[QUOTE="NeonNinja"]
[QUOTE="ianuilliam"]I'm pretty sure it's been explained quite a few times... Metacritic scores are, and have always been, usable here. By anyone and everyone. In all kinds of arguments. EXCEPT for the Metagame, including the Official SW Spreadsheet of A-AAAA exclusives, and the Official SW Hype/Flop status of games. Logically, for making a general statement like "X is the highest rated/most critically acclaimed game," it makes a lot more sense to use MC or GR than to use just a single score. Likewise for making a comparison between two games. Random guys opinion has less weight than professional journalist who is recognized by the industry for giving an opinion has less weight than an agregate of many professional journalists recognized for their opinions.
ianuilliam
OK.
But what's the point if Uncharted 3 scores less than Gears 3 on GameRankings, but scores more on Metacritic? What's the difference in reviews that they filter? At the end of the day, GR and MC are sites with random guys trying to figure out who is recognized, so we end up right where we started.
And again, highest rated exclusive is a 3DS game, people. Not a PS3 or 360 game.
Hey, I'm not here defending the thread topic, weighing in on it one way or the other... I've just seen todd basically the same thing in several different threads lately, going on about "Oh, cows use MC scores now because Uncharted's MC is higher, blah blah blah..." and as I said, it's been pointed out that MC scores have always been usable here, UNLESS we're talking about flops/metagame tally.As for GR vs MC... Since they aren't being used for anything official, like flops/metagame spreadsheets... it doesn't really matter. Use whichever you prefer. Or use GS. There's no rule. You might say "Game X is higher than Y on GS!" And I might say, "yeah, but Y has a higher MC!" and Joe whoever can say "but they're the same on GR!" and we're all right. I'm pretty sure the industry (publishers and such) tend to pay more attention to the MC than they do GR or any singular site, but they're all valid for discussion here.
Whats the 3ds game you're referring to, btw? I thought people were trying to claim SS was the highest (with its 4 whole reviews).
I'm not trying to argue with you here. I'm just curious as to what the point of these aggregate sites are since they end up deciding who we see. GR, MC, GS, whatever. If we're talking about scores there's a certain bit of fun to be had with the metagame, so whatever.
As far as the 3DS game, I'm referring to the remake of Ocarina of Time, sitting at a 94 right now. Skyward Sword may have a 98, but its only at 4 reviews, Ocarina 3D has over 80. And at the moment is the highest-rated exclusive. If we don't count Ocarina since it's a remake than the highest rated exclusive is one of the iOS games sitting at 93. Regardless, the highest rated is not Uncharted 3 unless we focus in on just consoles.
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