Poor user review score on MetaCritic... : V - Skyrim

Poor user review score on MetaCritic... · » Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:34 pm

I think that all bugs and issues and patches aside, just looking at the core game itself and judging it for what it can do, I'd say it's a solid 9.5 or even 10 in my eyes. It's easily one of the best games I've played yet.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:07 pm

I can spam 0 score reviews on Metacritic too.

This is why Metacritic svcks for it's supposed function.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:55 am

I think that all bugs and issues and patches aside, just looking at the core game itself and judging it for what it can do, I'd say it's a solid 9.5 or even 10 in my eyes. It's easily one of the best games I've played yet.

Xbox and PC version are, the PS3 version is a 5 at best.

I can spam 0 score reviews on Metacritic too.

This is why Metacritic svcks for it's supposed function.

It`s not getting zeros because people are spamming the review button, it`s getting zeros because it unplayable for a large portion of the PS3`s fanbase.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:35 am

I posted a review on MC, and although a 0 score was tempting, to make the overall score go lower and at a much faster rate, I kept it honest and gave it a 3. Those G4 forum mongers still can't believe it's (ex/?) betatesda fans that are giving it a low score, not Nintendo lovers.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:32 am

Maybe this is one big deal by Microsoft to get more people to buy xboxs....

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:27 pm

A game that is unfinished doesn't deserve a rating higher than that of a finished game. Even the worst finished game deserves a higher rating than an unfinished game, simply on the basis that it is playable from start to finish. This of course, is just my opinion.

Agreed. Good thing Skyrim was finished though.

If you had game breaking bugs, you were part of a tiny minority.. which, with Skyrims complexity / design is totally common (in comparison to other games of the same level).

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:05 pm

Like others have said, user reviews on Metacritic mean less than nothing. I would never trust them to be any sort of accurate measure of a game as they are often the result of trolls, [censored] and haters having a field day. Rather than people with honest, well thought out criticism or worthy praise.

Best to just ignore them if one were to ask me.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 9:27 am

Maybe this is one big deal by Microsoft to get more people to buy xboxs....

No, it's because Bethesda didn't want to lose revenue by delaying their game for release and thus released a broken game.

If you had game breaking bugs, you were part of a tiny minority.. which, with Skyrims complexity / design is totally common (in comparison to other games of the same level).

It's not a tiny minority on the PS3 version. Can people not read or something?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:14 am

Metacritic is unreliable because Trolls could inflate the score low or high.

Funny how I see this statement so often but folk cheer when the score is good.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 11:26 am

That's because a lot of people play the game on a crap system like the PS3. "OMG frame rate svckz."

Even though its not a multi-player game. "Da game be lags."

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:08 pm

That's because a lot of people play the game on a crap system like the PS3. "OMG frame rate svckz."

It`s not the PS3 fault, it bethesda`s. Stop trolling.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:27 pm

It`s not getting zeros because people are spamming the review button, it`s getting zeros because it unplayable for a large portion of the PS3`s fanbase.

It had over 1000, 0 score reviews before 1am the day of it's midnight release. :shakehead:

I find the whole PS3 situation really funny. Because other than the friends I know only through Steam who have the game on PC, my IRL friends with the game have it on PS3, have put much more time into than I have, and have not had any framerate issues at all.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:05 am

According to this article, 75% are suffering severe problems with Skyrim and 36% are suffering framerate bugs: http://www.blisteredthumbs.net/2011/12/bethesda-ps3-skryim-problems/

75% is a small minority when it comes to PR spinning.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:38 pm

It`s not the PS3 fault, it bethesda`s. Stop trolling.

I'm not trolling. Skyrim is massive what do you think? Should they shrink the game down more and use less textures so consol players can have better frames?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:11 pm

I'm seeing a user review of 8.5 for xbox and 8.3 for PC.

Where is the 5.5?

The Ps3 score.

I kind of pity the Ps3.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:11 am

Lot of immature people on the internet. Most comment seem to be ' The game svck because it's not what I wanted '. Little selfish little kid that believe the world owe them everything. Just ignore the immaturity and move on.
Dragon age user rating was just a complete utter joke.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:31 pm

No, it's because Bethesda didn't want to lose revenue by delaying their game for release and thus released a broken game.

The game was ready on the other platforms. There was no reason to delay PC and Xbox releases.

And imagine the complaining if PS3 was delayed and the others werent. Not really saying they aren't to blame but they were in a no-win situation.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:51 pm

It had over 1000, 0 score reviews before 1am the day of it's midnight release.

I find the whole PS3 situation really funny. Because other than the friends I know only through Steam who have the game on PC, my IRL friends with the game have it on PS3, have put much more time into than I have, and have not had any framerate issues at all.

My friends were lucky enough to not have problems, that must mean no one else is having problems!!!1

I'm not trolling. Skyrim is massive what do you think? Should they shrink the game down more and use less textures so consol players can have better frames?

Thats not why it`s lagging for PS3 users. It lagging due to poor memory management on bethesda`s part.

And imagine the complaining if PS3 was delayed and the others werent. Not really saying they aren't to blame but they were in a no-win situation.

I`d rather be pissed off about having to wait than waste 60$ on a broken game.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:45 pm

It was obvious it was a real hate campaign going on by a lot of immature gamers. It wasn't the majority of people though as everything else shows. Most can play, most love it and we all knew there would be some glitches at release. It's just something you ride out with these kinds of games. They are enormous and even the reviewers talked about glitches but rated it highly because they know.

That's all...and that's why the user metacritic score is meaningless to me. Met a Daedric god i'd never met before tonight and I didn't go mad...what a game. ha!

:tes:

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:20 am

I`d rather be pissed off about having to wait than waste 60$ on a broken game.

You could just not play it until it gets fixed. It will be the same amount of time anyway so what's the difference?

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:28 am

You could just not play it until it gets fixed. It will be the same amount of time anyway so what's the difference?

The difference is that they might not be able to fix it, in which case I`m down 60$ and have a new paperweight.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:08 pm

The difference is that they might not be able to fix it, in which case I`m down 60$ and have a new paperweight.

So, if that were the case, you're saying the responsible thing for them to do would be to not release the PS3 version at all?

That would have gone over really well.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:05 pm

So, if that were the case, you're saying the responsible thing for them to do would be to not release the PS3 version at all?

That would have gone over really well.

If they couldn't do it right, they shouldn't have tried. They have an obligation to release a finished and polished product, especially when they say crap like :

Yes, PS3 and 360 have reached a good place of parity….framerate, fidelity, etc. The PS3 version is getting a ton of attention

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:38 pm

I just read that some PS3 users have better hard drives than others. More than likely the people with the faster hard drives aren't complaining.

» Sat Jun 02, 2012 7:38 am

I just read that some PS3 users have better hard drives than others. More than likely the people with the faster hard drives aren't complaining.

No, people who went out of their way to purchase a SSD drive are having less problems. Which is ridiculous because of how expensive the damn things are.