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Hapimeses on 07 November 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Hapimeses said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:

Andy said:

I blathered on for bloody ages -- let's cut that crap out!

I liked the part where you said that Gears 2 was better than Resistance 2 and KZ2 combined.

 

Heh! On that, it very well may be; unlike the rest of the world, I'm not holding too much hope for KZ2 (but I am buying R2). Indeed, since I bought my new PC, I've been enjoying Gears a fair bit, lately; it's a great piece of overly-macho silliness. And given I worked for Games Workshop for far too many years, I can certainly appreciate the angle it takes. A lot. Chainsaws are full of win.

Personally, I'll be more than a little gutted if the rumours of Gears 2 hitting PC are just that, rumours.

Oh, and Gears gets an 'All Out Of Bubble-gum'/10 from me. Eat that, Metacritic.

 

lol, in America, it's not macho-silliness. That is actually how we act, all the time, except with more cussing and guns. I'm actually holding a gun right now, and me and Don just got finished pumping iron. After this I'm gonna watch me some porn, and eat a steak, drink a beer, watch the game.

You probably think I'm kidding...

Just cause you see California on TV a lot, don't let it fool you. The rest of America are like Cogs with no war on.

Awesome. I'm emigrating. But not to California. When bored, I'll visit to squash puny, locust-like liberals who are so in awe of the machoness they can never achieve that they voted-in the Terminator to lead them, even though they are ideologically opposed. I could kick Arnie's ass and have California bow before me as their new bubble-gum-chewing king -- we all know that the feotal monarchy of the US is just a wimp's version of a proper goverment anyway; what they need is a good king leading with his own Cogs of War! -- but I'll be too busy with their beer and women to care.

Or something.

Oh, and Metacritic sucks, just to stay on-topic. If you don't think that's enough to stay on-topic, say hello to Zenfolder's pumped body sporting guns larger than your dad. With chainsaws attached. And lasers.

 



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ZenfoldorVGI on 07 November 2008
Hapimeses said:

Awesome. I'm emigrating. But not to California. When bored, I'll visit to squash puny, locust-like liberals who are so in awe of the machoness they can never achieve that they voted-in the Terminator to lead them, even though they are ideologically opposed. I could kick Arnie's ass and have California bow before me as their new bubble-gum-chewing king -- we all know that the feotal monarchy of the US is just a wimp's version of a proper goverment anyway; what they need is a good king leading with his own Cogs of War! -- but I'll be to busy with their beer and women to care.

Or something.

Oh, and Metacritic sucks, just to stay on-topic. If you don't think that's enough to stay on-topic, say hello to Zenfolder's pumped body sporting guns larger than your dad. With chainsaws attached. And lasers.

 

 

When you reload, and don't do it stylishly, be sure to scream "Ah, nuts!" in a deep manly voice. That's how we roll.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

Kantor on 07 November 2008
Dinomax said:

Seriously when did all this circle jerk begin over Metacritic?  Every topic literally when it comes to deciding a game lately is usually ""lol its 99% on metacritic it must be the best game ever right?"" or ""At least I can get a non baised oppion from Metacritic!""  or ""You can't even say anything bad about this game...METACRITIC COMMANDS.""

 

Your forgetting something important.  I don't care.  Seriously, if you think I'm going to suddenly go ""Well if metacritic said so, YOU MUST BE RIGHT.""  I rather drink bleach then ever have that choice of option.  Case of example.

 

GODHAND, 73-  Already failed in the first example.  GODHAND is a five out of five fists in your face.

Assassins Creed, 81-  Garbage glitchy game, yet scores higher than GODHAND...see the pattern here?

MGS4 94-  LOL silly metacritic, MGS4 is a movie, not a game.  Typical poor website maintenance.

GAT4 98-  Oh joy a game with LESS gameplay then the last three games in the series scores higher.

 

You see Metacritic is absolutly pointless due to the fact most of the reviews it uses on its site are from the same shitty incompetitant reviewers we alrady know.  Now if only metacritic told most this forum to stop quoting it....Now THAT be wonderful.

 

 

 

It's a shame. You were doing SO well until here.

