Comments on: In An Ideal World

By: IT

IT — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:10:45 +0000

I was talking to my boyfriend about this, and commented that what I’d like to see is an actual video game evaluation rubric, and that way you could see where a game lost or gained marks. I’ve seen reviewers give games higher marks than they might have deserved because they loved the franchise, or lower marks than they deserved because they were devoutly dedicated to the original version of a particular game and refused to believe a remake could be better.

Unfortunately, the sheer amount of time and effort it would take to create such a rubric, to cover all of the possibilities, would make it implausible, and rather like grading an english essay. But still, I think it’d be nice.

By: Mistermillennia

Mistermillennia — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 14:53:24 +0000

Metacritic is actually a horrible system when you think about HOW it tabulates data; not all review are on a scale of ten, some are out of five, some are yes or no, and what Metacritic does is it reads 5/5 as 100% perfect game, and the yes no reviews as either 100% or 0% score ratings. This is also an issue as lots of reviewers score differently, and some will lean lower and others will lean higher for the same quality. This means that if someone likes a game, but notices some issues, but still believes it to be worth it, they could give it a 6 or 7, while another reviewer could think the same and give a 9. This throws the average out as a way to correctly show the opinions of the reviewers.

Another issue with it is how the general public reviews tend to work, as lots of people give only 10/10 or 0/10 for their opinion, rather than any other choices, and this throws off the true score the game should get.

Lastly and most harmful is how it affects the industry; a large number of publishers are pushing developers into agreements where the score they get on meta critic determines their financials (see Skyrim for a good example, they missed out on the target by 1% and missed out on plenty of money because of it, and had to sack a bunch of people).

The way I see it, Metacritic NEEDS to die, soon, because what it is doing is not accurately portraying the opinions of reviewers, and can lead to damage to great developers.

By: Diggy

Diggy — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:20:14 +0000

1-8 shit game
9-10 paid reviews.

By: sbq92

sbq92 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:13:50 +0000

Of course, then there’s the skewed reviews. Double Dragon Neon received a rating of 3 from IGN, but I had a ton of fun playing it with my brother, and later a friend. I’ve also heard from other friends that they enjoyed it. I can see how some might not like that kind of game, but personal preference should have little or no bearing on ratings.

By: Jnite

Jnite — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:04:54 +0000

“Using colors,
Green being GOOD.
Dark red being BAD.
Yellow being EXCELLENT.
Sort of an okra being POOR.
I would say this (game) being an aqua-marine, which is NOT BAD.”