Do you give games that get Metascored in the 70's or lower a chance?

Well I consider the review score to be only part of a review so depending on how I feel on the actual review itself and how the game received the score that it got then I’ll still try a game if I find that it interests me enough.

I genuinely don't know the metascore of games I choose to buy, its not something I consider useful to me when deciding if a game is worth playing.

Only use sites like Metacritic for context in gaming conversation whether people are making false info, or demonstrating a clear bias to null the quality of another game of the same genre to another. Reviews can be, in-informative themselves that's why looking at them as a collective has more value. If thirty people are making the same statement chances are that's true.

Only time I tend to waver on overall reviews are those graphical impressive games (God of War/Red Dead 2/ Last of Us/ etc) tends to blind reviewers of the gameplay flaws, some of which gloss over it. As they're too busy admiring textures/ lighting/ horse *********/ poly-count. It's kind of shocking how shallow the gaming media is at times.

On topic, just to start off most my hyped games are pre-ordered well before reviews, for my personal enjoyment the game only needs cater to my taste and understand reviews in general are suppose to cater for everyone or the reviewers preference. The latter seems obtuse but whatever_

So with that, here is a few that couldn't even crack over 70 on the site-

War for the Overworld (65)

OneeChanbara Z2 (57)

Armored Core: For Answer (64)

Zero: Black-Haired Shrine Maiden (67)

Taiko no Tatsujin (70)

Putty Squad (38)

Siren: New Translation (70)

Metal Wolf Chaos (63)

Kirby's Great Suction Offensive (69)

Mother Russia Bleeds (70)

Demento (67)

Minna de Spelunker (56)

*Ironically I can fire up any of the above games and have a good time. Some I even question the reliability of scoring. Though that's just my opinion.

Yes I give games that get Meta scored in the 70's or lower a chance.

I give games that scored in the 1/10 a chance. Does that answer your question?

Yep. A rating is just an opinion to me. If I personally don't like it, then I don't.

Considering that one of my favorite games of the Last gen had a 70s metascore, while one of my least favorite games of all time is also one of the highest rated games of all time (GTA4).

Metacritic has no impact on my purchasing habits.

When Left Alive scored lower than 40 in metacritic, hardcore Square-Enix fanboys bought it ANYWAY

When Hatred scored lower than 30 in metacritic, hardcore racist, far-right neo-nazi scumbags bought it ANYWAY

Someday if Yandere Simulator officially released, I wouldn't be surprised people bought it ANYWAY despite having no official reviews.

Internet, especially social media already destroyed the influence of video game critics. Some unscrupulous developers already take advantage of this.

Critics ratings usually don't factor into my purchasing decisions. I'll watch footage, read what the community has to say and generally wait for a sale.

Some of my favorite games are 7-ish in score. Sometimes a developer will create a gameplay mechanic that will hook me enough, even tough the rest of the game is passable at best.

Mostly just play what I think looks interesting. Couldn't honestly tell you what ratings the games I play have.

In the old days, as a youngster i'd take reviewers and stuff like metacritic as gospel, now I don't.

Don't overlook the power of curiosity.

I mean, didn't you buy Anthem "ANYWAY" because you like Bioware?

Exact same thing.

Yes I enjoyed mafia 3 which on PS4 has a 68.

No, I absolutely don't care about their critics. They also gave a games like FIFA 18, FIFA 19 and probably FIFA 20. Even now PES 20 has a rating of 84, even the gameplay online is full of bugs and glitches. On Spielepedia or Spielkult.com you will find many examples. On the subreddit people are extremely mad.

I can usually tell the quality of a game and if it will be worth playing based on gameplay videos.

I use reviews for more insight on potential hidden issues within the game. I don't let the score deter me.

I don't buy games or watch movies based on Meta, but some games with 60's and 70's have kept me well entertained. I'm looking at the genre, gameplay vids more than meta.

hell no