Den of Geek - Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Review

Can the return of Nathan Drake live up to the hype, and its superb predecessor? Aaron finds out as he reviews Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception...

[ElDorado]

Keep the great scores coming.

[king05]

So why are none of these scores posted on metacritic at the drop of a hat...

[Game0N]

it takes some time to update all the scores, also this site might not be listed on meta

[BigBoss1964]

It's funny how metacritic puts up the negatives quickly

[metsgaming]

honestly how does metacritic determine what a "legit" site is anyway. They have sites that go up there that constantly trolling for hits with their reviews and yet they are "legit" but if you look at smaller sites they dont put them up because.....? Honestly if you make a web site that combines many reviews to give an average then add all websites.

[ElDorado]

This. Even better would be if the sites were checked before they put them on Metacritic. If it's a 10, but it's a poor written review then decline it on Meta, if it well written and it gets a 10 add it to the site. Right now there is a list of sites, no matter how poorly it's been written, it will be on Metacritic. The system is stupid, here on N4G you can actually add any review and it will be in the system.

[geddesmond]

Do you have to pay a fee to get your site included??

[king05]

Thats exactly why I look at N4g as the "metacritic", they include all the scores and even with the C, the total still stands at 95.

[TheFallenAngel]

It's at 93 and not 95.

[Arksine]

He's talking about N4G's metascore, which currently stands at 9.5.

[iamnsuperman]

big difference on metacritic a c is 5 and on N4G it is 7. So the score isn't really going to be that affected by a 7 than a 5. Apart from that I agree. More sites should be added. Also get rid of the weighting system because even the big sites have some bias. N4G metacritic is ok because it offers more reviews but any site that gets approved is allowed (even the poor ones)

[Pintheshadows]

A + 10, A 9.5, A- 9, B+ 8.5, B 8, B- 7.5, C 7.

How does metacritic work out that C is a 5.

I'm really confused. That doesn't seem to be possible on that scoring scale.

Even A+ 10, A 9, A- 8, B+ 7. B 6 B- 5 C+ 4.
Or A 10, B 9, C 8.

Is there a special metacritic secret.

[TheFirstClassic]

Yeah I'm not sure how C=5 either. Somebody needs to explain this.

[geddesmond]

N4G has a meta. Crap I usually go to gameranking because they don't include some of those BS troll websites.

[Papertiger]

Site awards 10/10 and there's no one around in the comments. Site gives uncharted 3 a score lower than than 9 and its flooded with comments.

Controversy does sell. Point blank.

[iamnsuperman]

I agree. The AV club review for instance is right on the front page but that review needed to be called out since it was barely a review. The eurogamer one got coverage because it was an 8 but reading that review I felt like he didn't enjoy it as much as others and so I could see why the score got what it did. Its like any game that has a big following. Anything less than a 9 is seen as bad which needs to change as an 8 is good.

[clintagious650]

This is what happens when u find an amazing game that isnt on your console of choice, u get bs reviews like the av club review who ive never heard of until now. This is what happens when u also dont send a duffle bag full of goodies, u get hate reviews from unknown sites lol. Keep up the bs reviews because its not going to stop uc3 from winning goty awards. :)

Great review by the way.

[metsgaming]

You never heard of av club well now you do their troll review worked. Now people have heard of their lame website because of a trolled review. A major accomplishment in their eyes. This isnt just for reviews it goes for regular articles aswell. Seems like all journalism is doing stuff like that as well.

[Papertiger]

It gets worse.

The av club reviewer is Scott Jones. He's a "gaming journalist" *eyeroll* who runs a weekly show in Canada called "Reviews on the run". This guy has proclaimed him self as a 360 gamer who says his ps3 serves as nothing more than a blu-ray player.

Not only has this guy smeared uncharted 3's metacritic score once, he turned around and scored it with a 6.5 with another website which is completely unfair and uncalled for. Him and Victor lucas are going to dedicate an entire "overhyped" segment on naughty dogs uncharted 3 on tuesday on their Reviews on the Run show.

They obviously want to play a hand in the controversy in order to gather some attention to their obscure and unheard of show.