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ZenfoldorVGI on 06 March 2008
swyggi said:
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An 8.5 is a really good score. GS tends to review games very critically on many aspects most reviewers don't such as doing something new in the game. GS's most critical point against GoW:CoO was that the gameplay seemed recycled from GoW2. Of course, the amount of fun a game gives you is the most important thing obviously. GS is just a very academic review website weighing in more details on a game than most reviewers.


No, this is giving them undue credit. They didn't "weigh" anything, they simply overquantified nitpicks as a justification to give the game a lower score than it actually deserved. Considering the next lowest score out of all the reviews on the internet was a 9.0, I would have to disagree with you.

 

Gamespot is well aware of "AAA" status being 9.0 and up. Lately, they review based on a .5 scale, so an 8.5 is basically saying, this game is good for fans, but it's not a killer app AAA title, it's just a good game, but nothing to brag about. 



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Rock_on_2008 on 06 March 2008

Yeah yeah Gamespot is biased against Sony they go for Microsoft or Nintendo or whatever. Does it really matter what someone elses view is on a game? its up to you to buy the games. Its pointless why so many threads are created whining because a reviewer did not give a game 100%, big deal. I suggest if you do not like the reviews then do not read them.



SeriousWB on 06 March 2008

Rock_on if you think reviews from such well known websites do not effect anyones perceptions of a game then I don't know what to say..

It is unacceptable for a review site to be biased towards a company/console so much for it to affect reviews, simply unacceptable.



Oyvoyvoyv on 06 March 2008

Just an example
IGN gave Godhand 3/10
Gamespot gave Mashed 2.3/10

complete fools!

I never trust them, so you should!

I fixed that for you. :P

But yeah, GS and so are just giving totally random scores it appear. Instead of doing .5 they should go to having 0.0-2.0, or something, and using the whole range.



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ChronotriggerJM on 06 March 2008

Yeah I'm pretty much with the populous, I LOVE game reviews, but I think the scores can go suck something fierce xD One of my all time favorite magazines is actually Play, they're definitely biased towards Sony, but they're writing is just so professional and so elegantly beautiful, they give you a good idea of what the game feels like, and I REALLY like that about them, by far the most gorgeous writing I've seen from reviewers xD, but then part of me likes the rose colored shades :P



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Hawk on 06 March 2008

I just use reviews as part of the big picture. If I absolutely want a game, no bad reviews will stop me. But if I am interested in a game, but not sure if I really want to get it, then I'll look at several reviews to help my decision. And I look at what they say about the game, what they like and dislike about it, not the score it was given.



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Borkachev on 06 March 2008

Numerical scores should be done away with. If you must have an overall scoring arc, use a star system like Xplay. Keep it low, like "out of 4 stars" that way, there is a lot of room for interrupretation.

Nobody can quantify a game out of a scale of 100 with accuracy, considering its an opinion anyway. 8.64 out of 10? Are you kidding me, really?

This I agree with. There's a huge margin of error in game scores.

But you know, on a 4-star system, that 8.5 GoW review would still be 4 stars!



hunter_alien on 06 March 2008

I agree with you ... especially over GS reviews :(



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antfromtashkent on 06 March 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:

And they hate me back, but anyway.

 

Here is why. Gamespot and IGN. They are two websites who occasionally try to envoke change and make statements with their reviews. It's like MSNBC being in the tank for Obama, or the New York Times trying to disgrace McCain.

 

First, let me say, there are entirely too many review sites on the web, there are only a couple worth listening too at all, and WE, as a gaming populous regaurd them as gospel, because we feel the need to quantify the quality of everything. For the record, I just wish all games would switch to free demos and reviews were not rated with a number score.

 

Anyway, my first example:

 

God of War for the PSP:

 

We have tons of awesome reviews from all websites who say the game is fantastic, and people can't get enough of it.

 

Then, out of the blue, Gamespot drops their score, and it's an 8.5, and the review pretty much marginalizes the game by calling it derivitive, and "God of War: Lite."

 

So, who are we to believe? Well, I'll tell you what, anyone who isn't getting the game, or any Sony haters are gonna jump right on board and say "I agree with gamespot," and pretend like they actually played the game. It's terrible.

 

My second example:

God Hand for the PS2

 

We get good scores all around for the game, and then out of the blue, IGN drops like a 3(can't be sure) out of 10 for the game. I wonder how many people skipped that, imo, great game because of that review.

 

Now, we got No More Heroes, which every site rated well, except IGN.

 

The pattern we're coming up with here, is the two most popular sites, give the most controversial scores, and god only knows why. Reviews are some guys opinion, and we take them too seriously, and its gotten ugly and monotonous.

 

The best review system, imo, is to have 4 short reviews and an average score, just like Famitsu. That system leaves lots of room for interruperetation. Even Yhatzee's reviews are better, because he doesn't feel the need to quantify a game with a meanlingless numerical value. He simply tells the games strengths and faults, and lets the players decide.

 

Numerical values mean nothing. They are only there for haters, imo, and that's why I hate game reviewers, especially Gamespot and IGN, even thought I actually do like most of their reviewers as people, I hate the ideals they stand for, and the inequities within the review systems they have established.


actually i know that gameinformer gave it a 6/10 



elgefe02 on 06 March 2008

I did not get Godhand because of that IGN score...



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