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StarrGazer on 04 February 2009

Someone double check me on this, but I can't understand how Metacritic converted the score of the last review they've listed for KillZone2.  After looking at the scores and reviews for Killzone2 on their site, I was curious to see why the review by Total Video Games at the bottom was so much lower so I went and read the review in full.  I thought the review seemed pretty reasonable and even their scores were in the ball park with other reviews I've read.  My problem is how these scores when from this on the Total Video Games page:

They arrived at 8/10 which is the rounded average of the scores for the five categories.  The actual unrounded value is 88.4.  What I can't understand is why Metacritic used a score of 80 for the review instead of the 88.4 (or 88 even) for the score?  Can someone explain to me how they think their value of 80 accurately reflects the score given in the review?? (Short of just being plain lazing and taking the 8/10 and scaling it to a 100 point scale.)

http://www.totalvideogames.com/KillZone-2/review-13660.html

 

Edited:  Can't get just the scores to include properly so added a link to the site instead.



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twingo on 04 February 2009

they are xbots easy anwser or simply to ignorant to do basic math, well.



nojustno on 04 February 2009

um...because the ''final score'' is 8/10?

 

are you blind?




kirby007 on 04 February 2009
twingo said:
they are xbots easy anwser or simply to ignorant to do basic math, well.

LOL i missed this shit for a month



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madkiller on 04 February 2009

Metacritic did not give it an 8, that website that gave the review gave it an 8.



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cool48 on 04 February 2009

You missed the most important part of the scoring:


Scoring

    * Graphics: 97%
      
    * Sound: 92%
      
    * Gameplay: 90%
      
    * Originality: 77%
      
    * Longevity: 86%
      

Final Score 8/10

 

http://www.totalvideogames.com/KillZone-2/review-13660.html



gebx on 04 February 2009
twingo said:
they are xbots easy anwser or simply to ignorant to do basic math, well.

+1

Everyone knows that Bill Gates runs metacritic...

 



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Mr.Y on 04 February 2009

8 out of 10? I'd never buy this game!



Zkuq on 04 February 2009

The final score is usually not an average of sub-scores... I can't really believe someone bothered to complain about something as trivial as this. Besides, it's correct the way it is.



jesus kung fu magic on 04 February 2009
gebx said:
twingo said:
they are xbots easy anwser or simply to ignorant to do basic math, well.

+1

Everyone knows that Bill Gates is metacritic...

 

 

Well only the J man knew this but the truth had to come out sonner or later the real bill gates invented a machine that turned human cells into data and made himself metacritics.

The one you know is nothing more than a clone.



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