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Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Like my comment about Halo has gone down with a certain ‘crowd’ probably.
See you get it
Like my comment about Halo has gone down with a certain ‘crowd’ probably.
I definitely do; the people on the Xbox side are equally as bad as those on the PS side. In fact I THINK some of them are worse (that’s just my opinion though).See you get it
Never forget.
Review scores are a joke in general.
Most of them are given based on who is making the game, the relationship between the website and the publisher, personal bias of the reviewer and so on.
The Alien game on ps1, I think.What???
Pretty sure this is fake, I think that was a review for a PS1 game
And also affiliated PR sites like Windows Central and characters like Jeff Grubb giving 10/10 to games like Halo InfiniteDon't forget major studios like Sony, Bethesda etc all also blacklist outlets if they preemptively expect negative PR.
Both are now owned by Reedpop along with some others. Eurogamer and Rock, Paper, Shotgun were both very active communities in that time when readers were transitioning from magazines to web. I think that Polygon was built different because from the start they were big money and poached a lot of "recognizable names" from game blogs rather than being a startup made from people with experience in print media.That might be what they think they are, or are trying to be, but only GamesIndustry.biz does that.
Eurogamer sometimes too, but they went down the drain recently too.
Opinions are singular, not "most people think xyz" though.
Like my comment about Halo has gone down with a certain ‘crowd’ probably.
Opinions are singular, not "most people think xyz" though.
I can also say "I think most people thought Horizon FW was a disappointing game" and state that's my opinion and we both know how that statement will go some with of the crowd here.
Anyway, to the point of the greater topic,
I don't think I've used metacritic as a gauge for if I want to play a game or not for years now. I look up the game and it's gameplay online and see if that attracts me more than its reviews course.
Yeah but that's just like, your opinion brah
In your opinion brah
Forgot to say In your opinion
When you say "I don't think" do you mean in your opinion? You'll have to be more clear brah
This is all my opinion of course
He is stating his opinion. What source does he need?
I mean if your wanting to argue that Halo Infinite has plenty of content most people are going to just assume you haven't played it.
Context is review scores. The text of the high scoring reviews I read certainly didn’t paint that picture.
But people like him tend to fail upwards, so I'm expecting he'll be douching it up at Bloomberg or something soon.
Website reviews have been useless for 15+ years now, I’m more surprised they still do them.
Wow, how surprising. They're ALL like that. All of them.I got banned for talking shit on whatever his name was that gave Bayonetta 2 a low score because of sexual objectification. I posted that the dude had a profile on Suicide Girls with his real name and picture. What kind of creeper makes a real life profile on a porn site with low paid exploited girls in real life and then looks down on a female power fantasy video game from Japan starring multiple women all designed by a female character designer?
You're right fam, the game really is rigged.
Yes, the text is from the infamous Alien Resurrection (PS1) review.
Someone's being cheeky.
Guess I was right about that one. Kudos for admitting it 10 years late. I was commenting on Polygon before they even officially launched.
I got banned for talking shit on whatever his name was that gave Bayonetta 2 a low score because of sexual objectification. I posted that the dude had a profile on Suicide Girls with his real name and picture. What kind of creeper makes a real life profile on a porn site with low paid exploited girls in real life and then looks down on a female power fantasy video game from Japan starring multiple women all designed by a female character designer?
Everyone has known Polygon was a joke for years. Glad to hear it finally admitted. Better late than never.
Nope thats someone else.This guy?
Website reviews have been useless for 15+ years now, I’m more surprised they still do them.
Videogames are a multiple billion dollar market, and first impressions or first wave of reviews directly impact the sales of a game.
Without any sort of neutral oversight, it was always going to end up with publishers mingling with reviewers.
Not only that, but with the click and ad revenue business model, there's a feedback loop between review sites and publishers, where reviewers don't want to risk 'offending' publishers and risk not getting scoops, interviews, etc.
See anything wrong with this picture?
The game is rigged folks.
I have no proof of my claim. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm imagining things. But I find when games release and MC scores start piling up on their site, most of the early scores uploaded are high.You're right fam, the game really is rigged.
