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Was Nintendo right?

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Platina on 14 March 2017

As for myself, I ignore user reviews for the most part since it's pretty extreme

Hard to tell which are genuine and isn't really worth the time to sift through and find the ones that are so I don't really bother with them



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specialk on 14 March 2017
Boutros said:
In all honesty that was a pathetic statement by Nintendo lol Anyone who knows anything of user scores knows they're meaningless especially on something like Metacritic or Amazon.

If a product has 1,500 reviews on Amazon and a 1.5 star average there is nearly a 100% chance that I will not buy that product. 

It means something. At least to me it does. 



NintendoPie on 14 March 2017

No. The majority of the general population is quite stupid and the majority of online gamers are fanboys. Put those together and you've got Meta Userscores.



V-r0cK on 14 March 2017
Mnementh said:
V-r0cK said:

This reminds me that Steam now won't accept user score/review unless their account actually purchased the game.  I think this needs to be applied on every review system/websites etc...

Personally I love that idea, but I would go beyond that so that only those that completed the game should be to post their review/score.  Not sure if there's an easy way to check that, but I do know many games will give you a trophy/achievement for finishing the game. So I would make it mandatory for every game to have a trophy/acheivement for completing the campaign mode to allow everyone to know if you finished the game or not.

I know this guy that's on my PSN friends list and he was talking crap about this one game he finished and how it sucked.  I didn't believe him because it's a really popular game loved by many.  So I went and checked his PSN Trophy list; he barely played the game! He only unlocked like the first trophy where you get for just playing the beginning area and thats it!  

...Hate people like that.

Well, in defense of such people: it doesn't make too much sense too play a game you hate. You should refer to your little experience to the game though, if you talk about it.

If you don't enjoy the game fine, but nobody should talk trash or write a review about a game if they never finished it.  It just doesn't make sense.



Yerm on 14 March 2017

the problem is that there are too many people out there who do not know how to right a constructive review. so many people will just let the hype and the first impressions guide them into putting perfect 10/10 review scores up, while others will just blindly hate the game without even trying it and decide that it deserves a 0/10.

then there are the infamous joke reviews which are funny, but dont actually help. then theres the hand full of idiots who dont even know what theyre talking about and hate the game for ridiculous made-up reasons.

review score are just a mess to a point where you cant even rely on them anymore



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Boutros on 14 March 2017
specialk said:
Boutros said:
In all honesty that was a pathetic statement by Nintendo lol Anyone who knows anything of user scores knows they're meaningless especially on something like Metacritic or Amazon.

If a product has 1,500 reviews on Amazon and a 1.5 star average there is nearly a 100% chance that I will not buy that product. 

It means something. At least to me it does. 

I guess Amazon got better since that verified purchase thing but before that it was equally meaningless as Metacritic.



specialk on 14 March 2017
V-r0cK said:

If you don't enjoy the game fine, but nobody should talk trash or write a review about a game if they never finished it.  It just doesn't make sense.

I don't really agree here.

I played 15 hours of Final Fantasy XV. I think that was more than enough to eloquently communicate why I wouldn't recommend that game.

I played probably about 20 hours of Bloodborne but never beat it. I think I played enough to eloquently communicate why (and to whom) I would recommend that game.



Swordmasterman on 14 March 2017

I don't think that scores are important. Some games I liked have a really poor score.



Mnementh on 14 March 2017
V-r0cK said:
Mnementh said:

Well, in defense of such people: it doesn't make too much sense too play a game you hate. You should refer to your little experience to the game though, if you talk about it.

If you don't enjoy the game fine, but nobody should talk trash or write a review about a game if they never finished it.  It just doesn't make sense.

That's fine. That's why it is good most prints demand from professional reviewers to finish the game before reviewing. A good policy in my opinion.



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specialk on 14 March 2017
Boutros said:

I guess Amazon got better since that verified purchase thing but before that it was equally meaningless as Metacritic.

I also would argue in favor of the Metacritic user score.  You just have to know how to use it.

My local library kept a list of "banned books" from throughout history. I went through a phase as a teen where I checked out and read a bunch of these books.

I seriously doubt whether most of the dudes and chicks who got these book banned during history actually read them. They just objected to the idea of the subject matter. They were the 0 / 10 metabombers of their time.

The banned book list didn't tell me anything concrete about the quality of the books on the list. But it told me that all those books got people fired up enough to feel strong emotions about them.