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Platina on 27 May 2015

Not bad... but usually scores go down a bit the longer we wait so it will end up around 80?



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Zekkyou on 27 May 2015
JNK said:
Zekkyou said:

Woah, woah, woah, hold on a minute. Splatoon is being held to different standards than a significantly cheaper indie game?

Someone call the prints, i think we've found ourselves a conspiracy. 


yeah. All games should be rated by same criteria. Otherwhise this scores are senseless.

I think you missed my sarcasm. OlliOlli is significantly cheaper than Splatoon (and still a great game, even if it doesn't appeal to you). Even if it's held to the same general standards, it's going to be scored differently on that fact alone. You can't just linearly compare scores, they have a context that needs to be considered.



Zekkyou on 27 May 2015
Hynad said:


What if those indie games are just as good and as fun as those big budget games? What then?

Such a thing can't possibly happen.



Goodnightmoon on 27 May 2015
Platina said:
Not bad... but usually scores go down a bit the longer we wait so it will end up around 80?

There is a bunch of +80 reviews that Meta is still not counting.

I would say yes, after 30 reviews the score barely moves it, maybe 1 point down/up



Lonely_Dolphin on 27 May 2015
Hynad said:
Einsam_Delphin said:


Except they're not, because no one is actually gonna be paying $60 for just the content currently being reviewed.


But that content isn't out yet. They cannot review a game on promises of things to come. They can only review what's in their console at the moment.

And plenty of games offer free DLC over an extended period of time, yet offer a full game on release. Here's a recent example: Witcher 3.

It doesn't need to be out to prove what I said. If you review the game correctly a.k.a. with the knowledge in mind that more content will come which due to being free is part of the main package hence must be acknowledged, then you wouldn't be saying irrelevant junk like "5 maps not enough!" and instead saying if those 5 maps are enough to hold you over until the updates start coming.

Well good for those other games.



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PenguinZ on 27 May 2015

Not surprising that one of the most common complaints mention the lack of content, which is entirely justifiable. Right now your paying $60 for the small amount of content that is there, with a mere promise that the content you'll receive later will justify the price tag. I'll be buying the game regardless day 1, because at the very least it's something unique.



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Conegamer on 27 May 2015
episteme said:
Conegamer said:

Still expecting low 80s (let's say 81 for your OP), but fingers crossed for some good scores!
Conegamer said:
81 is actually a little better than I expected which is nice. Seems like complaints stem from a lack of content and whilst that will be improved, you can only review what's in front of you at the time.

lol

 

episteme said:
I predict 81 like in the other thread.

Not bad, my only bad prediction was The Order 1886 with 72.

 

82 was the average prediction in this thread, so everything within expectations.

Oh, didn't realize that I was actually predicting 81. Just that good! Seems everyone was in the ball park though which is excellent.



 

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JNK on 27 May 2015
Zekkyou said:
JNK said:


yeah. All games should be rated by same criteria. Otherwhise this scores are senseless.

I think you missed my sarcasm. OlliOlli is significantly cheaper than Splatoon (and still a great game, even if it doesn't appeal to you). Even if it's held to the same general standards, it's going to be scored differently on that fact alone. You can't just linearly compare scores, they have a context that needs to be considered.


nah this still makes no sense.

Just similar to my example above.

Review of 2 PCs.

1. Made by Alienware, modern hardware, 1000€ -> "metascore" -> 81

2. Made by any unkown chinese company, crap hardware, 200€. "metascore"-> 82

 

Price have nothing to do with pure score.

In germany we have the term "Preis/Leistung". This means pretty much "Price/Greatness" so a additional indicator how good the score is compared to the low/high price. But the score itself shouldnt be influenced at all by the price.



MoHasanie on 27 May 2015

Not bad but not great either. The game still looks like a lot of fun though but I'll get it when its cheaper.



    

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fedfed on 27 May 2015

quite very different reviews no?

Toronto Sun? really?



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