ZireaelSan Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Eraezr said: The god of gaming, GameSpot has spoken. I shall obey. You will buy call of duty and buy the season pass god speaker GameSpot has spoken! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eraezr Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, ZireaelSan said: You will buy call of duty and buy the season pass god speaker GameSpot has spoken! Sometimes...god's people sin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conor Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 77 isn't bad, I've really enjoyed games that have scores in the 70s. I've yet to even play Rise, loved the 2013 reboot but just didn't get around to the next one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT__Jedi Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I've played a few low rated games and loved them. Some reviewers just aren't into certain genres of games and so give them a bad review. There are games I don't really care for that are 9/10. I just play what I like. I have stopped preordering games as I find actual game play that is posted after the release gives me a better idea on if the game is a good fit or not. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
German_Atheist Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 2 hours ago, linkdevivo said: Will this affect your purchase decision? Who gives a crap about Metacritic or ratings in general? You can find any rating to any product you desire on the internet. What's the point? Form your own opinion. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartBros Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 2 hours ago, linkdevivo said: Will this affect your purchase decision? Not in the slightest. I've never once used a reviewer aggregator site like Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes to determine whether or not I should play a game or watch a movie. People nowadays rely too much on sites like these - you shouldn't allow anyone else to make your decisions for you. I've yet to even play Rise, but once I do play it, I'll subsequently buy Shadow without caring a jot what anyone else thinks about it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durandal Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 2 hours ago, linkdevivo said: Will this affect your purchase decision? NO Reviews are the least thing I care about. Yes I read them, sometimes to get to know a game sometimes to compare my opinion of a game with others. And by review I mean not just these so called professional ones. I actually enjoy reading reviews on this site a lot more, because they are honest. Regarding Tomb Raider well I didn't expect it to be very different from the previous one anyway and I am a fan of the series since the first game. But I am still on the fence if I should buy it now or wait a few month. Oh and I really don't give a rats ass about metacritic. The most overrated site on the internet, probably, well right after facebook ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infected Elite Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 I'm still buying it regardless. game spots dumb saying platforming can be troublesome. have they heard of uncharted? same issues with platforming. 2 very similar playing games. I much prefer TR series though. cant wait for this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowNinjaRaccoon Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 The game is EASILY a 8,5-9/10 and I can say it already after the first few hours. The average score of 77 adds up thanks to the idiots from british daily newspapers lol Guardian and Telegraph have NO IDEA of reviewing video games, but they scores are still being viewed as serious reviewers work. Guardian gave both SoTR and SpiderMan a 6/10, Telegraph gave SoTR only a 4/10. A FOUR? A four, in the world of gaming reviews actually stands for barely playable, piece of crap. But yeah... add the reviews from a newspaper for the audience of 50+ years old to the overall score on metacritics/gamerakings and have people believe a game is worse than it actually is. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewVegasNick Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Spec Ops the line is one of my favorite games of all-time and that had a lowish metacritic. Read the reviews and dissect them. Every reviewer is different and what one person dislikes, another person will enjoy. Enjoying reviews is all about being able to read them right and not just look at the score. Understand WHY someone liked something so you can better understand if it applies for yourself. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infected Elite Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 21 minutes ago, SnowNinjaRaccoon said: The game is EASILY a 8,5-9/10 and I can say it already after the first few hours. The average score of 77 adds up thanks to the idiots from british daily newspapers lol Guardian and Telegraph have NO IDEA of reviewing video games, but they scores are still being viewed as serious reviewers work. Guardian gave both SoTR and SpiderMan a 6/10, Telegraph gave SoTR only a 4/10. A FOUR? A four, in the world of gaming reviews actually stands for barely playable, piece of crap. But yeah... add the reviews from a newspaper for the audience of 50+ years old to the overall score on metacritics/gamerakings and have people believe a game is worse than it actually is. I'm assuming it plays very similar to rise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowNinjaRaccoon Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Just now, LegacyJKO09 said: I'm assuming it plays very similar to rise? Indeed. Rise with some cool new mechanics, less combat, more challenge tombs. I was a big fan of Rise and this one isn't worse than Rise was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remilia Scarlet Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 A 77 isn't mixed. That's average. Pretty sad that you think a game needs a 9 to be good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Undead Wolf Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 3 hours ago, PooPooBlast said: And I mean 77 isn't that bad on Metacritic considering that anyone can really post their reviews. You'll likely run into those with binary scales ( voting 0 for not liking and 10 for liking it) and so yea that'll probably affect the scores. The score of 77 he's referring to is derived from critic reviews. User reviews aren't even available yet (the game hasn't officially released), and even then they have their own separate score so it doesn't affect the main one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowNinjaRaccoon Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 22 minutes ago, Orange Heart said: A 77 isn't mixed. That's average. Pretty sad that you think a game needs a 9 to be good. Average score for a good game, caused by clickbaity super low scores. Yup... that's what those bad scores are - Clickbait. There is a difference between opinion and obvious critique for a game in order to get some attention. Come on, even a complete idiot would know, giving this game a 4/10 like Telegraph did, would cause people to talk about their incompetence. