Is it just me or......

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#1 spidadragon1
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...has Gamespot been underapreciating games lately, I mean look at some of the scores.

Gamespot Gamerankings

Spore Creatures - 6.5 7.0

Too Human - 5.5 68.9

Spore - 8.0 86.1

Mericaries 2 - 5.0 75.0

Facebreaker - 3.5 62.7

Pirates Vs. Ninja's Dodgeball - 3.5 49.5

Ferrari Challenge - 6.5 73.2

I understand that some of these games may not be exellent games as you can see they are significantly below the average (arguable).

I'm just saying I've seen so many flops lately

Is it genuinely the game itself or is it Gamespot?

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#2 BTBAM127
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i think spore is really underrated. i just beat it and WOW im itching to go bakc and expand my empire or start and new world already.
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#3 ManKelly
Member since 2005 • 412 Posts
They could of Hired somone new to rate the games. Or they decided to be harder on games to try to get the developers to make better games....
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#4 Toriko42
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I think Gamespot is in some sort of phase where it's gonna pan everything then go back to normal
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#5 BioShockOwnz
Member since 2006 • 52901 Posts

Spore = 9.0

Too Human = 7.5

Mercs 2 = 7.5

I believe this is what the games should've scored, but what are you gonna do? It's their opinion. Oh well.

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#6 FragTycoon
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It really more important what you think about the game. If you need help to find out if you will like a game enough to buy it you will need to actually read the review and disregard the point value they tack on to it.

People joke and fanboys puff out there chest at scores but its really up to you to make a educated buy.

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#7 DarthAror
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I've noticed this as well. Personally, I really don't like the new reviewers nearly as much... Also, GS really likes the attention it gets from being "different" from other reviewers (remember Twilight Princess? Gawd).
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#8 wally2nv
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gamespot hasnt been the same since 2007
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#9 V_Isle
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This is the same site that gave Deus Ex an 8.2. Whaddya expect?
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#10 mephisto_11
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according to gamespot assassin's creed, wario land shake it, and perfect dark zero are better than zelda twilight princess.
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#11 dracula_16
Member since 2005 • 16570 Posts

gamespot hasnt been the same since 2007wally2nv

That's true. It all started with the way reviews were re-designed. Their credibilty was destroyed when Jeff was fired, though.

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#12 mephisto_11
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i get flamed for this a lot but i think system wars rules are ridiculous and i refuse to use them. i think that metacritic and gameranking provide far more realistic scores than any one site. not that gamespot is a bad review site but there are quite a few questionable reviews.
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#13 MadCat09
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I miss the good ole' days.

*tear

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#14 V_Isle
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according to gamespot assassin's creed, wario land shake it, and perfect dark zero are better than zelda twilight princess.mephisto_11

I owned both TP and PDZ (still have PDZ), and I enjoyed PDZ a lot more, and this is coming from someone whose favorite game of all time is Ocarina Of Time. Twilight Princess felt like a boring re-hash of OOT and the Wii controls were very gimmicky; Midna's voice coming through the speaker annoyed the hell out of me, and aiming with the Wiimote was very frustrating and innaccurate. I sold TP and my Wii, and I still have PDZ. It's a very solid shooter with some innovative multiplayer modes like Infection, and deserved it's high score IMO.