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a.l.e.x00 on 27 May 2008

Well, there have been 4 reviews out for Metal Gear Solid 4.

Metal Gear Solid 4 has received excellent reviews from critics, though the game has currently only received six reviews. It has been praised for its innovative gameplay design and provocative storyline - The first review being a 10 out of 10 from PlayStation Official Magazine (UK), commenting Metal Gear Solid 4 "shifts gears constantly, innovating again and again".[56] The game has been awarded 5/5 from the Official US PlayStation 3 Magazine and 10/10 from the PSM Italy magazine ".[57] It has also received 96/100 from the Dutch Official Playstation Magazine.[58]

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Now, there is only 1 review on GameRankings, and Metacritic, both at 100. Why was there one review at 96? What could have been the flaws? Now, this game is super hyped, and usually, all of the first few, hyped reviews are scores of 100. Look at GTA4. It was like 20 100's, before the 90's started coming in. Seeing how this game already has a score, less than 100, could foreshadow a score within the mid 90's or something. The fact that MGS3 got a score of 91 on Metacritic, may confirm the slight, downward trend. But yeah, the score is at 99, if you're interested, because 100+100+100+96/4=99, so if you thought it's going to be the greatest game of all time, chances have already been somewhat, squashed. I don't know what it is about reviews, but they're so predictable, when the first few come out. Like, with Mario Kart Wii, when the first few reviews were in the 90's, I almost knew right away it was going to end within the early 80's. The first few reviews, are always the highest, because of over hype, and they're made so fast, all the small flaws, or sometimes even big flaws, are missed, but slowly, when more reviews come in, the scores are lower, because more time went into the review, which explains them coming in later, and with more time, means more flaws found. Also, the reviews with lower scores tend to be more accurate, than the ones, without, because they're more honest. Seeing a 96 already, when the game is SOOOOO HYPED, especially by a PLAYSTATION MAGAZINE review, I think foreshadows a hmmm........ 93? 94? Like I said, MGS3 getting 91 might confirm the disease known as sequalitis, with this one. MAYBE.... I'm probably imagining things, but damn it, it's like too many times I'm right. By the way, I forsee Sonic Unleashed at like 67, just to let you know.

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PooperScooper on 27 May 2008

Or... The people who are reviewing it early are the ones who really like this game and the genre of games so they jump on it. And the people who review it later arent as big of a fan of the game... Thus resulting in lower scores. taking averages is a pretty flawed system.

The games awesome. That's all anyone needs to know.

Instead of numbers for the review systems they should be phrases. So a "Holy shi*t this game is awesome go to the store right now and by it" instead of 100 and a "Rent before buying" for 70's and a "Avoid at all costs this game BLOWS" for 50 and under.



a.l.e.x00 on 27 May 2008

naaa. the more exact. the better. besides, there are phrases in metacritic, and scores, so its even better. gamerankings is more exact than metacritic, so it kinda makes up for the no-phrases part. besides, theres super nintendo games reviewed in GR, while metacritic is actually missing some DC games. never-the-less, theyre both the same. but still. SCORES AND PHRASES. not just phrases. and i like the 100 or 100.00 scoring system. if its like 5/5 its just not exact enough



PooperScooper on 27 May 2008
a.l.e.x00 said:
naaa. the more exact. the better. besides, there are phrases in metacritic, and scores, so its even better

THATS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!

You were Sonic fan so Ill use that as an example.

So your a fan of sonic. The sequel is comming out in less than a month. You would like to know peoples opinion of the game.

Now lets say there are 2 reviews for it. One review is from a Sonic lover such as yourself. Absolutly loved the sequel and thought it was a good follow up. The other is a FPS lover. He thought the game was boring, and bland. Didn't think it was fast paced enough. The visuals werent good enough and the graphics werent detailed enough. (common complaints)

The first guy rates it a 95 the second guy rated it a 70.

Whats more accurate? Taking a 82% avg or listening to the guy with the similar tastes?

 



Lord_Sothoth on 27 May 2008

Does it matter what reviews it gets. If you think you like MGS you'll likely be getting this anyway no matter the review scores.




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a.l.e.x00 on 27 May 2008
PooperScooper said:
a.l.e.x00 said:
naaa. the more exact. the better. besides, there are phrases in metacritic, and scores, so its even better

THATS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!

You were Sonic fan so Ill use that as an example.

So your a fan of sonic. The sequel is comming out in less than a month. You would like to know peoples opinion of the game.

Now lets say there are 2 reviews for it. One review is from a Sonic lover such as yourself. Absolutly loved the sequel and thought it was a good follow up. The other is a FPS lover. He thought the game was boring, and bland. Didn't think it was fast paced enough. The visuals werent good enough and the graphics werent detailed enough. (common complaints)

The first guy rates it a 95 the second guy rated it a 70.

Whats more accurate? Taking a 82% avg or listening to the guy with the similar tastes?

 

1. i was a fan of sonic until heroes killed everything (notice the line through Sonic). sonic unleashed looks horrible.

2. score + quotes are both important. besides, whether u like sonic, or not, doesnt change the quality of the graphics, sound, et cetera. but still, ill be okay with the two, giving different scores. ill still look at the score, but ill also read the reasons for the scores, and the quotes. o and the scores will be of four digits like 82.34 because its more exact. more exact is just better, even if it doesnt mean anything more. i mean theres no reason for it, not to be better, so by default it is, cuz its... well... more... and more exact... so what is more accurate? well taking the 82% and listening to them. theres other reasons why, but i dont want to write an hour long page, so please. PLEASE JUST TAKE MY WORD. i really, really dont want to write an entire encyclopedia about it, because i know i could, because i subconsciencly confirmed, that the way it is, is better, than the other way, but i really, really dont want to.

 



a.l.e.x00 on 27 May 2008
Lord_Sothoth said:
Does it matter what reviews it gets. If you think you like MGS you'll likely be getting this anyway no matter the review scores.

no it doesnt matter. but reviews exist, so why not mention it.



Naum on 27 May 2008

I'll wait for more reviews before I take this score seriously.

And alot more reviews from magazines not labeled "Playstation"



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a.l.e.x00 on 28 May 2008

Well, the Dutch Playstation Magazine gave it 96. Another reviewer gave it 18/20. And another reviewer gave it 92/100. I don't know. That's pretty bad for a MGS4 game during all this hype. I mean, it should be getting nothing but 10/10s right now, but no. Something tells me, it might be a disappointment. I don't know. I just foresee it, for some reason.



SpartanFX on 28 May 2008
a.l.e.x00 said:
Well, the Dutch Playstation Magazine gave it 96. Another reviewer gave it 18/20. And another reviewer gave it 92/100. I don't know. That's pretty bad for a MGS4 game during all this hype. I mean, it should be getting nothing but 10/10s right now, but no. Something tells me, it might be a disappointment. I don't know. I just foresee it, for some reason.

 lol,,,how is that bad,,,those are excellent reviews ,,,if you read reviews instead of just  looking at the numbers you will see the  game will live up to all the hypes around it.