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[QUOTE="SolidTy"]
Yeah, but you are saying this DLC is going to count, when in reality, when it's released on Disc is when it will count.Who's to say what a AAA score means for DLC? Just comparing it to full retail games is silly, like when Braid was compared to Super Mario Galaxy.
SolidTy
I don't mean to butt in on the conversation, but for one: Super Mario Galaxy and Braid are both comparable. A 9.5 stands for excellence and that is apparent when playing both Braid and Mario Galaxy. I could care less that Braid is a $15 XBLA and Galaxy is a $50 retail game. I enjoyed both and while I enjoyed Galaxy more I will always hold up the downloadable games on equal standing with the retail games. A game is a game, price doesn't matter, disc or no disc doesn't matter either and I don't care what the silly, unspoken rules of this place are with it's users. Quality is quality.
Also, wasn't it written in GameSpot's review that the game (Ballad of Gay Tony) would be easy to recommend to anyone even if it was a full retail game? That definitely sounds comparable to anything else out there doesn't it? It sure does to me.
They obviously weren't reviewed with the same standards. We all know this, so comparing is silly. BTW, I beat Braid the first night I DL'ed it, but guess what, I would review it highly because DL are reviewed differently.
A game is a game, BUT PRICE Does absolutely matter. Of course Quality is Quality, but all Quality is NOT EQUAL.
You are latching to a score as if the scores were done evenly, ther weren't. This subject has been done to death in SW, but comparing Braid to SMG is silly. Sorry. I will never agree otherwise, especially as an owner to both games.
I don't really care about the scores, I just used it to state that a 9.5 is quality. I could care less what any of these games score, I'll always play what I enjoy.
You saying that you think comparing a download game to a retail game is silly is your opinion and I won't try to sway that, but I will make you twist your rules to accept the Ballad of Gay Tony as otherwise.
However, and it's 3 AM here, so I may be a bit groggy right now, I'd like to set this up for you.
We are on GS forums.
We are talking about games that have been reviewed and given scores over a 9 on GS.
GS says that this game is comparable to any $60 game.
And somehow it doesn't count? And it doesn't count because you believe they've been reviewed with different standards? I say games are games. I could care less about GTA, never played one before, but I believe a game is a game and it should be judged as just that: a game. Not price, not if it's retail or download but based on if it's fun or not. Again, these are just differing opinions we have on the matter, but if GS finds it good enough to put these DLC titles up for GotY awards (remember Braid nominated as Best 360 game and Overall GotY?), than I believe they count. I believe a game is a game and I myself rate them based on how much I enjoy them. And I get the feeling GS does it the same way.
In fact, I'd like to go so far as to say that price is never considered for reviews but in fact it's the amount of content looked at for the game. One example is ODST, it was billed as $40 game came out $60, earned a 9 and it's because there's enough content in it to make it a total blast. I know this is just an assumption, but I believe ODST would have scored a 9.0 wether it was $40 or $60. It's content we look at, and from there we can look at the price. Is there enough content to justify the price? If the content's there, the game does well.
Quality is quality. It's a simple little saying and I use it as just that for myself to set my own standards.
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