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Sure, user reviews are totally useless across the board, not disagreeing with that. My point is that if a game gets exceptionally good critical reviews then a 0

Sure, user reviews are totally useless across the board, not disagreeing with that. My point is that if a game gets exceptionally good critical reviews then a 0 is almost always a hissy fit, not a serious assessment. And often the only thing that is "polarizing" is the game's financial success. (Edit: see my prediction about the game winning awards and seeing its user score knocked down accordingly.)

surgical_fire 1y ago
Funny you say that, I think user reviews are the only useful reviews for me to measure if a game is worth playing. I find professional reviews less than useless - those are essentially trash. Start with a quantitative analysis. A game has a 7. Is it a bunch of scores around 7? A bunch of 10s and some zeroes? Those will inform you some. Then do some qualitative analysis. See what people are praising or complaining about. Check if the complaints matter to you. If they don't, you should try it. > My point is that if a game gets exceptionally good critical reviews then a 0 is almost always a hissy fit, not a serious assessment Hard disagree. Critical reviews are pure marketing. I played games that are aggressively mediocre that were critically praised before.
- AIPedant 1y ago
  Speaking of bad faith... really seems like you're shifting the goalposts here. I specifically mentioned Baldur's Gate 3 as a game I didn't care for, I would have given it a 7/10. A 0/10 or 1/10 is preposterous. This is the specific problem I am talking about: absurdly low reviews driven by resentment. Is there a single game that averaged >80/100 on Metacritic which you would have given a 0?
  - surgical_fire 1y ago
    > I specifically mentioned Baldur's Gate 3 as a game I didn't care for, I would have given it a 7/10. A 0/10 or 1/10 is preposterous. Preposterous to you. You sound awfully judgemental of other people's opinions. Are your tastes inherently superior? I didn't play BG3, mostly because I don't like D&D. If I played BG3, I would most likely not like it very much due to my predisposition to dislike it, due to my dislike of D&D. If I gave it a low score, you would dismiss my score as resentment? Sorry, this is bullshit. This is hypothetical of course, since I didn't play nor rate BG3. > Is there a single game that averaged >80/100 on Metacritic which you would have given a 0? Me, personally? No, but that is more related to how I rate games. The games I played that I disliked the most got like a 3 or 4. Zero would be reserved to games that are fundamentally broken.
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surgical_fire 1y ago

Funny you say that, I think user reviews are the only useful reviews for me to measure if a game is worth playing. I find professional reviews less than useless - those are essentially trash. Start with a quantitative analysis. A game has a 7. Is it a bunch of scores around 7? A bunch of 10s and some zeroes? Those will inform you some. Then do some qualitative analysis. See what people are praising or complaining about. Check if the complaints matter to you. If they don't, you should try it. > My point is that if a game gets exceptionally good critical reviews then a 0 is almost always a hissy fit, not a serious assessment Hard disagree. Critical reviews are pure marketing. I played games that are aggressively mediocre that were critically praised before.

AIPedant 1y ago
Speaking of bad faith... really seems like you're shifting the goalposts here. I specifically mentioned Baldur's Gate 3 as a game I didn't care for, I would have given it a 7/10. A 0/10 or 1/10 is preposterous. This is the specific problem I am talking about: absurdly low reviews driven by resentment. Is there a single game that averaged >80/100 on Metacritic which you would have given a 0?
- surgical_fire 1y ago
  > I specifically mentioned Baldur's Gate 3 as a game I didn't care for, I would have given it a 7/10. A 0/10 or 1/10 is preposterous. Preposterous to you. You sound awfully judgemental of other people's opinions. Are your tastes inherently superior? I didn't play BG3, mostly because I don't like D&D. If I played BG3, I would most likely not like it very much due to my predisposition to dislike it, due to my dislike of D&D. If I gave it a low score, you would dismiss my score as resentment? Sorry, this is bullshit. This is hypothetical of course, since I didn't play nor rate BG3. > Is there a single game that averaged >80/100 on Metacritic which you would have given a 0? Me, personally? No, but that is more related to how I rate games. The games I played that I disliked the most got like a 3 or 4. Zero would be reserved to games that are fundamentally broken.
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