Remember the GS review that got pulled?
Zero7
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<div class="IPBDescription">Eric Neigher makes an apology.</div><a href="http://millioneigher.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/reviewer-blue/?preview=true&preview_id=1&preview_nonce=c784fc18b2" target="_blank">Here's the link.</a>
Part of me wants to say it seems half-hearted. The other half of me recalls the current Pendragon fiasco with the DotA community and thinks, "Hey, at least he didn't take 3 years AND he owned up to his mistake... unlike Pendragon"
Discuss away.
Edit: If you were curious, here's the original article (Mobile version is the only one I could find): <a href="http://m.gamespot.com/natural-selection-2/reviews/natural-selection-2-review-6399575/" target="_blank">clicky.</a>
Part of me wants to say it seems half-hearted. The other half of me recalls the current Pendragon fiasco with the DotA community and thinks, "Hey, at least he didn't take 3 years AND he owned up to his mistake... unlike Pendragon"
Discuss away.
Edit: If you were curious, here's the original article (Mobile version is the only one I could find): <a href="http://m.gamespot.com/natural-selection-2/reviews/natural-selection-2-review-6399575/" target="_blank">clicky.</a>
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in which categories does he judge NS2 to be derserving of a <5 rating to drag the average down to a 6/10??? hell if i know... the only categories i can see are safe 8's and that's being totally impartial and honestly comparing it to any other game.
the gaming industry has no need for subjective reviews, we need to know how good the game is compared to the other games available. the guy threw away reason and made his own scale to make the game look bad - without his balls-up, NS2 would be at 82% on gamerankings.com - only 3-4% behind assassins creed 3, halo 4 and blackops 2.
-EDIT: Let me retract my statement. He's approved of all the messages apparently. If you take issue with his review, I suggest you leave a comment for him to reply to. He even replied to "you suck".
What does he mean 'If my writing to Metacritic would get the score changed, I would do it, <b>despite my belief in the fundamental accuracy</b> of the review.'
Something is accurate or it isn't. No such thing as fundamental accuracy. He must mean his opinion of the game is the same, which isn't a matter of accuracy. Again, the same problem of objectivity.
They did add in an Editor's Note, stating it was the first review (as per their policy) which suggests there's another review and that the current score/review they accepted is outdated. While it's more than they were obligated to do, it still identifies various issues and problems with both metacritic and how game reviews are currently done. I can think of one possible solution to both - but we're looking at a problem that is wide-spread throughout video game journalism. A major paradigm shift needs to occur within the VG journalism and reporting industry to reflect the current needs of the rapidly growing VG community and industry.
I see this as a problem linked to major publishers. Thankfully, we're seeing the rise of the indie dev over the last couple years - with this, I'm hoping we see more influential "indie" voices in VG journalism circles. Basically a shift in VG journalism that reflects the current/future situation with rising indie game devs.
I see this as a problem linked to major publishers. Thankfully, we're seeing the rise of the indie dev over the last couple years - with this, I'm hoping we see more influential "indie" voices in VG journalism circles. Basically a shift in VG journalism that reflects the current/future situation with rising indie game devs.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I still don't see why the GS score can't simply be removed from the average. I can understand their policy as a disincentive for reviewers to change scores after the fact and mess up their rating, but if the reviewer wants to pull the first review they should at least have an option to be removed from the discussion entirely. Lots of people only look at the aggregate score and not why that score is what it is. If the whole point of the policy is to keep the integrity of the meta-score on a site named "Metacritic" intact it's certainly backfired in this case.
Really? -_-
Kinda like the kid from a game yesterday asking everyone "do I know you from COD?" while running a hot mic diarrhea faucet verbalizing every thought he had about the map/situations.
If you are thrown inside the NS universe and dont have a clue about what to do, chances are wont experience the strengths of the game and underrate it.
What I find strange is the way Metacritic computes the score. The mean value of the scores would be 80,75...
What I find strange is the way Metacritic computes the score. The mean value of the scores would be 80,75...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Sadly, each individual score on Metacritic is weighted. Thus, sites like GameSpot are considered more important than others, bringing the whole average value down :<.
Source.
<a href="http://www.metacritic.com/about-metascores" target="_blank">How We Create the Metascore Magic</a>
(hilarious title, I know...)
Kinda like the kid from a game yesterday asking everyone "do I know you from COD?" while running a hot mic diarrhea faucet verbalizing every thought he had about the map/situations.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
you should also count that for the compulsive shopping (don't know if it's the right term) you will be sometimes headed towards an high score better than a lower one.
steam sales are near
Kinda like the kid from a game yesterday asking everyone "do I know you from COD?" while running a hot mic diarrhea faucet verbalizing every thought he had about the map/situations.<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
i agree with this....
besidees - metacritic is utter crap, it accepts 'user reviews' and critic reviews from very 'questionable' sources... it's worse at its job than a chocolate teapot. simply put - metacritic is garbage and i rate it a 0/10.
gamerankings is far superior, i have no idea why metacritic has more rep... maybe because of steam linking directly to metacritic?
Where does he have some good action screenshots? That is right, he has none.
To me it looks like he joined a really empty server and took a screenie of half a Lerk in the readroom and some of the infestation.
Anyway, he's still full of himself and quite butthurt that GS will probably never outsource reviews to him again.
If you are thrown inside the NS universe and dont have a clue about what to do, chances are wont experience the strengths of the game and underrate it.
What I find strange is the way Metacritic computes the score. The mean value of the scores would be 80,75...<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Considering the state of games today (cookie cutters of each other, yes I am looking at all you boring modern military shooters) I will give you that the game lacks a "newbie" tutorial and may not be the most newbie friendly game out there. Beyond that, few games are much of a challenge anymore; they are all more time sinks to get grind out good gear. Thank god for NS2. Having to learn about a game is not a Bad Thingâ„¢. And frankly, if someone is that scared to lose or get beat up in game that they won't jump in and learn to play, I won't miss them.
His initial review seems to smack of just the type of person that loves COD: LXXI Now with MOAR GUNZ! and can't be bothered to learn about the game. NS2 may not be for everyone, and that is fine. Sadly most games seem to be more interested in selling boxes than providing a lasting and deep game play environment.
I am even more leery when a game reviewer comments on aliens "seeing through their mouths" and complains about players shouting "unintelligible Natural Selection cant". It starts to sound like "I got owned therefore this game sucks".
All in all, the initial review appears ill-informed and poorly tested. The "retraction" seems forced and insincere. I do not believe the reviewer was being intentionally malicious; but negligent in his initial review.
I think that throws a LOT of people off at first. I know I certainly wasn't a fan, especially for the gorge. It's something that, over time, you realize doesn't make any difference.. but it used to drive me ###### crazy.