PS3 Games that sold millions yet Average Reviews,Why?

Reviewers have a much larger task at hand. Reviewers do not review a game on simply whether THEY like it or not, more so on whether the public will like it or not. These certain reviewers failed to do so yet instead push their own bias propaganda on the public. Especially GameDaily, in their Review of R2 you could tell that they were itching to blert GoW2 is better! the whole time. And they did right at the end.

Heavenly Sword has a 79 metacritic average when the game should really be somewhere around an 8.8

Uncharted has a 8.8 average where it should be somewhere around a 9.5

RFOM averages as a 8.6 when those who played it put it somewhere around a 9.3

Reviews are meant to lead the average consumer in the right direction on what is worth buying over something else. This is their purpose do you not agree? Hardcore gamers like you or I, ppl who surf gaming forums are much more informed on a game's significance. We are highly knowledgable of the games we are interested in already and do not need to hear it from a word of mouth reviewer(to an extent).

Yet common/casual consumers are not that knowledgeable of games before a review tells them. If a review says the game is bad or that it does not compete with other games they will not buy it. As hardcore gamers we are better at making these decisions for ourselves.

My point is....
The hardcore gamers who already knew about these games, and regardless of the media giving it low scores, knew better and still got these games. Unfortunately the same cannot be said for the casual game buyer. They missed out on the opportunity because the reviews said otherwise.

This is why I cannot tolerate shifty reviews that in return hinder the success of the game and it's developers.


You ever wonder why gamers are satisfied with Fable 2's reviews? Its because they were fair to the game. Most gamers actually AGREE with the scores given to it.

Then you have PS3 exclusives, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Resistance , R2, etc. These games got bad reviews yet for some reason the general public LOVES these games. THey actually sold over a million copies to bode Greatest hit status. So if these games are selling that means they are actually good in contradiction to what the reviewers said. Does that not make the reviewers wrong? The ranking of games is to show which games are worth buying. These games have proven to be worth it so what is the deal?

Bias!Good ol fanboy centric bias, thats what.

These games have proven to be worth it so what is the deal?

Bias!Good ol fanboy centric bias, thats what.Team_Microsoft

Because real gamers dont care about scores thats why.PS3Breeder

lol you ended the thread pretty quick

Reviewers have a much larger task at hand. Reviewers do not review a game on simply whether THEY like it or not, more so on whether the public will like it or not. These certain reviewers failed to do so yet instead push their own bias propaganda on the public. Especially GameDaily, in their Review of R2 you could tell that they were itching to blert GoW2 is better! the whole time. And they did right at the end.

Heavenly Sword has a 79 metacritic average when the game should really be somewhere around an 8.8

Uncharted has a 8.8 average where it should be somewhere around a 9.5

RFOM averages as a 8.6 when those who played it put it somewhere around a 9.3


You ever wonder why gamers are satisfied with Fable 2's reviews? Its because they were fair to the game. Most gamers actually AGREE with the scores given to it.

Then you have PS3 exclusives, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Resistance , R2, etc. These games got bad reviews yet for some reason the general public LOVES these games. THey actually sold over a million copies to bode Greatest hit status. So if these games are selling that means they are actually good in contradiction to what the reviewers said. Does that not make the reviewers wrong? The ranking of games is to show which games are worth buying. These games have proven to be worth it so what is the deal?

Bias!Good ol fanboy centric bias, thats what.

Team_Microsoft

[QUOTE="Team_Microsoft"]

Reviewers have a much larger task at hand. Reviewers do not review a game on simply whether THEY like it or not, more so on whether the public will like it or not. These certain reviewers failed to do so yet instead push their own bias propaganda on the public. Especially GameDaily, in their Review of R2 you could tell that they were itching to blert GoW2 is better! the whole time. And they did right at the end.

Heavenly Sword has a 79 metacritic average when the game should really be somewhere around an 8.8

Uncharted has a 8.8 average where it should be somewhere around a 9.5

RFOM averages as a 8.6 when those who played it put it somewhere around a 9.3


You ever wonder why gamers are satisfied with Fable 2's reviews? Its because they were fair to the game. Most gamers actually AGREE with the scores given to it.

Then you have PS3 exclusives, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Resistance , R2, etc. These games got bad reviews yet for some reason the general public LOVES these games. THey actually sold over a million copies to bode Greatest hit status. So if these games are selling that means they are actually good in contradiction to what the reviewers said. Does that not make the reviewers wrong? The ranking of games is to show which games are worth buying. These games have proven to be worth it so what is the deal?