I'm not even going to bother defending it. I've done it too many times, and it's just a waste of energy. People cannot be convinced.

Ignoring that bit, I agree with you. Too many people base their 'facts' on metacritic. It is nothing but a collection of reviews, some good (IGN) some decent (Gamespot) and some downright awful (Variety). The thing is, Variety's awful reviews and crazy scoring will count towards the metascore, almost as much as IGN's well-written, thoughtfully scored, four page long reviews.

If you're going to use a website to claim that your console has the best games, PLEASE, use IGN. Regardless of them being anti-Nintendo terrorists because they gave Wii Music a 5/10 (after giving Super Mario Galaxy a 9.7 and Game of The Year), they are currently the most reliable reviewers on the internet. Sure, they've had some slipups *cough GTA IV cough* but they've had less than most.

 

 



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Kantor on 07 November 2008
CAL4M1TY said:
Last time I checked, metacritic gave the average from the scores of a certain group of people, not the score you give a game.

If you like a 60% game, that's fine. If you hate a 90% game, also fine.

Point is, the majority of people feel the opposite, and that'd be the point of metacritic. I'm not saying the majority is right, but it's more likely that the majority will buy more than you and the people who feel differently about those scores.

I'm glad you have an opinion, but from an argumentative standpoint, what's more credible, the average score from a large number of people or the opinions of one person?

I don't like using metacritic in my arguments either, but the fact of the matter is, you can't convince me Lair is a good game (PS3 fanboy) or Too Human a good game (360 fanboy) or Wii Music a good game (Wii fanboys) when the majority of people find them to bad games.

I'm not saying the majority is right, nor do I follow that majority, but the fact of the matter is, more often than not, they are correct (at least correct with my opinion anyway).

Also, God Hand is a very very very average game, and last time I checked, 70% was not shovelware, 70% by most peoples definition is average. God Hand is just that, Average (In my opinion of course).

My advice, don't pay attention to metacritic scores and just trust sites you feel are credible (for me, that'd be IGN and Gametrailers). I base alot of my purchases on these 2 websites and they're rarely wrong (for me).

I'll use your example: Assassin's Creed. IGN gave it a 7.7 and Gametrailers gave it 9.1. I borrowed the game from a friend and played the entire game, I'd give it somewhere in the middle of those two. Incidently, that's what it got on gamerankings (82% for the version I played). Am I saying that gamerankings is accurate then? for me, perhaps, but my example is as baseless and as pointless as the ones you've given in your OP (you didn't give proper reasons why you didn't like them, you gave fanboy speeches, many of which are those who haven't even played the game)

Sorry to destroy your argument, but GTA4 and Uncharted.

EDIT: Fine, the majority of people agree with the majority of game's metascores. I would give Assassin's Creed around a 7.7 actually. It was repetitive, confusing, and really not that much fun to play (once you pass a certain point).

 



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Hapimeses on 07 November 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Hapimeses said:

Awesome. I'm emigrating. But not to California. When bored, I'll visit to squash puny, locust-like liberals who are so in awe of the machoness they can never achieve that they voted-in the Terminator to lead them, even though they are ideologically opposed. I could kick Arnie's ass and have California bow before me as their new bubble-gum-chewing king -- we all know that the feotal monarchy of the US is just a wimp's version of a proper goverment anyway; what they need is a good king leading with his own Cogs of War! -- but I'll be to busy with their beer and women to care.

Or something.

Oh, and Metacritic sucks, just to stay on-topic. If you don't think that's enough to stay on-topic, say hello to Zenfolder's pumped body sporting guns larger than your dad. With chainsaws attached. And lasers.

 

 

When you reload, and don't do it stylishly, be sure to scream "Ah, nuts!" in a deep manly voice. That's how we roll.

 

I see why they call you Zen. There is clearly much for me to learn.

And, since I'm here, I also recommend that anyone needing reviews simply find a reviewer that shares their tastes. You'll get far more from such an individual than you ever will from Metacritic.

Also, if anyone dares drop the whole AAA nonsense in my direction I will cuss, chew bubblegum, kick ass, and start grunting at them about my nuts. I reckon a large moustache like my avatar would fit as well, or am I moving a peaked hat too far into homoerotica?



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