Mozzarella
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They got better over time.
user reviews are infinitely more important. Especially Steam Reviews where you'd need to buy/play the game first
I only value my own taste and nothing else.
People praising Metacritic user reviews out out of their fucking minds. (BG3 by the way which in no way has been "banned from Twitch")
Who cares, at end of the day you are the one playing the game no one else, if you enjoying it then thats all that matters.This is basically how I approach gaming these days. Like I've been into gaming and collecting for so long that I have a pretty good concept of most of what is out there, and I know exactly what I generally enjoy and don't find appealing. This can often put me at odds with "the gaming community," fanboys, popular and sensationalist takes, but I guess that's just a part of having experience and knowing what you like.
Oh yeah I definitely agree with you there, but then again maturing and growing has a lot to do with that. Like when I was younger I would try to get into things that other people like, or try to find a way to enjoy whatever the popular new game was. Now a days, now that I am older and wiser, I just don't even bother with other people taste and biases. If I see something that grabs my personal interest, I will want to check it out regardless of what others think or have to say. If I see a bunch of people praising something that doesn't interest me at all, I just disregard it and don't bother with the game. I have been around gamers long enough to know how cliquish and sensationalist they can be.Who cares, at end of the day you are the one playing the game no one else, if you enjoying it then thats all that matters.
I played games long enough to know what I enjoy, I dont need reviews to tell me if Armoured Core VI is worth it or not, I have seen from the game and enjoyed devs work to know I'm gonna enjoy the game regardless what "scores" it gets.
Obsidian would get a bonus if Fallout New Vegas had a 85+ metascore, it ended with 84. Raf Grassetti said that it mattered a lot to Sony, and so did John Garvin from Days Gone that despite the game selling well and having a very popular public opion in contrast with critics Sony considered the latter to be one reason to not greenlit a sequel.Regardless of what the general gaming public thinks or believes what I can tell you from a factual standpoint is that Metacritic and OpenCritic is absolutely vital and super important to publishers. There are publishers out there that expect certain games to perform a certain way on these websites.
The only reason I am able to say this, is because i work in this idnsutry for over a decade and I've talked to some of the PR agencies that get hired by these publishers. I obviously won't mention the names of the PR agencies or the publishers due to privacy reasons. But they told me some very interesting and crazy things that happen behind the scenes.
I'll just say I had some very interesting conversations with these people that opened my eyes. People don't really realize how vital these meta scoring average is to these publishers. Behind the curtains, there is a stupid amount of pressure from the publishers to both their marketing agencies and the developers. Money is a root of all evil.
user reviews are infinitely more important.
100%Obsidian would get a bonus if Fallout New Vegas had a 85+ metascore, it ended with 84. Raf Grassetti said that it mattered a lot to Sony, and so did John Garvin from Days Gone that despite the game selling well and having a very popular public opion in contrast with critics Sony considered the latter to be one reason to not greenlit a sequel.
Anyone saying it doesn't matter doesn't see the whole picture, people want to make the most of their money and just will just look at the scores instead of reading reviews to save time, only games with popular word of mouth/big marketing/big name gets through mixed reception.
Lol please. Steam reviews are 99% awful meme cringlords posting idiotic shit akin to 4chan or YT comments as a review. With a few not retarded reviews.user reviews are infinitely more important. Especially Steam Reviews where you'd need to buy/play the game first
What’s this supposed to prove? You have no idea how many people who reviewed this (or any game on the entire site) has actually played the game.