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Strategyking92 on 20 February 2009

@ megaman


no.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

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megaman79 on 20 February 2009

^this is the interesting point, the criteria thats says a small croatian website has as much value as the UK Teletext service and IGN is obviously crap. Its subjectively chosen. Both Gamerankings and Metacritic are owned by a division of Cnet, doesn't sound like theyre too independant from each other.



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Strategyking92 on 20 February 2009

@ megaman

no. NO.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

megaman79 on 20 February 2009
Strategyking92 said:
@ megaman

no. NO.

 

I got it the first time. Your trying to beat it in to me, i get that



“When we make some new announcement and if there is no positive initial reaction from the market, I try to think of it as a good sign because that can be interpreted as people reacting to something groundbreaking. ...if the employees were always minding themselves to do whatever the market is requiring at any moment, and if they were always focusing on something we can sell right now for the short term, it would be very limiting. We are trying to think outside the box.” - Satoru Iwata - This is why corporate multinationals will never truly understand, or risk doing, what Nintendo does.

Strategyking92 on 20 February 2009

That, and I am sandwiching your posts so it looks like you're getting told off. ha.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

Obligatory dick measuring Gaming Laptop Specs: Sager NP8270-GTX: 17.3" FULL HD (1920X1080) LED Matte LC, nVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M, Intel Core i7-4700MQ, 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3, 750GB SATA II 3GB/s 7,200 RPM Hard Drive

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Words Of Wisdom on 20 February 2009
Skeeuk said:

are you a gamer who agrees with flawed aggregated scores, or do you just enjoy games for what they bring to you personally as a gamer?

Watching people argue over them amuses me.



rajendra82 on 20 February 2009
megaman79 said:
Want to see the real difference? Just compare 360, PS3 and Wii reviews. See how much green there is for each systems reviews.

 

The library on the Wii and PS3/360 is quite different, so the comparison is meaningless.  Should a reviewer rate an average shovelware game the same as a game with lackluster gameplay but otherwise high production values?



Rei on 20 February 2009

I think it's pointless to criticize metacritic. People use it, and will always use it. Even so called "hardcore RPG fans" who say that they dont care about reviews were dancing around Persona 4 metascore. It's funny how after that these same people dare to act like reviews dont matter to them.

Reviews matter to most of us, in one way or the other. It's funny how some people are affraid to admit that because apparently "paying attention to reviews = not a true gamer".



Lafiel on 20 February 2009

in my opinion an "AAA" title is a title a publisher puts nearly unlimited faith and money in (most of the time these happen to be reviewed very well)

real AAA titles of this gen: Wii Fit (might even border to AAAA), Killzone 2, Halo 3



ithis on 20 February 2009

Skeeuk:
Since you go and check out industry reviews it means you care. Metacritic aggregates the scores from a ton of publications and calculates a weighted mean value. They do not give scores themselves unless the review has no score (very rare if at all possible for games), in which case they give it one based on the said review. There is no mentioning of A, AAA, BBB, DDD-, WOOT, WTF or any other such lettered categorization of games on the whole site. There are 3 colours and some icons to help the reader get a first glance idea. Luckily, the site provides links to the articles where possible, a summary, and the grade that each game received in each review.
There is be only one problem with the score calculation, and that is the weight that they give each reviewer/publication/site, which they do not disclose.
Other than that, the score is just an industry wide median. So practically, their own weight in the final score is possibly 5% if that.

It's unfair to bash someone for something they are not responsible for.

Edit: removed some bad textures, aplied AA.