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GT__Jedi Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 But, hey, it's Monday and this has given us something to talk about! ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance_87 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, SnowNinjaRaccoon said: The game is EASILY a 8,5-9/10 and I can say it already after the first few hours. The average score of 77 adds up thanks to the idiots from british daily newspapers lol Guardian and Telegraph have NO IDEA of reviewing video games, but they scores are still being viewed as serious reviewers work. Guardian gave both SoTR and SpiderMan a 6/10, Telegraph gave SoTR only a 4/10. A FOUR? A four, in the world of gaming reviews actually stands for barely playable, piece of crap. But yeah... add the reviews from a newspaper for the audience of 50+ years old to the overall score on metacritics/gamerakings and have people believe a game is worse than it actually is. I knew a site who made retro/modern gaming reviews and the gave the lowest score possible to Horizon for the PS4. They did the same years before with a GTA game, because it was a site made by losers, for losers. Thank goodness it's not one of those sites you would find listed on Metacritic. Edited September 10, 2018 by Lance_87 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syumisan Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 4 hours ago, linkdevivo said: I mean yeah reviews shouldn't matter but they do and anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. The normal gamer looks at reviews before spending money on a game so bad reviews lead to weaker sales, leads to less probability of the publisher paying a developer for another game. Will this affect your purchase decision? You do realize what you call "Normal Gamer" doesn't look at reviews right? So let me get this straight, you rather wager your OWN opinion based on SOMEONE ELSE'S? That is sadly the most idiotic thing I have ever seen. Honestly if you do go based on that, no wonder the gaming industry sucks. People go based on others instead of THEMSELVES. LOL. Thank you for the laugh, I honestly needed one. Also buddy, your opinion is always better than others cause obviously it's YOUR OPINION. Have a great day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asvinia Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Personally I never look at metacritic and I don't know anyone who does. The only people who genuinely care about reviews are investors, so yeah they're important, but as gamers ourselves, we should know how much faith to put in the reviews of 'journalists' and other people. Mostly because people's perception of how good a game is, is often reflective of how good they are at it. If someone sucks at a game, they're quicker to blame the game for being bad than them just being bad at playing it. Not always true, but what I'm saying is take everything with a massive pile of salt. I'll read a few reviews myself if I'm buying on GoG or Steam, but I'll always check out gameplay via youtube and decide if it's something I want to play or not. The metacritic score won't change my buying decisions at all. Hell, today I bought a game and I didn't even know what it was. Cause I'm dumb and it was impulse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Cleggworth Posted September 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted September 10, 2018 Is 77 not considered a good score these days? Jeez. If 70 is bad, is 80 mediocre? Where do positive scores begin 90? "Didn't get 100? Must be shit" this is ridiculous 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurtlePM Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 (edited) It’s a 77 that bad? I remember PlayStation Magazine gave 6/7 (out of 10) to some games and I really enjoy them a lot. Nowaday, 80+ are so frequent that games under 79 is mediocre, when this should happen to games under 30/40 out of 100 77 is still a very good score, even though I wasn’t expecting too much from this last trilogy game. Edited September 10, 2018 by TurtlePM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyMason Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Personally didn't care for ROTR, but I loved the first game. The setting looks pretty cool in this game though, but I'm guessing the scores are reflective probably of a bit of burnout on the formula this series uses. The writing is hardly top tier either (for games anyway), and pretty much every reviewer who gave this a mixed review complained about the familiarity of what they were given and lack of surprises. TBH, that shouldn't really bother people who were big fans of the second game, but it's pretty much killed my interest in getting this (for now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gommes_ Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 God, I hate the comment sections at review channels. Full of inmature kids who whine about a wrong score. When did that happen, that people don't understand opinions anymore? Just check out what people wrote under gamespot's review... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmoredSnowman Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 hours ago, linkdevivo said: Pretty sad this is the case. IGN gave it a 9/10 and said it was amazing, though. I pre-ordered so i'm playing anyway, but it sucks that it had mixed reviews. I mean yeah reviews shouldn't matter but they do and anyone who says otherwise is kidding themselves. The normal gamer looks at reviews before spending money on a game so bad reviews lead to weaker sales, leads to less probability of the publisher paying a developer for another game. Developers even get bonuses based on their game's metacritic number. Will this affect your purchase decision? Nope. I don't care what reviews say. I liked the first two games, so I'll definitely like this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Id probably enjoy Tomb Raider more than God of War 2018. So yeah. Fk the review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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