metacritic is hard to use as a reliable source because of hom many ratings sites they average. me2 has an average from 80 sites while uc2 has an average from 104 sites
Even with the gamecritics review ME2 is still 96 on Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/masseffect2 Uncharted 2 lower review is 8 I think in Metacritic.
[QUOTE="mtradr43"]idk where they got 7.5 from, i went through a couple reviews on that site and none of them give any numerical scores that i can notice.Odrec
For sites with no score Metacritic sets their own score considering what it says in the review. is that truly fair though? i mean, ive read a lot of reviews at different places where they said mostly good things about a game but give it a 7, or say a ton of bad stuff and still give it a 9.
[QUOTE="mtradr43"]idk where they got 7.5 from, i went through a couple reviews on that site and none of them give any numerical scores that i can notice.Odrec
For sites with no score Metacritic sets their own score considering what it says in the review.
In other words they just pull a number out of the air.
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
[QUOTE="Odrec"]Even with the gamecritics review ME2 is still 96 on Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/masseffect2 Uncharted 2 lower review is 8 I think in Metacritic. The lowest UC2 on MC is a 9.0. Yes, all AAA scores.
[QUOTE="Odrec"][QUOTE="mtradr43"]idk where they got 7.5 from, i went through a couple reviews on that site and none of them give any numerical scores that i can notice.topgunmv
For sites with no score Metacritic sets their own score considering what it says in the review.
In other words they just pull a number out of the air.
Well they consider the pros and cons on the review but yes, pretty much. I still usually agree more with the Metacritic overall score than with the score set here in GS, I think it reflects the quality of the game better most of the times (when there are enough reviews).
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
SpiritOfFire117
A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately.
[QUOTE="Odrec"] For sites with no score Metacritic sets their own score considering what it says in the review.Odrec
In other words they just pull a number out of the air.
Well they consider the pros and cons on the review but yes, pretty much. I still usually agree more with the Metacritic overall score than with the score set here in GS, I think it reflects the quality of the game better most of the times (when there are enough reviews).
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
Odrec
A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately. Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll:
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately. Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll: No reply, huh? Thought so.
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
SpiritOfFire117
A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately. Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll: http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;)
[QUOTE="Odrec"] A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately.Odrec
Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll: http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;) That still left a review riddled with spoilers. Also what agenda?
[QUOTE="Odrec"][QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"] Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll:
SpiritOfFire117
http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;) That still left a review riddled with spoilers.
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
[QUOTE="Odrec"][QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"] Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll:
SpiritOfFire117
http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;) That still left a review riddled with spoilers.
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
[QUOTE="Odrec"][QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"] A 7 for Halo 3 sounds about right. Good to see some sites rating it appropriately.SpiritOfFire117
Yeah, giving a review riddled with spoilers and completely skip the mp. That's some journalistic integrity there, buddy. But what the hell do you care? As long as it agrees with your agenda, **** integrity right? :roll:That still left a review riddled with spoilers. your opinion is irrelevant compared to the critic, he properly gave the perfect score to hes standards. just cause most people gave a 9.5 doesn't mean everyone should.
There's always one or two people who give out noticeably undeserving scores just to get hits on his website. How else would he get hits on a website? Need a good controversy.
[QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"][QUOTE="Odrec"] http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;)Odrec
That still left a review riddled with spoilers.
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
So what, you wanted Halo 3 to be some 2-D Side-Scroller Beat 'em up that had almost NOTHING to do with the first two or something?
There's always one or two people who give out noticeably undeserving scores just to get hits on his website. How else would he get hits on a website? Need a good controversy.Stevo_the_gamer
Luckily that short sightedness probably leads to a significant dip afterwards, hopefully below what they normally get.
your opinion is irrelevant compared to the critic, he properly gave the perfect score to hes standards. just cause most people gave a 9.5 doesn't mean everyone should. k25425
Where did my opinion play into this? And when did this become a Halo topic? I simply used that one site's Halo 3 review as an example of another game review they messed up on.
Lol got to love the people who haven't played the game agreeing with the score. Everyone has their own opinion, but this 7.5 is definitely an outlier in the grand scheme of things and that one opinion doesn't suddenly offset the overwhelming number of critical acclaim the game has garnered. I am sure if they gave Uncharted 2 a similar score people would change their tune about the website
[QUOTE="k25425"] your opinion is irrelevant compared to the critic, he properly gave the perfect score to hes standards. just cause most people gave a 9.5 doesn't mean everyone should. SpiritOfFire117
Where did my opinion play into this? And when did this become a Halo topic? I simply used that one site's Halo 3 review as an example of another game review they messed up on. Honestly reminds me of Eurogamer's reviews of Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition & Banjo-Kazooie XBLA. HORRIBLE reviews.
[QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"] That still left a review riddled with spoilers.