Yes, the text is from the infamous Alien Resurrection (PS1) review.
Someone's being cheeky.
I have no proof of my claim. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm imagining things. But I find when games release and MC scores start piling up on their site, most of the early scores uploaded are high.
Then as more scores get uploaded, you then get ore so-so and some negative reviews. So what happens is the MC score starts high, but then trickles down till it levels off.
It never seems to start low with early reviews being the bad ones and then the score rockets up when better scores come later.
And it sure seems lots of high end 90/100+ scores come from no-name sites, like they are sucking up with scores to keep getting free shit from studios.
That’s a meme.This quote is from a review for a psx game and from a completely different site. Stop spreading fake bullcrap.
https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/alien-resurrection-review/1900-2637344/
Videogames are a multiple billion dollar market, and first impressions or first wave of reviews directly impact the sales of a game.
Without any sort of neutral oversight, it was always going to end up with publishers mingling with reviewers.
Not only that, but with the click and ad revenue business model, there's a feedback loop between review sites and publishers, where reviewers don't want to risk 'offending' publishers and risk not getting scoops, interviews, etc.
See anything wrong with this picture?
The game is rigged folks.
I wont be able to respond if you reply to my post as I'm heading out for lunch and errands, but when it comes to video game or tech reviews, in your experience what youve seen or heard from other people at other sites, how rampant is free product/ad revenue influencing scores, Jeff Gertsmann pressure cooker UBI issues, senior editors overwriting scores or content?I can't speak for Polygon, but what I can say with confidence: I worked with Ben for a long time at Ars, and he was my editor on my reviews at the time. I'm inclined to believe him.
He never changed a score, and in fact, there were a few instances where he vehemently disagreed with me and let me run the review as is anyway. Everything I ever wrote went up as a I wrote it, and it was a big part of Ars' culture — which he helped define.
(Sidebar: Ars Technica had, has, and will always have its integrity on that front, and that's why it's still one of the only tech news sites I read and trust.)
I can only speak for my own experience.I wont be able to respond if you reply to my post as I'm heading out for lunch and errands, but when it comes to video game or tech reviews, in your experience what youve seen or heard from other people at other sites, how rampant is free product/ad revenue influencing scores, Jeff Gertsmann pressure cooker UBI issues, senior editors overwriting scores or content?
SF Kosmo on page one has experience in game reporting and doesnt think big sites really get influenced.
Thread title is burying the lede, what the flying fuck even is this? Why is he telling his bosses about his children being abused, what does he expect them to do, and who exactly was doing the abusing? Was he the abuser with that being some sick cry for help? Was it Vox bigwigs who are above his bosses? The Vox daycare staff? Dude sounds like he's having paranoid schizophrenic delusions, makes no sense whatsoever. How am I the first person to point this out as a discussion on game reviews has gone on for 2 days over 3 pages?
Pretty direct accusations of review changing. But if it's true, I'm not surprised.
Always remember what happened to Jeff Gertsmann's Kane & Lynch 6/10 score. And how the past around 20 years, game reviews all skewed to that 6-10 / 10 rating scale to suck up to devs and their previews and free games. It was never this bad during the old school video game and PC game mags in the 80s and 90s. I remember old game mags giving games an F or 20/100 kinds of scores. PC Gamer used to always grill games with low % ratings during the 90s talking about bad graphics and bugs. I'm positive I saw some games get a single digit % score out of 100.
Money talks. You dont get these kinds of scores anymore. A bad game likely still going to get a 6/10 avg score among MC critics.
Pretty sure you and I worked at the same magazine. I remember a heated discussion between our reviewer and editor-in-chief about whether we should give GTA V a 10/10 or 9/10. The former would give us more (and free) PR from Rockstar. The latter would make us look kiss-ass.I mean, back in 2011 I worked for a dutch gaming magazine. They did the same. I remember over hearing a debate on a call with Bethesda PR about the Skyrim score.
So it's not hard to believe.
I haven't finished all campaigns yet, but infinite was better than 1,4,and 5. Haven't finished 2,3, reach and odst to compare.