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The game development industry. Low pay, high pressure, trying to achieve better graphics and gameplay and whatnot all the time. Ratings and reviews as Michelin
by WA 10y ago
The game development industry. Low pay, high pressure, trying to achieve better graphics and gameplay and whatnot all the time. Ratings and reviews as Michelin awards.
- tetraodonpuffer 10y agobesides the ratings/reviews note that sometimes compensation is also tied to metacritic scores
- ekianjo 10y agoSadly unlike Michelin restaurants, you are not guaranteed to get a good game even if it has good reviews. Too much corruption going on.
- thenomad 10y agoI don't know much about the Michelin process, but I would be shocked if it was completely impartial either. And I do know that there's the well-known "French Michelin" phenomenon - a star in France means much less than a star elsewhere. There are, by repute, three-star Parisian restaurants that would be struggling to get two stars elsewhere in the world.
- ekianjo 10y agoWhat I mean is that a 3 stars restaurant is really never going to be "bad" by any measure. Michelin would kill their reputation if they gave out 3 stars to just any high-class restaurant. On the other hand, there are games like BioShock Infinite which get widespread critic appraisal, while the game is obviously just a repetitive shooter with corridors and an obvious lack of any freedom. Sure, it has a storyline (whether you like it or not is a different topic) but a game should be rated primarily for how good it is in its interactive medium, not its novelization. I picked on Bioshock Infinite but it's certainly not limited to that one.