Bias!Good ol fanboy centric bias, thats what.

fluxorator

HS is an 8.0 here , 80 at gamerankings .... that seems like quality to me. That doesn't seem to be average at all.

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

67gt500

[QUOTE="67gt500"]

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

fluxorator

I completely agree. There have only been a few multiplayer games that I have ever consider good.

Perfect Dark Zero sold millions....it doesn't make it goodLordDhampire

Yeah, ture it was a bad game. But since it had the PD name and it got great reviews. Well it did here I don't know about any other place. Most people impusled and bought the game without knowing much about it.

[QUOTE="fluxorator"][QUOTE="67gt500"]

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

organic_machine

I completely agree. There have only been a few multiplayer games that I have ever consider good.

[QUOTE="organic_machine"][QUOTE="fluxorator"][QUOTE="67gt500"]

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

fluxorator

I completely agree. There have only been a few multiplayer games that I have ever consider good.

I disagree, Uncharted can have a well integrated multiplayer just like Gears. I'm hoping the sequel will follow suit.

Because real gamers dont care about scores thats why.PS3Breeder

Thread over.

[QUOTE="fluxorator"][QUOTE="organic_machine"][QUOTE="fluxorator"][QUOTE="67gt500"]

Heavenly Sword and Uncharted have no multiplayer which usually knocks a game's review score down a point or two...

The bias of which you speak isn't so much against PS3 as it is against games (in general) that ship without online multiplayer.

dark-warmachine

I completely agree. There have only been a few multiplayer games that I have ever consider good.

I disagree, Uncharted can have a well integrated multiplayer just like Gears. I'm hoping the sequel will follow suit.

[QUOTE="Team_Microsoft"]

Reviewers have a much larger task at hand. Reviewers do not review a game on simply whether THEY like it or not, more so on whether the public will like it or not. These certain reviewers failed to do so yet instead push their own bias propaganda on the public. Especially GameDaily, in their Review of R2 you could tell that they were itching to blert GoW2 is better! the whole time. And they did right at the end.

Heavenly Sword has a 79 metacritic average when the game should really be somewhere around an 8.8

Uncharted has a 8.8 average where it should be somewhere around a 9.5

RFOM averages as a 8.6 when those who played it put it somewhere around a 9.3


You ever wonder why gamers are satisfied with Fable 2's reviews? Its because they were fair to the game. Most gamers actually AGREE with the scores given to it.

Then you have PS3 exclusives, Uncharted, Heavenly Sword, Resistance , R2, etc. These games got bad reviews yet for some reason the general public LOVES these games. THey actually sold over a million copies to bode Greatest hit status. So if these games are selling that means they are actually good in contradiction to what the reviewers said. Does that not make the reviewers wrong? The ranking of games is to show which games are worth buying. These games have proven to be worth it so what is the deal?

Bias!Good ol fanboy centric bias, thats what.

fluxorator

Identity crisis? Thread = 7.5 confirmed!

lol it's just an*Cough* act*Cough*Team_Microsoft

Something tells me that you are either PS_John or Ghost MLD.

Are you asking me why they didn't get higher scores?

Heavenly Sword- 6 hour single player campaign

Uncharted- 10 hour single player campaign

Neither of those had on-line.

so, I may have misinterpreted your post but I'm getting the simple message that reviews don't equal a good game but sales do?

because bulletproof sold a lot and psychonauts didn't

and hs sucked big time

this thread is a complete failure

I hate when people dimiss a game because it's not "AAA"

I play games that aren't a even an "A" according to Gamespot like Mercs 2, Army of Two and had hella fun:)

I would be missing out on a lot of games if I only played "AAA" games

Are you asking me why they didn't get higher scores?

Heavenly Sword- 6 hour single player campaign

Uncharted- 10 hour single player campaign

Neither of those had on-line.

bamafan1359

uncharted was very underrated... i think most people have accepted that.

Heavenly sword and R1 were however not particularly amazing. good, but not fantastic.

Some reviews for R2, however, are Very unfair. You see some reviewers picking on minor things like the story not being as clear as the last game. at the same time, IGN said about gears: No real story, basically same as the last game, better graphics... and then gave it 9.5?

Seriously??!?!?

uncharted was very underrated... i think most people have accepted that.

Heavenly sword and R1 were however not particularly amazing. good, but not fantastic.

Some reviews for R2, however, are Very unfair. You see some reviewers picking on minor things like the story not being as clear as the last game. at the same time, IGN said about gears: No real story, basically same as the last game, better graphics... and then gave it 9.5?

