![]() Given some instances when Metacritic was asked to pull out a score due to erroneous objectivity ( GameSpot’s score of Natural Selection 2), Marc Doyle seems to stand firm with his decision of not considering the fact that it actually was an inaccurate review. In their FAQ, it clearly stated that “Several times throughout the year, we will re- our current group of publications and make additions and deletions to our panel if necessary.” It seems that Metacritic is still making other inactive and non-credible publications a “pass” for some unknown reasons – especially publications like Brash Games. You might want to watch Jim’s report about that. ![]() And oh yeah, Brash Games is still on Metacritic. Metacritic should update their publication list and tag those inactive ones to make their aggregate scores consistent and legit. And another publication, Game-Science, only has 2 reviews and the domain is still active but the content is not even about games anymore since it’s owned by a different person. ![]() I get a 404 Not found when I tried to visit Action Trip’s website. While they won’t add reviewers like ACG and Angry Joe, such publications like Action Trip only has 1 review and their publication is not even active anymore. It seems that Metacritic favor more on written publications and leaving out reliable reviewers out because of this (which is not even on their FAQ, so it’s quite a mystery). Trusted reviewers such as ACG and Angry Joe are not listed on Metacritic. I understand that there are certain metrics or traffic requirement for a publication or reviewer to be added on Metcaritic, but it seems their list is really outdated. User Reviews are still important, but it should be done in a professional and sensible way for us to take it seriously.Īside from the unmoderated User Review section, the publications they choose are also cherry picked. The moderators seem to ignore those unsolicited and unprofessional user reviews on products which put a huge negative impact. But that doesn’t also exclude the fans of Horizon: Zero Dawn as they also set some low numbers on Breath of the Wild’s user review score.Įven if Metacritic provides their audience with the perk of having user reviews, the downside is that it’s not moderated properly and constantly. It seems that fanboys, a term used for loyal people on a specific brand, have been setting Horizon‘s user review score as low as it can be. However, in this lengthy investigation from Jim Sterling, it shows the mystery behind the low scores of Horizon: Zero Dawn’s User Review. The aggregate site also feature User Reviews where the public can make an account and give out what they have to say about the product. It also made Microsoft to begin using Metacritic as their “quality” basis for Xbox Live Arcade games before they de-list the titles from their program in 2008. Some companies even depend on Metacritic for their employees bonuses. Publishers and developers, and even the gaming community, relies on Metacritic for the game’s quality and success. Metacritic has been the basis of the quality for each video-game released in the market. 1999 was the year when Marc Doyle decided to compete with Rotten Tomatoes by having their own aggregate site that caters not just movies, but music and video-games. ![]() They are also powered by the same company that manages GameSpot, GameFAQs, and GiantBomb – CBS Interactive. They take in all types of entertainment product reviews to aggregate. Metacritic is tackling a much broader scale of aggregating review scores. Now it leads to the question: which one is the better and reliable source? Metacritic or OpenCritic? We will talk about the two video-game reviews aggregator: Metacritic and OpenCritic. Publishers and developers have been too reliant on Metacritic since it’s one of the longest and considered to be the trustworthy reviews aggregate for games. ![]() Exclusive to video-game reviews aggregate sites are GameRankings and OpenCritic. When movies, films, series, and music have their own aggregate reviews site like Rotten Tomatoes and Any Decent Music, video-games have their own too. ![]()
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