Most underrated game by GS ?

Anyone got a game they really like, but there got a bad review by Gamespot?

I got one, i really liked Casino Inc and it was one of my favourite business sim games, because it had all the good basic compents for that kind of game and so much more than just building a buisness in some great missions where you with unorthodox methods should take out your opponents. But GS couldn't handle it all, so it got 5.2...

Anyone else got one ?

(This thread is not meant to criticize Gamespot in any ways)

i think everyone thinks GS got Big Rigs dead right, don't they?

mine would be Blade Runner, which GS massively underrated, and also Chrome Specforce

They also underrated TF2 also with 8.5

AudioSurf got 7.5

Overlord also got 7.5 but this could be my preference

-Heroes of Might and Magic, any of them (those that they reviewed) except Heroes 3 (the original not the expansions). It's the best TBS out there and it has really low ratings :(, but they are appreciated better anywhere except GS. I never thought a game would be bad because it's hard :| (Tribes of the East got 5.5, sure it's not perfect but 5.5 is really stupid. I bet if it was on consoles it would have 9.5 on GS).

-Gothic 2

-Jade Empire

-MDK2

-Sacred

8.2 for Deus Ex is criminal.RobbieH1234

The person who did that review should definately be sentenced to life in Alcatraz

Jade Empire

Team Fortress 2

Audiosurf

The Witcher

System Shock 2.

I know, I know, 8.5 is a pretty decent score. But... The game was, and still is unique, it has 'deeper than a well' gameplay, fantastic atmosphere and music, and it's genuinly nerve-wrecking. Few, if any shooter-games live up to the standards this game set in the past. Half Life (= meh) got a 9.4, System Shock (= oooohh) got 8.5. That's not underrated if you ask me, that's a ****ing crime.

Half-Life 2 shouldve got more than 9.2, its more of a 9.4-9.8 range of game.

And 10s, IMO, should never be handed out.

Half-Life 2 shouldve got more than 9.2, its more of a 9.4-9.8 range of game.

ClawKiller

this is either the very definition of nit-picking - or you're kidding

Dues Ex definitely, 8.2 that was too low. Nitpicking over stuff like lockpicking in such a great game, that's really retarted.

Recently, They gave Heroes of Might and Magic 5 : Tribes of East a 5.5, one of the worst review ever

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

fatshodan

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

[QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

jfsebastianII

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

Yeah, but see, SS2 deserves a 12.

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

artur79

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

Yeah, but see, SS2 deserves a 12.

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

artur79

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

Yeah, but see, SS2 deserves a 12.

yes, of course - silly me...:oops:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobylaliblabla2007

agreed

[QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

jfsebastianII

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

The thing is, the difference between each score increment is disproportionate - the difference between an 8 and a 9, for example, is not the same as the difference between a 9 and a 10.

I see the scale as being like this:

As you can see, a game scoring, say, 3 when it actually deserves 5 is a fairly small underrate - but a game scoring 8.5, when it actually deserves a 10 (or a 12 as artur points out), is a much greater underrate.

If everything was equal, then it would simply be a matter of numbers. But I think everything is so disproportionate, thanks in part to the /10 system but also thanks to how GameSpot misuses it, that something that scores .5 less than it deserves can be more of an overrate than something that scores 4 less than it deserves.

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

fatshodan

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

The thing is, the difference between each score increment is disproportionate - the difference between an 8 and a 9, for example, is not the same as the difference between a 9 and a 10.

I see the scale as being like this:

As you can see, a game scoring, say, 3 when it actually deserves 5 is a fairly small underrate - but a game scoring 8.5, when it actually deserves a 10 (or a 12 as artur points out), is a much greater underrate.

If everything was equal, then it would simply be a matter of numbers. But I think everything is so disproportionate, thanks in part to the /10 system but also thanks to how GameSpot misuses it, that something that scores .5 less than it deserves can be more of an overrate than something that scores 4 less than it deserves.

:lol: :lol: :lol: I love it!

[QUOTE="artur79"][QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

solid_mario

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

Yeah, but see, SS2 deserves a 12.

Children, children! No need to argue. They both deserve a 12!

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

fatshodan

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

The thing is, the difference between each score increment is disproportionate - the difference between an 8 and a 9, for example, is not the same as the difference between a 9 and a 10.

I see the scale as being like this:

As you can see, a game scoring, say, 3 when it actually deserves 5 is a fairly small underrate - but a game scoring 8.5, when it actually deserves a 10 (or a 12 as artur points out), is a much greater underrate.

