the guy who keeps sending me the "crackdown 71 meta haha" messages can stop because i don't give a sh*t, i bought the game and LOVE it. reviews obviously don't matter to me, oddly the only games i've ever returned were the "AAA" ones that got over inflated scores.
Reviews never didn't matter. I don't typically trust a single review for any game. But when a game has 50 reviews and the average is a 7, thats plenty of information for me. I'm not saying those 7 games can't be a good time, but there are far too many 8.5+ games these days for me to have any interest in something that 9/10 people felt was mediocre.
I don't think there is anything at all wrong with trusting the wisdom of crowds when it comes to entertainment. Reviews simply cut the wheat from the chaff. It sucks for the developers of these games that get average reviews, but hell, you made an average game. There are no excuses and no reason why anyone should feel bad for not buying anything but the best.
someone needs to look at the stories from last week when it talked about this and they even talked about it on G4tv i have seen this story 3 or 4 times on this site now
Yea, they talked about this on the gamescoop podcast.
Reviews shouldn't matter to people who game on a regular basis. I've played so many games that when a game is extremely mediocre I can still find it to be worth playing if the story is somewhat interesting. I.e. Lair, Alone in the Dark, Clive Barker's Jericho, etc.
Plus, some reviews are just downright garbage and go to the extremes. Like Ryan Clements & his review of White Knight Chronicles or Eric Brudvig & his review of Deadly Premonition. I've had more fun playing Deadly Premonition than I have any other game all year.
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I don't typically trust a single review for any game. But when a game has 50 reviews and the average is a 7, thats plenty of information for me. I'm not saying those 7 games can't be a good time, but there are far too many 8.5+ games these days for me to have any interest in something that 9/10 people felt was mediocre.
I don't think there is anything at all wrong with trusting the wisdom of crowds when it comes to entertainment. Reviews simply cut the wheat from the chaff. It sucks for the developers of these games that get average reviews, but hell, you made an average game. There are no excuses and no reason why anyone should feel bad for not buying anything but the best.
Reviews shouldn't matter to people who game on a regular basis. I've played so many games that when a game is extremely mediocre I can still find it to be worth playing if the story is somewhat interesting. I.e. Lair, Alone in the Dark, Clive Barker's Jericho, etc.
Plus, some reviews are just downright garbage and go to the extremes. Like Ryan Clements & his review of White Knight Chronicles or Eric Brudvig & his review of Deadly Premonition. I've had more fun playing Deadly Premonition than I have any other game all year.