least a shred of journalistic integrity. I think the fatal flaw of Metacritic is it is too broad and takes into account too many little websites that may just want to trump up traffic. A big website like IGN or Gamespot will assign a review best suited for the job. They aren't going to give a the latest Madden to someone who hates football. They are going to pick the person with the most sports and sports game knowledge to do the job.

So I propose an alternative and I'm going to use Halo 4 as an example. Let's just use the top 10 review websites. I'm going to make up a list. You can argue for or against, but I'm not going to include any platform specific websites like OXM or PSM.

Ok, here's the list and scores:

Halo 4

98 ---  IGN

90 --- Gamespot

(  ) --- Game Trailers

(  ) --- Gamefront

90 --- GamesRadar

91 --- 1Up

(  ) --- UGO

100 --- Joystiq

100 --- Destructoid

80 --- Giant Bomb

Ok, so let's do a little simple math. We are awaiting three scores so until then the total possible is is 700. The current actual total is 649.

That comes out to 92.71% if my rusty calculation skills have held up since I fell asleep in high school math.

92.71% with three scores left to go. Metacritic has Halo 4 at 87% right now. Which number do you think is a better estimate of Halo 4's quality?

What do you think? Is there a better review website than one listed? Is this even a good idea? Should I buy a domain and get started? Should I give up gaming altogether and find a new hobby? You tell me.

Yes, you should give up gaming because you live to judge a game without playing it. Just as long as the review says that the game is bad then you won't like it. So since we live in an age where we can take reviews over experience you should quit gaming. I mean, it's metacritic. They know you more then you do, their opinions are NEVER wrong.