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[Entroyp]

Why are the 10's not on there?

Good point

 

[FranXico]

lol

Who wrote that? My word, such incoeherent rambling.

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

Taking the Jeff Grubb review into consideration, it's surprising Metacritic and Opencritic don't have some type of system in place to disqualify or significantly reduce the weight of outlier scores. I'm all for someone like Jeff having his opinion (presuming it's an honest one), but the idea that that one opinion will significantly drag down the entire metacritic score is non-sense.

The potential for someone like Jeff, who appears to have some biases, to bomb a meta score, or the potential for biased or bought out reviewers in general, is a real problem when so much is at stake for the developers.

Metacritic and Open Critic, and reviews in general, have so much influence these days. We literally just heard during the Jaff Days Gone Interviews how much value Sony places on them, and we know they can be tied to dev bonuses, potential sales, etc. Honest or not, scores like Jeff's are not reflective of the experience of most reviewers and should therefore be weighted less imo.

And yes I think this should go both ways. For example a solitary 10 when everyone else is scoring a game in the 6-7's should also be given less weight too.

I do use opencritic more but thats because every reviewer is weighed the same where as metacritic weighs in favour of the bigger sites having a bigger impact on score compared to others. However sadly if you try to penalize someone for being a twat to get clicks then people shout "BuT Mai CenS0RshIP"

 

[SenjutsuSage]

Yep, these are pretty much the scores I was expecting once I started to see extensive footage of the game.

 

[jm89]

From Metacritic, subtract 5-10 points because it's a Playstation exclusive... then that's score the game actually deserves.

High levels of sodium chloride detected.

 

[skit_data]

This is my bible besides metacritic and this is a very solid score! I want a PS5

I saw fz.se gave it 3/5, but i choose to not trust them at this particular instance since the control scheme he described didn’t match with the rest of all reviews

and I’m biased and love the Metroid Prime and Alien series

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

but sadly Crackdown 3 is where he draws the line.....

 

[SlimySnake]

lol

lmao. which idiot reviewer is this?

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

lmao. which idiot reviewer is this?

Who wrote that? My word, such incoeherent rambling.

Pastemagazine lol

Returnal Sticks to the Middle and Ends Up Nowhere Because of It

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

 

[Thirty7ven]

lol

 

[ethomaz]

Why are the 10's not on there?

To not open some salty wounds... he ignores both the TOP and BOTTOM reviews.

 

[Fredrik]

Yep, 849 is the new standard PS Store price for a full size PS5 game. It's disgusting.

Physical games also got more expensive, but you can still find them at more decent prices if you just look around for 5 minutes. With a digital console you're stuck with what Sony thinks you should pay.

Well this sucks, what are they thinking? Seeing the local price really highlight down the pricing problem, didn’t realize it was this bad. Has all games been that expensive? AC Valhalla? Destruction Allstars? Dirt 5?

 

[MrS]

Stoked at the positive reviews and really happy that HMQ have their first big hit coming. My copy arrived earlier so I'm going in lads. See you on the other side.

 

[ethomaz]

He is just doing damage control now.

 

[SLB1904]

There you go. I believe you

 

[Bo_Hazem]

lol

 

[Entroyp]

To not open some salty wounds... he ignores both the TOP and BOTTOM reviews.

Oooh ok.. like an olympic score. Neat!

 

[Klayzer]

Jeff Grubb is one of the tools Microsoft is missing for their console btw.

Absolute perfection! Go ahead and try, lol.

 

[Entroyp]

Let’s let that homeless man Grubb go and move on.

 

[Rien]

Why are the 10's not on there?

Because it’s a Sony exclusive and with Sony exclusives 10’s don’t count because you have to take off at least 5-10 points.. you didn’t knew that?

 

[VeganElduderino]

Can you imagine her stamina? That rock-solid ass must be contributing to her sonic running speed. Just don't tickle her while your weenie inside or you'll end up being dick-less.

 

[skit_data]

Illegal Aliens vs Sexual Predator

 

[Imtjnotu]

Never Doubt Housemarque. Outside of Matterfall, a lot of their games review well.

Ya I done fucked up

 

[DeepEnigma]

but sadly Crackdown 3 is where he draws the line.....

Nah, he just picked the games he didn't review for VB so we can't draw a comparison.

 

[RoadHazard]

Well this sucks, what are they thinking? Seeing the local price really highlight down the pricing problem, didn’t realize it was this bad. Has all games been that expensive? AC Valhalla? Destruction Allstars? Dirt 5?

Those are a bit cheaper (like 739), because they're cross-gen I guess. Or maybe because they're not 1st party. But all proper Sony PS5 games will be 849, for example R&C.