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
So what, you wanted Halo 3 to be some 2-D Side-Scroller Beat 'em up that had almost NOTHING to do with the first two or something? No but you shouldn't encourage developers to copy/paste the same game over and over to get high scores ala Call of Duty games. Strangely enough mostly only shooter developers are allowed to do that, every other type of game requires much more evolving to be considered good. Halo 3 was not the second coming of Christ it was hyped to be, it was just another Halo game.
There's always one or two people who give out noticeably undeserving scores just to get hits on his website. How else would he get hits on a website? Need a good controversy.Stevo_the_gamer
Or maybe they just thought the game was not so good afterall? If what you said were true they would have given Uncharted 2 a 7-6 review but they gave it a 9 :)
This was the same site that gave Halo 3 a 7 based on an ill-informed, spoiler-filled analysis of the single player without even touching the mp. Not a very good review site IMO. :roll:
SpiritOfFire117
Really? thats all i needed to hear *walks out thread*
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
Odrec
So what, you wanted Halo 3 to be some 2-D Side-Scroller Beat 'em up that had almost NOTHING to do with the first two or something? No but you shouldn't encourage developers to copy/paste the same game over and over to get high scores ala Call of Duty games. Strangely enough mostly only shooter developers are allowed to do that, every other type of game requires much more evolving to be considered good. Halo 3 was not the second coming of Christ it was hyped to be, it was just another Halo game.What the hell's wrong with "Another Halo game" when the Halo Franchise is consistent with the AAA scores? Besides, it's rather ignorant of you to say that Halo 3 added absolutely NOTHING to the Franchise.
[QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"][QUOTE="Odrec"] http://www.gamecritics.com/halo-3-review Halo 3 also shines in its much-lauded multiplayer combat mode. There are a wealth of maps and game modes to play on, and the matchmaking system is great at fixing players up based on their skill level, ensuring that most players should be able to get right into the action without any trouble. The only niggling problem when using the matchmaking system is players have very little say in what type of game they'll be playing and if they choose to start a custom game, all the players have to be invited. This forces gamers to choose between losing control or becoming social. Regardless, the multiplayer game plays fantastically. Halo 3's uncomplicated running and gunning style fits the deathmatch concept perfectly. Almost as if the controls were designed with the multiplayer in mind, as opposed to the single. Maybe you should try reading the review before making up stuff to suit your agenda. Just an advice ;)Odrec
That still left a review riddled with spoilers.
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
How little it evolved? Map editing tools, a brand new engine, new weapons, customizable armor, theater mode, equipment.... And how do you know all the other reviews fell in for hype? Is it possible the others also reviewed the game how they saw it?
[QUOTE="SpiritOfFire117"] That still left a review riddled with spoilers.enterawesome
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
How little it evolved? Map editing tools, a brand new engine, new weapons, customizable armor, theater mode, equipment.... And how do you know all the other reviews fell in for hype? Is it possible the others also reviewed the game how they saw it? Ignore the hater. He obviously has it in for Halo.
This is a lame review, its totally of the line... I mean, you see metacritic there are 79 reviews all above 90 and then this one is 1.5 under it...
k25425
still uncharted 2 has held its ground and mass effect 2 fell below it.Because of ONE lame review? Jeeze, I didn't know that people were THAT butthurt. :?
Spoilers or not they reviewed the MP. I just finished reading it and I think is one of the few accurate reviews out there for that game. It doesn't fall for the massive hype surrounding it and recognizes how little it evolved from the past Halo games.
gmc2u_64
How little it evolved? Map editing tools, a brand new engine, new weapons, customizable armor, theater mode, equipment.... And how do you know all the other reviews fell in for hype? Is it possible the others also reviewed the game how they saw it? Ignore the hater. He obviously has it in for Halo. I've seen how he is in other threads. He just seems to hate it because it's related to Microsoft. Otherwise, he wouldn't even bother. But this has strayed too far from Mass Effect 2.
Wow, I thought it was bad when I saw the lone 8 Uncharted 2 got, but this seems kind of unfair, especially when Modern Hypefare 2's lowest score (for console reviewers at least) is an 8.4.
Seriously, the game is good, but not better than Uncharted 2 or Mass Effect 2. PC reviewers got it right I say.
[QUOTE="gmc2u_64"][QUOTE="enterawesome"]How little it evolved? Map editing tools, a brand new engine, new weapons, customizable armor, theater mode, equipment.... And how do you know all the other reviews fell in for hype? Is it possible the others also reviewed the game how they saw it?SpiritOfFire117
Ignore the hater. He obviously has it in for Halo. I've seen how he is in other threads. He just seems to hate it because it's related to Microsoft. Otherwise, he wouldn't even bother. But this has strayed too far from Mass Effect 2.It has. Enough of the Halo Hate!
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