I don't see the issue. It lets us see what reviewing users think about a game as a product. Unlike game reviewers, the consumer has to put up with things like price, accessibility, bugs, etc., so their opinions more properly reflect those of the masses. Thus, user ratings on metacritic et al. are incredibly useful for seeing what consumers actually value, e.g. cost, DRM, not being on Sony hardware, low availability, etc.

JayWood2010 said: pezus said: User scores are good for cases like these. You screw the consumer, you get screwed by the consumer (on metacritic ) not true.  Exclusive games also take a lot of heat by loyalists

You'd have to be a child to treat other games in this way, waste your time clicking them down.

They don't make First Person Shooters like they used to...

Why the hell would a game that's all about building your own personal city where you control everything need to be online anyway? This ain't a Facebook app!

well personally i think if anything on meta has a user score of 2.4 or higher than its an awesome game. this one is soaring with a 3.4 meta, so its doing pretty good

Considering that people can't even play the game, or at the very least their city then I would say 3.4 is entirely too generous

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/03/05/gamers-line-up-to-play-simcity/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUl_Cj2_KWU&feature=player_embedded

Yeah.... a 20 min wait to login to play single player. i am one.....

I have nothing to do with a game console that has a close tie to EA. They cant even guess there might be alot of people playing this damn game. I think i saw something like 5 servers for north america, lame as hell. i wish i could get a refund. this is a waste.

I dont like EA but i had to play the new sim city... umm wait  i cant. 

Fortunately for myself I was 'strong' and decided to wait on the purchase until the price came down and the majority of people had been pissed off enough to never give it another try ever again. Well that and after I heared that you couldn't save and reload, thus precluding a Psychopathic tangent, I suddenly wasn't too excited about getting the game.

Consumers have a right to voice their opinions.

"Professional" reviewers probably have EA's money in their pocket.

There are people on Metacritic calling the user reviews "Anti-DRM Trolls"!

You have failed EA. You will never be able to compete with Steam if you treat PC gamers like this. Just give up!

This game is a glorified Facebook game. No simulation depth whatsoever.

Do not play this game.