 

[Kangx]

lmao. which idiot reviewer is this?

Paste magazine. She had a history of injecting politics into her review. And Gene Park keep quoting and retweeting her review. He also compare to several games he likes. I get it. The game isn't for him, but man he does not have to be so negative about it. He likes ghost of tsushima and celebrate it and it score lower than Returnal. Just let people enjoy their game man.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Yeah come on guys its not fair to bully scrubs

He proably gets enough from his mum about his scruffy hair

 

[Tomeru]

That's my point, love it or hate it... it's his opinion...
I can't say I fully agree with him or disagree… it's just his opinion

Thats not a point.

 

[Fredrik]

I saw fz.se gave it 3/5, but i choose to not trust them at this particular instance since the control scheme he described didn’t match with the rest of all reviews

and I’m biased and love the Metroid Prime and Alien series

Yeah I trust Gamereactor more these days, if they go for a likely controversial opinion they usually have a second opinion too, like if Petter start ranting about some car physics thing nobody else would ever notice or understand.

Me too, plus I like Housemarque from way back in the Amiga days

 

[silent head]

 

[Dick Jones]

I can't wait for the next Phil Spencer video where there is a Jeff Grubb on the shelf.

I still would

 

[Fredrik]

Those are a bit cheaper (like 739), because they're cross-gen I guess. Or maybe because they're not 1st party. But all proper Sony PS5 games will be 849, for example R&C.

Bah!
Oh well I can’t find a PS5 anyway, hopefully prices has gone down by the time I have one, or maybe there is a Gamepass competitor.

 

[FunkMiller]

Good grief. The absolutely unnecessary and childish salt on social media over this game being good is quite something.

GamePass is absolutely fantastic, and XBox has a lot of exciting stuff lined up for the future... but right now Sony are the ones producing exclusive games - in this case an apparently very good one. Some people really just can’t handle that, and boy does it show.

 

[GymWolf]

lol

Why turning off auto updates??

 

[Maxwell Jacob Friedman]

He is just doing damage control now.

Dude needs to pull a Sean Murray and leave social media for a while, he's now just embarrassing himself.

 

[K' Dash]

This game looks good, I'm glad it's getting rave reviews.

Hope more publishers understand that people want something different instead of the same shit over and over again.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Praised be the Jimturnal

 

[Dick Jones]

Why turning off auto updates??

Auto updates closes the game.

 

[Fredrik]

Good grief. The absolutely unnecessary and childish salt on social media over this game being good is quite something.

GamePass is absolutely fantastic, and XBox has a lot of exciting stuff lined up for the future... but right now Sony are the ones producing exclusive games - in this case an apparently very good one. Some people really just can’t handle that, and boy does it show.

Yup they’re really delivering right now. MS has lots to prove going forward. Imagine if their first 1st party game since the launch, whatever it may be, would score meta 70...

 

[SLB1904]

Auto updates closes the game.

Why people just dont stop play when they die.
So much drama about this saving business

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

Why people just dont stop play when they die.
So much drama about this saving business

The more you die the more time you get to spend with that sexy milf

Am I right Bo_Hazem

 

[Imtjnotu]

Why is everyone bitching about Grubb this morning

 

[Unknown?]

Yup they’re really delivering right now. MS has lots to prove going forward. Imagine if their first 1st party game since the launch, whatever it may be, would score meta 70...

Who cares? Renting games is where it's at now days. Of course you are forced to rent a bunch that you wouldn't play or care about but whatever!

 

[GHG]

Pastemagazine lol

Returnal Sticks to the Middle and Ends Up Nowhere Because of It

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

The reviewers bio:

Trans (she/her), queer, Indigenous game critic who LPs and takes photos.

 

[Captain Toad]

The main character is hot... people disliked her face somehow.

Wait. What?

I could care less if the character is attractive or not, but... what?

 

[Unknown?]

The reviewers bio:

Trans (she/her), queer, Indigenous game critic who LPs and takes photos.

Why can't people like that just be happy in life?

 

[Bo_Hazem]

The more you die the more time you get to spend with that sexy milf

Am I right Bo_Hazem

The only negative I see in the game so far is the 1st person view while getting out of ship, the golden moment.

 

[FrankWza]

Why people just dont stop play when they die.
So much drama about this saving business

They recommended using sleep so if you have auto update on during rest mode you lose progress

 

[ethomaz]

Wait. What?

I could care less if the character is attractive or not, but... what?

She has a hot body but people dislike her face... that is what people are talking in this and previous threads.
IMO I don't think her face that bad at all and that has nothing to do with the game being good... I can play with any type of protagonist.

 

[ethomaz]

Auto updates closes the game.

If you are not playing it.