Should SW use a different review sites to determine Flop/AAA status?

Seems like GS's reviews have been schizophrenic this year. Giving 10's out undeservingly, and flopping other games that are definately AAA status on the majority of other sites.

I would nominate Giant Bomb to be the new standard for judging SW scores. Heck, the reviewers there have been with GS longer than the current group of GS reviewers.

No, you should get over it.

It scored a 9, it's not a flop. You don't like it, don't come here.

No, you should get over it.

It scored a 9, it's not a flop. You don't like it, don't come here.

Chutebox

But at the same time Fable 2 is easily AAA.

Banjo will probably be underrated as well.

giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

[QUOTE="Chutebox"]

No, you should get over it.

It scored a 9, it's not a flop. You don't like it, don't come here.

FanofGames2

But at the same time Fable 2 is easily AAA.

Banjo will probably be underrated as well.

Why is it easily AAA? It's (just) below AAA status at gamerankings.

Move on...

giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

Jackboot343

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giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

FirstDiscovery

but thps3 is on the same level as lozott :|

giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

Jackboot343

He also got fired for no longer putting up BS scores.

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giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

WillieBeamish

He also got fired for no longer putting up BS scores.

Why are people damage controlling a 9.0 scoring game?JLF1

[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"][QUOTE="Jackboot343"]

giant bomb was made by a person who gave out two 10's

one to oot and one to thps3...that doesn't sound strange...? :?

Jackboot343

but thps3 is on the same level as lozott :|

But at the time, it was a high AAA game, just not that darn good

[QUOTE="FanofGames2"][QUOTE="Chutebox"]

No, you should get over it.

It scored a 9, it's not a flop. You don't like it, don't come here.

Chutebox

But at the same time Fable 2 is easily AAA.

Banjo will probably be underrated as well.

Why is it easily AAA? It's (just) below AAA status at gamerankings.

Move on...

Because it's awesome and pretty much everyone who has played it says this?

How can gamerankings be taken seriously when you have amateur review sites review games stupidly? For example, you know why halo 3 is a 94 at gamerankings despite the lowest score by any major site is a 9.5?

Because of these:

Seriously? A 7 for halo 3 with an article that states things that aren't even in the game (meaning happenings and facts, not glitches/ graphics, etc)? :|

just read it, if you played the game you'll be screaming in your mind to the reviewer, "You have not played this game!"

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=811429

Does this not sound like a forum post?
"As for the solo campaign, let me be upfront and honest here and tell you what every other reviewing site seems to be afraid to tell you: the solo campaign is a huge letdown. From the very beginning, it was blatantly obvious to me that I was, once again playing half a game advertised and sold as a complete game. My theory is that Bungie had Halo 2 wrapped up and finished as the last game in the Halo series and was ready to ship on the Xbox, but Microsoft realized that if they ended it the way they wanted, there would be no Halo for the 360. Obviously, this would have been a financial catastrophe for Microsoft and the Xbox 360, so they ordered Bungie to make it so that there would still be some story left for a Halo game on the 360. As a result, we are left with two games that really should have been packaged as one. Halo 3 is about as long as Halo 2 was, which is not that long at all. Lame. "

No, and I think you take all this scoring business too seriously.W1NGMAN-

READ THIS. You are taking this way too seriously.

no GS is law on GS. go to another site where you like the reviews.too_much_eslim

Pretty much how it is.

I would be for a collection of sites and averaging it out but it won't fly. The people in system wars are too stubborn. Even though it would put more weight on flops and AAA's again.Devil-Itachi

The reason I say Giant Bomb is because they use a 5 solid star rating system. That eliminates the whole bogus notion that AAAA games exist. You either have 5 stars (gold), 4 stars (silver), and 3 stars (bronze). That makes the most sense when it comes to reviews. Games like GS invite misleading reviews when you use a 20 point system (10 points in half point steps) because they are making the AA/AAA cut-off way too close.

Yes, good thread.

We should use metacritic. GS are horrbily inconsistent. And I cant stand it how they only rate games in increments of 0.5. mhsdrake

That's the fun in it, we have no clue what would flop and what won't. That's what is so good about this site's System Wars.

No we have had this system forever now....Lemmings don't like it so get over it

Cows don't like it...get over it

Sheep who don't like it....get over it

Hermits who don't like it....get over it

GS SCORES are just how we work here.

This has been discussed 1000 times.

Gamespot reviews count. End of.