No, I don't mean that! WTF dude!?

Maybe it's a cop-out the other way. I'm saying that tying two similar games that fanboys tend to war over, and that come out on near the same date, is probably a cop-out one way or another. It certainly isn't telling us much except "both games are great," which isn't what we wanna hear.

...and yes, to me, my opinion is the only one that matters.

Reviews don't matter, cop-outs suck though.

Variety didn't give R2 score , metacritic did make up those number .

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938931.html?categoryid=1237&cs=1&nid=2562

If the graphics were better and all the glitches were fixed r2 would have done signifiganlyly better.... they shoulda polished it up more for like 1 month... Chicago looks clean

Metacritic sucks, and scores suck. I've been taking the following approach so I won't be discouraged by some "score":

1) I read what the journalist has to say about a game, and I mean I'm analyzing the information he's providing, what I consider it's important a review should tell me, no stupid comparisons sometimes those guys make or complaints about things that shouldn't even belong in the review (ie.: 1UP complaining Resistance 2 doesn't have "as many cool visual effects as you'd hope for in a modern shooter (depth-of-field, motion blur)" ..... just WTF? this guy is measuring a PS3 against what? a high-end PC playing Crysis? ridiculous...who told this guy I am (or the majority of players) hoping for these effects in a modern shooter? geeez. I doubt real time motion blur is even possible for today's HD consoles...

2) I take and leave. I'm reading the review 'cause it's about a game that I might consider buying, so I'm looking for the good points to outweigh the bad ones. But not only that, I want to LIKE the good points, and hope the "bad" won't make the game unplayable for me or not fun. I don't care if a game gets high grades 'cause it's a blast in"originality" or "amazing graphics". How's the gameplay? what can you actually do in the game, and how does it work? Am I interested in the Story? Does the voice acting matter to me? (ie: Fable 2 is an RPG, but I personally prefer my RPGs to have beautifully penned stories, interesting characters, character development and drama, so maybe Fable 2 is not the RPG I'd buy even if it excels at many other things).


3) There are many, many things a score can't tell you, and sometimes not even reviewers tell you what really matters in the end. There are many aspects that are subjective, so you can really know for sure only after you actually play the game yourself. (ie.: a game with the word AUTO in its title like GTA4, in which you basically drive during more than half the time you spend playing it, you'd expect it to have at least decent driving physics). Well, my brother just couldn't stand the driving and hated the game. Did any of those 10 out of 10 tell him that? No.

Reviews are no more than some kind of thermometer for me now. To those who passionately seek and hail metascores and reviews as the be all, end all of what a game really I'll tell you this: Don't think much of them and try it for yourself before buying it or praising it/bashing it for whatever score it got. And if you can't try it before buying it, look for USEFUL information pertaining to YOUR taste in reviews/opinions of a game, not numbers.

No matter how many fanboy reviewers try to take the game down Resistance 2 will still be shooter of the year. Nothing else even comes close.

There are no fanboy reviewers. Saying that reviewers enmasse scored a game lower because it was on PS3 is impossible. It is also damage control. Period.

Im sorry Zen, I lost what little respect I had for you. Reviewers are hating on the PS3 like they did the Xbox 1. Don't you know that Fable 1 actually deserved a much higher review score but fanboy reviewers marked it down because it was on the Xbox 1. Had it been on the PS2 it would have definately been reviewed as highly as Halo and Halo was only reviewed so high because the reviewers knew they couldn't pull the wool over everyones eyes about how excellent the shooter was.

lol, ordinarily I'd joke around with you, bu a lot of fanboys believe that. You nailed their ignorant mentality and it pisses me off, so Good f'n Night!