I learned about so many great indies because of metacritic. So many great, new, risk-taking games, thanks to metacritic. This article is trash
"Metacritic obsession is harmful to gaming"
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Ps4 alone got 60 title with an 80 or above score, so I don't see the bytching and moaning about this being bad for games.
If anything that tells me there are 60 things that could be a good option.
If anything that tells me there are 60 things that could be a good option.
Yep, a lot of indie stuff after reading of so many positive reviews through Metacritic.
Before I invest money and time i`d like to see some consensus on a game
Why nobody tag me in such a glorious thread?
Yall know I'm the #1 Anti-Metacritic nikka. Toss that shyt in the bushes my nikkas yall know just as well as I do that numbers/scoring systems are trash. Let's quit faking the funk.
Yall know I'm the #1 Anti-Metacritic nikka. Toss that shyt in the bushes my nikkas yall know just as well as I do that numbers/scoring systems are trash. Let's quit faking the funk.
He seriously said that?He's been angry ever since we laughed him out of the thread when he said mario 64 was a tech demo and that mario fans prefer super mario sunshine
Here's another classic.
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/why-...the-uncharted-series-gets-praised-for.168629/
http://www.thecoli.com/threads/why-...the-uncharted-series-gets-praised-for.168629/
Here's some classics.
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I don't think people use these sites to dictate what they experience, they use these sites to formulate opinions on whether the product is worth their time or money.
That isn't sad, that's being called a smart consumer.
We use Yelp for restaurants right? People research a car before buying it? They research the neighborhood they're moving to before buying a house right?
Why is it being considered a bad thing to research your purchases?
what?....if you use a site to formulate an opinion on whether you should spend time/money on something, is letting that site dictate what you experience...because if you do that, in most cases, whether or not you experience it is determined by how it's scored on said site....so you just said what I said in a different way...
no, that's not being a smart consumer and no, it's not bad to do research for a product...but we're not talking about comparing products, factoring in everything on how that purchase will affect your life, and going with the best product that would fit your life like a car or house...we talking about video games....you either gonna play it or not...if you choose to play it or not cause you decided it yourself, that's cool...if you choose to play it or not cause of what others think, that's not cool...i'm just saying make the decision yourself, and not based off what others think...cause what you enjoy, others might not, and vice versa....
No I am not, I`m saying you can't experience every piece of entertainment, people simply do not have the time or money for that.
Therefor people use sites like those to determine whether it's worth experiencing in the first place.
In your statement you just assume everyone can experience everything and there aren't limitations to the amount we can take in.
Researching a product before you but it is smart.
And you're saying "make the decision yourself" but what is that decision based off of? A commercial? An article? A youtube video?
Making decisions based off of user feedback is probably the smartest way you could make that decision.
Oh and on Metacritic the game scores even lower with the general pubic reviews
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In reality people are just taking this stance now after several high profile games have bombed in reviews. I think it's a good thing that reviewers are being more critical of the games instead of just handing out high scores like they used to.
You're bugging right now breh. Ain't like games are free and we can just choose to play them at will. They cost money. People don't like to waste money, so they look at reviews. Sure the score at the end of the review is not the end all be all. But if a review describes a game that you know you wouldn't like, then you'd be an idiot to blindly go pick if up.
In reality people are just taking this stance now after several high profile games have bombed in reviews. I think it's a good thing that reviewers are being more critical of the games instead of just handing out high scores like they used to.
Motherfukkers are on some shyt right?
Like it's the review sites preventing us from playing these games, not the $65 dollar price point.
You give me a copy free tomorrow, i`ll have the game beat by the end of the week
Prince Akeem
Its not that deep breh....
Nothing is wrong with metacritic. If you want to point fingers, the gaming industry in general is to blame. These journalist and industry reviews at times do be on some funny shyt.
This game right here is a 79 on meta critic and yet many people who played it (myself included) will tell you it was one of the best games of 2014
Meanwhile this game...
Is a god damn 98 and is universally seen by gamers as a letdown in the series.
Meta critic doesn't tell the whole story but at the same time it is not to blame for the industry's BS.
This game right here is a 79 on meta critic and yet many people who played it (myself included) will tell you it was one of the best games of 2014
Meanwhile this game...
Is a god damn 98 and is universally seen by gamers as a letdown in the series.
Meta critic doesn't tell the whole story but at the same time it is not to blame for the industry's BS.
Nothing is wrong with metacritic. If you want to point fingers, the gaming industry in general is to blame. These journalist and industry reviews at times do be on some funny shyt.
This game right here is a 79 on meta critic and yet many people who played it (myself included) will tell you it was one of the best games of 2014
Meanwhile this game...
Is a god damn 98 and is universally seen by gamers as a letdown in the series.
Meta critic doesn't tell the whole story but at the same time it is not to blame for the industry's BS.
People run into problems when they try to compare scores as absolute numbers.
You can't look at it that way. One game sitting at 80 and the other at 90 doesn't mean its unequivocally a better game. They have different scores for a multitude of reasons
It just means both are good games from my standpoint
