No. I've won this bet. I know it, you know it, Ronster knows it, Makingmusic knows it and Starcraft knows it.

*High fives MM*

lol funny thing was he was so adamant about it too. he was so sure the game would be below 80% then you said "wanna bet" sure enough he was quick to change his mind and pad his number to 85% then you were like "ok anything above 85% i win" then right away he made sure to have more cushion and give himself a tie area. i think he was trolling and you called him out forcing him to back his claims up

I prefer the interface and general look Metacritic. ^^

Heh. I just tried to go to Gamerankings to remember what my problem with it was, but got the following error:

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i lol'd, who cares about reviews. Many video game critics dont know how to write and seem to be very bias towards certain games and consoles.

if you like a game then try it, dont let anyone else tell you what to believe. Take their opinon of course, but make your own first.

Doubt it.

Why the hell did it even go below 100? The game is perfect in terms of a shooter.

metacritic is bollox, i see no reason why ppl use it to show 1 game being better than another.

if some cruddy reviews come in its obvious killzone 2 will drop below 90, but lol it would have been the same game as when it was 94. some ppl dont realise that.

another thing meta doesnt count all reviews in. vg has it at 92.2 with 70+ reviews meta still has only 60

and ng4 has it at 92 with 120 reviews.

So everyrtime you look for a game that you want to buy you get one that has something 'jaw-dropping' or one that is 'truly amazing'? Why is that everyone and every review that criticises KillZone 2 complains about the lack of something 'truly amazing' and 'completely fresh' and then docks it a rating (7/10) that only a mediocre game would get?

Was there something genre-defining about Gears 2? I didn't hear guys like you complain then.

but it's the difference between a AAA game or not.

Heh that's one attitude I wished would change, I believe Benga said it best when AAA usually means a game is hyped beyond belief, is hugely anticipated, and meta scores have nothing to do with that other then trying to justify the hype. 

Personally a AAA game is something that in 10 years from now you're like "I want to play that again it was amazing" and the game just holds up as a staple of the industry, much like Okami, many of the Zelda titles, Viewtiful Joe, PoP Sands of Time, etc.