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Mr Puggsly on 10 November 2013
Panama said:
Mr Puggsly said:


Nier got mixed reviews. Sounds like you're bitter not everyone loved it.

When critics like IGN give the worst CoD a score as high as 8.8 I have every right to be bitter :^)

Did the same person at IGN review CoD and Nier? Did the person at IGN that reviewed Nier enjoy JRPGs?

Just some simple questions I'm sure you have answers for.

CoD's higher score doesn't lead me to believe its better than Nier. More so, I'm lead to believe Nier just might be a mediocre JRPG.



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Panama on 10 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:
Mr Puggsly said:


Nier got mixed reviews. Sounds like you're bitter not everyone loved it.

When critics like IGN give the worst CoD a score as high as 8.8 I have every right to be bitter :^)

Did the same person at IGN review CoD and Nier? Did the person at IGN that reviewed Nier enjoy JRPGs?

Just some simple questions I'm sure you have answers for.

CoD's higher score doesn't lead me to believe its better than Nier. More so, I'm lead to believe Nier just might be a mediocre JRPG.

Has average gameplay, but its plot is yet to be surpassed this gen by any similar RPG. Now if you tell me a story isn't relevant to an RPG I wouldn't know what to say to you. Also IGN emphasise time and time again that their review scores are conveyed to nearly everyone in that department so they all agree to it to an extent.



Mr Puggsly on 10 November 2013
Panama said:

Has average gameplay, but its plot is yet to be surpassed this gen by any similar RPG. Now if you tell me a story isn't relevant to an RPG I wouldn't know what to say to you. Also IGN emphasise time and time again that their review scores are conveyed to nearly everyone in that department so they all agree to it to an extent.


If it has average gameplay, that's a problem. I personally don't want to spend many hours on a game that's just average.

Look, I love Deadly Premonition for the story and dialogue. Yet I totally agree it doesn't deserve a great metacritic score because the gameplay kinda sucks. Maybe you should accept Nier has flaws and it might be for an acquired taste.



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Nem on 10 November 2013
Slade6alpha said:
Fanboys rule the internet, it's been like that for a long time. I remember the new DMC game had a horrid user score because they didn't like his hair... It's like that for a lot of other games as well. Again, nature of the beast.


That was alot more comlex than hair color. It was a general disregard to DMC fans. You cant treat fans of the series youre working on with disdain and then expect them to love and suport the game. 

My point beeing, it was a bad example.



Panama on 10 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:

Has average gameplay, but its plot is yet to be surpassed this gen by any similar RPG. Now if you tell me a story isn't relevant to an RPG I wouldn't know what to say to you. Also IGN emphasise time and time again that their review scores are conveyed to nearly everyone in that department so they all agree to it to an extent.


If it has average gameplay, that's a problem. I personally don't want to spend many hours on a game that's just average.

Look, I love Deadly Premonition for the story and dialogue. Yet I totally agree it doesn't deserve a great metacritic score because the gameplay kinda sucks. Maybe you should accept Nier has flaws and it might be for an acquired taste.

lol wut, i'm well aware Nier is flawed, in fact Deadly Premonition was an excellent example. I'm just saying Metacritic just isn't a good system for gauging the quality of a game as they're generally skewed towards the more mainstream titles Another reason is that games that are slammed actually attract more attention than they deserve. Look at Ride to Hell: Retribution. I have 6 mates that bought it simply because of its poor Metacritic score lol.



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HokageTenshi on 10 November 2013

agreed, mostly the overall score just doesn't represent the real good or bad of the game...



Mr Puggsly on 10 November 2013
Panama said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:

Has average gameplay, but its plot is yet to be surpassed this gen by any similar RPG. Now if you tell me a story isn't relevant to an RPG I wouldn't know what to say to you. Also IGN emphasise time and time again that their review scores are conveyed to nearly everyone in that department so they all agree to it to an extent.


If it has average gameplay, that's a problem. I personally don't want to spend many hours on a game that's just average.

