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arcaneguyver on 10 February 2015

Another site drops the unnecessary lower 1-5 (and dem decimals!) from their review scale. Yet people will fight over the results all the same - games should get good badges, a no-badge means its bad, etc. A babystep in the right direction, but I'm still not putting much stock in their opinions.



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MoHasanie on 10 February 2015

That's good news for The Order!

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IIIIITHE1IIIII on 10 February 2015

Great news.

Far too many are obsessed with ranking games over one another when the simple truth is that they excel in different areas, and that there is no reason to compare them in the first place. Perhaps now people will learn to appreciate each individual game for what it is.



Giggs_11 on 10 February 2015

Lowsy stupid decision imo. They don't get my support so I won't be reading any more of their reviews.

Honestly I don't see how this reflects on the quality of the reviews. Better yet, it certainly doesn't!

Anyway, to be honest they don't get rid of rating system, they just make it less accurate. Avoid, "nothing", Recommended and Essential is a ratin system, wheteher peopl like it or not...



sundin13 on 10 February 2015

Further reinforcing my love for Eurogamer's reviews...good job guys. I'd say that this system is a pretty huge improvement, and I'm excited to see who will follow suit.



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starcraft on 10 February 2015
GTAexpert said:
curl-6 said:
Interesting that those most in favour of this share a specific allegiance.

It should be obvious, since EG underscores PS4 exclusives mostly, and having played them we know how crap their reviews were.

Which games - some examples?



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platformmaster918 on 10 February 2015
Roronaa_chan said:
DialgaMarine said:
Thank god... The more crazy biased review sites that leave Metacritic, the better... Now if we can only get rid of Polygon and MetroGameCentral..


Yeah I can't believe MGC is even accepted into Metacritic, they need to go.

is Quarter to Three still accepted there?  They trashed the metas of Halo and Uncharted alike with terrible scores most likely costing people money




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Hynad on 10 February 2015
RolStoppable said:
Would be nice if such moves were made in the interest of the readership, but getting delisted on Metacritic is first and foremost about drawing more hits to your own site. With a centralized database like Metacritic, people can just read the score and brief conclusion of reviews and don't have to visit individual websites.


That's a double edged sword though. Being part of metacritics also gives the websites visibility. With the review summaries always being linked to the specific website.



outlawauron on 10 February 2015
Roma said:
Roronaa_chan said:


There is nothing clear about a score system, much less the ones used by amateur "journalists".

there is to me. A game scored 6 and below are games I avoid as they aren't really games that deserve my time or the full price they ask for them.

I can guarantee you've played and enjoyed 6/10 games before.



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Normchacho on 10 February 2015

I'm liking the way this is going, we just need the other major review sites to drop review scores now.



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