Seriously??!?!?

thetruespin

You don't speak for all of us. I own/owned all three of those games, beat resistance: 9.0

Beat uncharted: 8.0 (mainly due to the fact that i beat it on hard in 6.5 hours, and the gameplay is pretty darn repetative)still fun though

Heavenly sword: Just got it about a week ago, and although i agree it could be underrated, if the game really is about 6 hrs the 8.0 or so ish scores it recieved seem completly justifyable to me.

Are you asking me why they didn't get higher scores?

Heavenly Sword- 6 hour single player campaign

Uncharted- 10 hour single player campaign

Neither of those had on-line.

bamafan1359

Have you played uncharted? Because if it takes you 10 hours to beat that game you must not be very good at video games.

And yes i played it on hard and tryed to find as many artifacts as i could.

on normal the game MIGHT last you 7hrs.........but to do that you would have to die ALOT

Uncharted had a mediocre shooting engine, mediocre gameplay... great graphics, no multiplayer. 8,5 would be absolute max to give this game. 8,0 is nothing to whine about. HS, good but too short. RFOM, i think 8,5 is actually overrated, it was a mediocre FPS with generic online, but it was PS3 only release game that was worth playing, that`s why it sold so much. Compare it to COD4 (9.0), Resistance doesn`t come close, 0,5 is way too little between these 2 games, should be a full point.

After MGS4 getting a 10 cows should be happy and thankful for all eternity.

Uncharted had a mediocre shooting engine, mediocre gameplay... great graphics, no multiplayer. 8,5 would be absolute max to give this game. 8,0 is nothing to whine about. HS, good but too short. RFOM, i think 8,5 is actually overrated, it was a mediocre FPS with generic online, but it was PS3 only release game that was worth playing, that`s why it sold so much. Compare it to COD4 (9.0), Resistance doesn`t come close, 0,5 is way too little between these 2 games, should be a full point.

After MGS4 getting a 10 cows should be happy and thankful for all eternity.

sebbi11

Lets compare a launch title to Call of Duty 4 one of the most overrated shooters this gen.

And just for the TC's information, Heavenly sword DID NOT SELL MILLIONS of copys. In fact it sold LESS THAN HALF A MIL, which is why sony already anounced that there would be NO SEQUAL. grimhope

What are you talking about? It sold over a million copies.

LINK

Guess you don't always speak the truth.

[QUOTE="grimhope"]And just for the TC's information, Heavenly sword DID NOT SELL MILLIONS of copys. In fact it sold LESS THAN HALF A MIL, which is why sony already anounced that there would be NO SEQUAL. GranReyUno

What are you talking about? It sold over a million copies.

LINK

Guess you don't always speak the truth.

Nice one. This is the first time i have actually been totally owned on SW. I could have sworn less than 6mth ago I read on gamespot that HS had sold less than 400,000 copies. I am right about the announcment that there would be no sequal though.

I accept my full ownage and bow to you're superiority

They sold over a million because they were the best games on the system at the time, but when they are reviewed they are compared games on all systems. Thats why they got the scores that they did.

[QUOTE="GranReyUno"]

[QUOTE="grimhope"]And just for the TC's information, Heavenly sword DID NOT SELL MILLIONS of copys. In fact it sold LESS THAN HALF A MIL, which is why sony already anounced that there would be NO SEQUAL. grimhope

What are you talking about? It sold over a million copies.

LINK

Guess you don't always speak the truth.

Nice one. This is the first time i have actually been totally owned on SW. I could have sworn less than 6mth ago I read on gamespot that HS had sold less than 400,000 copies. I am right about the announcment that there would be no sequal though.

I accept my full ownage and bow to you're superiority

[QUOTE="GranReyUno"]

[QUOTE="grimhope"]And just for the TC's information, Heavenly sword DID NOT SELL MILLIONS of copys. In fact it sold LESS THAN HALF A MIL, which is why sony already anounced that there would be NO SEQUAL. grimhope

What are you talking about? It sold over a million copies.

LINK

Guess you don't always speak the truth.

Nice one. This is the first time i have actually been totally owned on SW. I could have sworn less than 6mth ago I read on gamespot that HS had sold less than 400,000 copies. I am right about the announcment that there would be no sequal though.

I accept my full ownage and bow to you're superiority

No need, you are still the truth Grim!

BECAUSE there is such a thing as a real living world outside of system wars where gamers actually pick up games without......(gasps).........without checking back if a game scored the hype level from a bunch of fanboys in order to be a good game.......

[QUOTE="PS3Breeder"]Because real gamers dont care about scores thats why.Giancar

lol you ended the thread pretty quick