Look, I love Deadly Premonition for the story and dialogue. Yet I totally agree it doesn't deserve a great metacritic score because the gameplay kinda sucks. Maybe you should accept Nier has flaws and it might be for an acquired taste.

lol wut, i'm well aware Nier is flawed, in fact Deadly Premonition was an excellent example. I'm just saying Metacritic just isn't a good system for gauging the quality of a game as they're generally skewed towards the more mainstream titles Another reason is that games that are slammed actually attract more attention than they deserve. Look at Ride to Hell: Retribution. I have 6 mates that bought it simply because of its poor Metacritic score lol.


Nier and Deadly Premonition are games that could have been better. Untapped potential is why they got mixed reviews.

Some mainstream get great scores, some don't. There are also plenty lower budget games that get solid metacritic scores. So your argumnt is false.

Your friends bought Ride to Hell, but are they really enjoying it?



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Panama on 10 November 2013
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Panama said:

Has average gameplay, but its plot is yet to be surpassed this gen by any similar RPG. Now if you tell me a story isn't relevant to an RPG I wouldn't know what to say to you. Also IGN emphasise time and time again that their review scores are conveyed to nearly everyone in that department so they all agree to it to an extent.


If it has average gameplay, that's a problem. I personally don't want to spend many hours on a game that's just average.

Look, I love Deadly Premonition for the story and dialogue. Yet I totally agree it doesn't deserve a great metacritic score because the gameplay kinda sucks. Maybe you should accept Nier has flaws and it might be for an acquired taste.

lol wut, i'm well aware Nier is flawed, in fact Deadly Premonition was an excellent example. I'm just saying Metacritic just isn't a good system for gauging the quality of a game as they're generally skewed towards the more mainstream titles Another reason is that games that are slammed actually attract more attention than they deserve. Look at Ride to Hell: Retribution. I have 6 mates that bought it simply because of its poor Metacritic score lol.


Nier and Deadly Premonition are games that could have been better. Untapped potential is why they got mixed reviews.

Some mainstream get great scores, some don't. There are also plenty lower budget games that get solid metacritic scores. So your argumnt is false.

Your friends bought Ride to Hell, but are they really enjoying it?


One of them is. He says its the most fun he's had with videogames in the past decade. Go figure. Doubt he'd enjoy Big Rigs though.



fauzman on 11 November 2013

Why are you guys even bothering to look at theuser scores. Few people look at them andthey are essentially meaningless. I do like the reviews themselves as while there isa lot of crap, a lot of the fairer and midrange reviews are quite good and give you a good idea of the game.



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DevilRising on 11 November 2013
IsawYoshi said:

It's not like you guys doesn't know, but I find it absurd that nobody at Metacritic cleans up this mess. I've been looking at the site for COD Ghosts user reviews, and some of the reviews are around 8-9/10, but most takes the 0/10 route. Wii U version is at 3.1 average, Xbox 360 at 2.1 and PS3 is at 1.8.  At this rate they should remove the user reviews.

 

Example:

Reviewers are getting PAID to give 80 and higher people! It's a disgrace to gaming and media as a whole. Ex-IGN employees actually admitted they get paid to give high marks! EA is also notorious to pay reviewers. Metacritic needs to get rid of these false reviewers. Welcome to 2013 where big companies pay reviewers so they make more money and we play uninspiring games. Meanwhile NSA is spying on their people, their allies and the rest of the world to steal information.
PS I've played some single player Ghosts and it's CoD4/6 but with dogs. A disgrace to gaming. How are they getting away with releasing the same game over and? Don't buy it.

 

The game was awarded a 0/10 score by this user.


So..................some people might actually have an honest opinion that the game sucks, and you're mad about that? Fact is, a lot of "pro reviewers" ARE paid to give good scores to games. That's been a going on for the last decade, at least, since gaming go more mainstream. I'm sure some of those folks just hate the franchise, and that is understandable. But if someone earnestly feels that a game deserves a shitty personal score from them, then who are you to say their review should be discounted?