That's a terrible idea, best thing to do is not give a damn about reviewers or listen to people or sites we trust.

That's a terrible idea, best thing to do is not give a damn about reviewers or listen to people or sites we trust.

If we do this we gotta abolished review scores above all us.
They are pretty much click bait no matter how high or low the score and click bait in itself needs to die.
A number tells me nothing about the game like what is like what is so good or bad about it i need way more then just IGN and a bunch other sites said it was a "10 out of 10"
everyone's opinion on what a 5, 6, 7, 8, or even a 9 varies so much that alone proves why review scores are silly.
Not every so called "10 out of 10 masterpiece" is gonna be like by everyone in taste varied so much like for example despite getting a bunch of 10 out 10's and people already saying it will be one of the best games of 2015 i passed on the witness big time because i don't like puzzle games and hearing how you have to solved some of them just told me that if i play this is game its gonna be my most hated game of the year.
Now i'm sorry if i offend anyone but i feel that most people are too lazy too read or in some cases watch a review and just skipped to the score then debates in the comments. completely ignoring the hours reviewers put into their review and not talking about what they exactly said about the game.
Lastly Metacritic is single handily the most overrated thing in the video game industry i think it is very unreliable for not putting in sites that don't give scores or as a buy, rent, or pass as their scores, any game site that has the out of 5 system is list as their own scoring system being a out of 100, calling a 7 out of 10 game a mix score is some of the stupidest logic ever, is also the user reviews do i even need to explain why this is a joke?
No, not really. If someone wants to give Uncharted 4 a 4 out of 10, then so be it. Making such a big fuss about it and trying to enforce some kind of blacklist doesn't make any sense.
Universal oversight? Absolutely not. That's opening the door for far more serious problems. Metacritic can be more picky but otherwise oversight of published works should fall only on the publishers. If people would follow through on their "never reading x again or visiting y site again" threats than the market would sort this out. If the publisher publishes crap, don't visit their site of buy their magazine. But if a review is intellectually put together and still gives the game a weak score it should not be censored because it is different from the norm. The fact people ASK for universal oversight and CENSORSHIP OF DISSENTING OPINIONS while simultaneously whining like broken motors over six inches of tits being covered in a final or localized version of a game is mind blowing.
AEGRO said:
If the quality of the game was guaranteed, shitty games wouldnt exist. Developers fuck up too, and theres a press that is supposedly specialized in gaming that judge the game quality. Ideally without a bias. |
Well nothing in life is perfect: developers aren't perfect, publishers aren't perfect, reviewers aren't perfect.
| AEGRO said: Without deviating the topic, i isist that any extra incentive from the publisher to the developer is well received, including the press reception. |
And I would heartily disagree and any publisher with a ridiculous policy would not be one I'd want to work with.
| AEGRO said: Also, my fast food example could be compared with what we are talking about. The Employee of the Month bonus or whatever depends on the opinion of a human being aka the manager. If he happens to hate you for whatever reason, you can kiss good bye that bonus. Your hard work is being threatened by a person who is not looking at you from an objective point of view, so you are being directly fucked no matter how good your performance was on the job. |
That's not the same thing: I worked alongside my manager (worked my way up there too), developers don't work alongside the gaming press. Also, if my manager had something against me, I could file a complaint with the higher-ups or walk out and get a different job. Naughty Dog can't do a thing against potential abuse from the gaming press.
| AEGRO said: Case in point, the Uncharted 4 review for example. Lets say that Sony promised Naughty Dog a Million Dollar bonus if the game achieved a 94 or more on Meta. Well, because of some fucking retard who gave the game a 4 out of 10 and lowered the score to 93, they lost a bonus for their hard work of years. There are 90 reviews, that is the ONLY negative review of the bunch. |
That would be messed up but thankfully, as far as I know, Sony does not exercise such a policy. Also, if that were the case, I'd direct my anger at Sony for such a dumb policy, not the lone reviewer expressing his opinion.
| AEGRO said: Who says that maybe he is a disguised XXXXX fanboy? Which is mostly the case? |
This can go both ways.
No. Freedom of speech trumps bad reviews by far. Besides, there's far too many issues with drawing the line about what's a truly bad review and what's just an opinion you don't agree with. I don't think anyone is qualified to draw that line in more difficult cases.
Unhappy as you may be, there's nothing that can be done to fix this issue without getting even bigger problems instead.
| AEGRO said: Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but rating Uncharted 4, a 4 out of 10 is as retarded as reviewing The Godfather movie a 4 out of 10. A game with a low score like that, is simply a game that technically doesn't work. Which isn't the case with U4. |
disagree with that ranking. 5/10 is average hence it being right in the middle. 4/10 is below average.
Like with Uncharted I'd go
Uncharted 1=7/10 good
Uncharted 2=8/10 excellent
Uncharted 3=9/10 amazing!
Uncharted 4=10/10 perfect!
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Robert_Downey_Jr. said:
disagree with that ranking. 5/10 is average hence it being right in the middle. 4/10 is below average. Like with Uncharted I'd go Uncharted 1=7/10 good Uncharted 2=8/10 excellent Uncharted 3=9/10 amazing! Uncharted 4=10/10 perfect! |
U3 better than U2?
| Teeqoz said: I think it's more in the reasoning of his rdview. He literally complained about the graphics being too detailed. |
He could have just worded it differently. Times in the past have I seen cases where reviewers have used the word "cluttered", though "too detailed" sounds more out of place.
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KLAMarine said:
U3 better than U2? |
definitely! I frequently play through them in order (at least once a year) and Uncharted 3 is always my favorite! Love Cutter, Marlow is way better than Lazaravich, the story is more heartfelt, the set-pieces are better as a whole (even though the train is the best singular one still), and the ending is SO much better than shooting the stupid sap off the tree. Also the basic gunplay and platforming just feels smoother.
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