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super_etecoon on 27 August 2007
craighopkins said:
Bioshock is going to win GOTY

offtopic....lol.



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stof on 27 August 2007
naznatips said:

I don't associate with criminals!


 *Looks at Av of a lawyer*

 

Wouldn't you have to?



I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do. 

Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.

Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!

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D-FENS on 27 August 2007
mrstickball said:
As some might of said (or maybe not?) the problem with a game ever beating OOT is that it's impossible. There ARE better games out there than OOT, but the advantage is that OOT had 23-ish reviews that were glaringly positive. Bioshock already has double that, and climbing. The more reviews are out, the lower the mean score will be. Look at Gears of War: At one time, it was well above Oblivion in average scoring (around 94.5%), but is far lower.

IMO, I don't think, even if they are great, most any other game this year, save possibly SMG, will remotely get into the top-10. Look at Zelda:TP. If it can't do it, I don't hold out alot of hope for others.

Why? Your always going to get your stupid scores to ruin the averages. Twilight Princess got an insane 8.8 - that totally ruined the score. All it takes is a bad impression from 2-3 reviewers to ruin an uber-score. Which is what's happening to Bioshock. The fact that Bioshock is near 50 reviews, and STILL on the top 10 is a marvel.

 

Interesting, would there be a way to limit reviews?  Like say for example, a site that collected 15 - 25 reviews from large/established sources only?  For example, some newspapers/publications have a chart of new movie review based ONLY on NY Times, USA Today, Miami Herald, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, etc.  [You could do GI, IGN, GAMESPOT, etc, but not Nintendo Power, PSM, XBOX Mag, etc]

I think THAT would be a far more credible ranking system than throwing stuff in from "bobsmomsbasementgamers.com"

 



super_etecoon on 27 August 2007
RolStoppable said:
So... who likes my new avatar or do I have to change it again?

I like it...doesn't seem nearly so angry...and it's in widescreen...always a plus.



Lost tears of Kain on 27 August 2007
D-FENS said:
mrstickball said:
As some might of said (or maybe not?) the problem with a game ever beating OOT is that it's impossible. There ARE better games out there than OOT, but the advantage is that OOT had 23-ish reviews that were glaringly positive. Bioshock already has double that, and climbing. The more reviews are out, the lower the mean score will be. Look at Gears of War: At one time, it was well above Oblivion in average scoring (around 94.5%), but is far lower.

IMO, I don't think, even if they are great, most any other game this year, save possibly SMG, will remotely get into the top-10. Look at Zelda:TP. If it can't do it, I don't hold out alot of hope for others.

Why? Your always going to get your stupid scores to ruin the averages. Twilight Princess got an insane 8.8 - that totally ruined the score. All it takes is a bad impression from 2-3 reviewers to ruin an uber-score. Which is what's happening to Bioshock. The fact that Bioshock is near 50 reviews, and STILL on the top 10 is a marvel.

 

Interesting, would there be a way to limit reviews?  Like say for example, a site that collected 15 - 25 reviews from large/established sources only?  For example, some newspapers/publications have a chart of new movie review based ONLY on NY Times, USA Today, Miami Herald, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, etc.  [You could do GI, IGN, GAMESPOT, etc, but not Nintendo Power, PSM, XBOX Mag, etc]

I think THAT would be a far more credible ranking system than throwing stuff in from "bobsmomsbasementgamers.com"

 


i like that idea, so lets say 10 to 20 from only sites like ign gamespot, gamespy game trailers game informer etc?



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Cobretti on 27 August 2007

i say 9.9 cause matt gave the second one 9.5 however he loved mp1 more which got 9.8 (even though he didnt review it) and he seems to love this one more.


Slight chance he will give it a 10 but i don't think i've seen him ever give a 10 so to play it safe give it 9.9.

those are my two reasons

 

EDIT: YEP WRONG THREAD TOO MANY WINDOWS OPEN.



super_etecoon on 27 August 2007

wrong thread?...lol



stof on 27 August 2007
RolStoppable said:

Yeah, also the rain this time is clearly to see in the whole picture and the background is much better. This should prevent the dirty thoughts happening some people had about the previous avatar.


 Wait, why would they have dirty thoughts abou.... oh... Oh I see... Thats... unpleasant.



I'm a mod, come to me if there's mod'n to do. 

Chrizum is the best thing to happen to the internet, Period.

Serves me right for challenging his sales predictions!

Bet with dsisister44: Red Steel 2 will sell 1 million within it's first 365 days of sales.

naznatips on 27 August 2007
RolStoppable said:
So... who likes my new avatar or do I have to change it again?

It's great, but do you think I should change mine?  Or has Phoenix been my avatar so long that it will confuse people if I remove him now?