How many of the highest-rated games of this year were actually iOS titles? Did the PlayStation Vita really have more well-received releases than Nindendo's 3DS? And Sony still has more spectacular indies and exclusives than Microsoft...right? The answers to these questions and beyond are revealed as Gamers-Association.com takes a peek at Metacritic in 2012.
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!
Fandom Acquires Leading Entertainment & Gaming Brands Including GameSpot, TV Guide and Metacritic
Starting with the top 128 best rated games on Metacritic and putting them head-to-head tournament style! The round of 16 for the March Madness Podcast. Vote for which games you think should go through!
[QUOTE]"Considering those Top 100 titles, 5 are Xbox 360 exclusives while a mere 2 are unique to the PlayStation 3"[/QUOTE]
Article's numbers are a bit off. They forgot to count Okami HD which has a 90 avg and is exclusively on PS3 http://www.metacritic.com/g... . That would make it 3 for PS3 (Journey, Okami HD, MLB12: The Show).
Likewise they've seemingly counted a PC game for the 360 at some point, most likely Fez which the developers have stated is only a *timed* exclusive https://twitter.com/Polytro... much like Sine Mora was . That would make it 4 (Dance Central 3, Halo 4, Spelunky, Trials Evolution) not 5.
[QUOTE]While assessing the Top 10 games released in 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 separately, Microsoft’s console had more downloadable, indie, original, and exclusive titles when compared to Sony’s system.[/QUOTE]
Technically 'Velocity' with an 87 avg IS a PS3 title too, much how Sound Shapes is listed for both PS3 and the Vita even though you only buy it once as well. Playstation Mini's are just the equivalent to XBLA's indy channel and are all playable on PS3. Metacritic is antiquated that way, only listing them on the PSP side even though I have over 20 freebies from PSPlus.
Marvel Pinball Avengers listed at an 88 for XBLA is also on PS3 and Vita, but doesn't have enough reviews (4, 5?) to show up on the PS3 side but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist on PSN and isn't 100% the exact same game. Another foible of meta'.
They just need to be good to have 10s and 9s. If these games were on Ps3 or 360 they would have been bashed.
People expect much more these days from Home Consoles and dont expect much from IOS Games, thats the reason those are higher rated.
Its the same you have a Ferrari and a Opel. Sure Ferrari might be better but Opel could have the best grade since people wont expect much from Opel but still they could blew people mind and nobody was expecting that and Ferrari people are allways expecting the best so the scores would be lower since the bar is pretty high even if the car was a beast.
Do people still honestly think Metacritic is a reliable source? weird...
Apparently everyone glossed over the sarcasm in the opening article. My apologies.