We are a rating nation. These days we’re asked to score everything from make up, restaurant food, all the way to singers, and we do. In this age of internet polls and X Factor, everyone truly is a critic and most of us indulge in a bit of voting more often than we’d like to admit. In the same breath, we’ve come to rely on scores and votes to determine almost every aspect of our daily lives. What’s voted the best bread? Which foundation is most used by the stars? “Ooooh, the new Renault only got 4 stars on Auto Trader? Won’t be buying that then!”
Entertainment is no different. Films, theatre, TV shows and music are all critiqued, reviewed, scrutinised and slapped with a score; games are no different. Journalists and so-called ‘experts’ write sometimes insightful, sometimes awfully biased pieces about the ups and downs of our favourite titles, using heaps of interesting words to take us through the journey without us ever having to experience it for ourselves. All this is secondary...
Chained Echoes is getting slammed, and its devs have no idea why - Calling on Metacritic to do more.
Who doesn't have anything bad to write in these blank reviews and would benefit from sympathy sales?
I still say they should just get rid of the user score. They are untrustworthy of both good and bad review and honestly user reviews arent even a review. Of course tie it with the psn/xb account would be better.
That is simply horrible! The game is one of the best games, if not the best game of last year. Play this! Forget the bugged and rigged system of review bombing, just buy it and support Matthias and his team. These guys are superb!! We need to fight this stuff as a community, because small indie devs are the ones who least deserve this type of mistreatment.
User reviews are screwed for obvious reason and so are “professional” reviews because of money that companies throw around in many ways.
I just buy games that I think I will enjoy. Some devs you know make good games. Some long lasting series I know I will enjoy. Mostly I know what a game I want to play looks like. On rare occasion I get it wrong but I just sell it on eBay but that’s rare these days.
By most accounts this is a good game. I haven’t played it yet waiting for my physical copy.
Put it this way, I love jrpgs, but usually I play for 10 hours and move on. I had 80 hours in chained echoes and 100 percented it. The story is great and the game is beautiful. If you have game pass play it right now! If not buy it!
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I like review scores thank you very much. The score is to rate the content and never has it mattered (the score) more than the quality.
I dont care about scores, the actual ''review'' is enough. The review tells me about the game, its gameplay and lifespan and other things.
A score on its own simply isnt enough for me. I see the number and think:
''Why does it have that number? How does it play? How long will it last me?''
EDIT: Also with scores, there are plenty that look at scores and if they see a 7, they automatically assume itll be crap... well the fault there lies also with those that score the games.
A score of 5 should be classed as average, yet most only use a scale from 6-10, which is pointless.
I REALLY wish people would stop harping over the 10/10 or 5/5 score. When I see a movie that has 4 out of 4 stars, I don't immediately think "OMG THIS IS THE GREAT MOVIES EVAR, IT'S A PIECE OF CINEMATIC HISTORY THAT WILL NEVER BE MATCHED AGAIN!!!11" or "HOW DARE THEY USE A 'PERFECT' SCORE! DO THEY NOT KNOW THAT THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A PERFECT MOVIE!!! I'VE SEEN CITIZEN KANE, SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION AND THE GODFATHER AND THERE ARE FLAWS!!"
No when I look at a 4 star review, I view it as pretty damn great and read on further about the review to see if it's something that fits my taste.
On the same note, why focus on Metacritic so much? Yes some publishers and developers focus on it WAY too much and that's them being jackasses. But it's a helpful tool for a consumer just like Rotten Tomatoes.
It seems like only pretentious gamers are the ones that dwell on the scores being an issue thing.
review scores are from different people and as such irrelevant