If everything was equal, then it would simply be a matter of numbers. But I think everything is so disproportionate, thanks in part to the /10 system but also thanks to how GameSpot misuses it, that something that scores .5 less than it deserves can be more of an overrate than something that scores 4 less than it deserves.

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PS - in case you're wondering, this means i'm speechless...

[QUOTE="jfsebastianII"][QUOTE="fatshodan"]

System Shock 2 and Team Fortress 2.

Both are 8.5 - and both are very, very underrated.

fatshodan

how can 8.5 be 'very, very underrated'? that's only 1.5 away from the best score available

if most of us sat an exam and got 85%, we'd be pretty damned chuffed i'd have thought

The thing is, the difference between each score increment is disproportionate - the difference between an 8 and a 9, for example, is not the same as the difference between a 9 and a 10.

I see the scale as being like this:

As you can see, a game scoring, say, 3 when it actually deserves 5 is a fairly small underrate - but a game scoring 8.5, when it actually deserves a 10 (or a 12 as artur points out), is a much greater underrate.

If everything was equal, then it would simply be a matter of numbers. But I think everything is so disproportionate, thanks in part to the /10 system but also thanks to how GameSpot misuses it, that something that scores .5 less than it deserves can be more of an overrate than something that scores 4 less than it deserves.

It does seem like gamespot pretty much rates every game above a 5. Even games that are terrible, they seem to at least give them a 5. So, then they get into this issue where so many games are rated 7 to 10 points, you have to really nit-pick to figure out which games are really better than others based on their rating system.

The only games that get scores lower than 5 are games that are just terrible beyond comprehension. So, I think the graph above is somewhat accurate.

Diablo 2 and Diablo2 LoD, 8.5 and 8.2 wth? theres 50k people playing everytime i log in and this Game is 8 years old, this is one the best Games ever created. (ok 20% of them are probably bots but still :P)

[QUOTE="RobbieH1234"]8.2 for Deus Ex is criminal.screamingdoom

The person who did that review should definately be sentenced to life in Alcatraz

with Duke Nukem as cellmate. Seriously that game if not a 10 should have got at least 9.5

Also i think soul reaver 2 (pc) was underrated( got only 8 while user reviews where 8.7 )

And my favorite game Blood got only 8 (many users gave it a 10 )

8.2 For Deus Ex was absolute criminal.

I thought Morrowind should of been given a slightly higher score too - that game was brilliant.

[QUOTE="screamingdoom"]

[QUOTE="RobbieH1234"]8.2 for Deus Ex is criminal.adamosmaki

The person who did that review should definately be sentenced to life in Alcatraz

with Duke Nukem as cellmate. Seriously that game if not a 10 should have got at least 9.5

Also i think soul reaver 2 (pc) was underrated( got only 8 while user reviews where 8.7 )

And my favorite game Blood got only 8 (many users gave it a 10 )

It does seem like gamespot pretty much rates every game above a 5. Even games that are terrible, they seem to at least give them a 5. So, then they get into this issue where so many games are rated 7 to 10 points, you have to really nit-pick to figure out which games are really better than others based on their rating system.

The only games that get scores lower than 5 are games that are just terrible beyond comprehension. So, I think the graph above is somewhat accurate.

df853

I'll just throw this stat out there: in the last 12 months, there have been 38 games rated 9+ on GameSpot. Really, 38 superb games? Let's go one further: in the last 12 months, there have been 131 games rated between 8 and 8.9. What we essentially have is 150 games rated GREAT or higher in the last 12 months. I'm sorry, there have not been 150 great games in that time span by any stretch of the imagination. I know this may seem off-topic, but does anyone else see the problem?

ok now iam confused tell me something what is the difference between a 8.5 and a 9.4 game??they are pretty much the same right??biswajit90210

:? No... One is rated 8.5 (excellent-ish), one is rated 9.4 (phenomenal-ish).

ok now iam confused tell me something what is the difference between a 8.5 and a 9.4 game??they are pretty much the same right??biswajit90210

[QUOTE="biswajit90210"]ok now iam confused tell me something what is the difference between a 8.5 and a 9.4 game??they are pretty much the same right??RobbieH1234

i agree. gs' scoring system is broken. a game that receives a score of 7 is considered a 'good' game, and it seems that a lot of games that received a score between 7 and 8 are above average at best. they really haven't implemented their own scoring system that well.

Deus Ex - -Needs no explination

STALKER - Sure the game was buggy but it still deserved a AAA score

Team Fortress 2 -Onf of their "flaws" were that the game rellied too much on teamwork. That's just pathetic.

IMO, obviously:

Duke Nukem 3D

Metal Gear Solid 3

Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind

Not that they didn't receive good reviews, but they each got under a 9.0, which is why I feel they're underrated.