Comments on: TPR Podcasts: Rants – Episode 2 : The Problem With MetaCritic http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/ News, Reviews, Articles For Gamers, By Gamers Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:45:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: piano score http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-341 piano score Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:32:57 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-341 <strong>piano score...</strong> Hello :) I bookmarked this site. Thanks heaps for this!... if anyone else has anything, it would be much appreciated. Great website Super Pianoforte Links http://www.en.Grand-Pianos.org Enjoy!... piano score…

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]]> By: Gamer Chick Among Boys http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Gamer Chick Among Boys Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:31:53 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-414 Yeah, it would be nice to have a standardized system for the game developer's benefit, but at the same time, isn't a review based solely on opinion? No matter how hard someone tries to be unbiased, there's always going to be favoritism thrown into play. <br><br>From personal experience, I was never a fan of the Final Fantasy series because the character development was classic easterner "I'm a roaming badass and I should have no emotion aside for repressed love for the female lead" mentality, along with overdrawn gameplay and overall sloppy feel. However, it's known as one of the most popular and highly rated RPG series of all time. Do I agree with the fanboys? No, but I do recognize they make good points.<br><br>My own point being that there are tons of gamers just like me who do look at reviews for advice on whether or not I should invest in a game. Although I suppose GameFly is the solution to that. :P Yeah, it would be nice to have a standardized system for the game developer's benefit, but at the same time, isn't a review based solely on opinion? No matter how hard someone tries to be unbiased, there's always going to be favoritism thrown into play.

From personal experience, I was never a fan of the Final Fantasy series because the character development was classic easterner “I'm a roaming badass and I should have no emotion aside for repressed love for the female lead” mentality, along with overdrawn gameplay and overall sloppy feel. However, it's known as one of the most popular and highly rated RPG series of all time. Do I agree with the fanboys? No, but I do recognize they make good points.

My own point being that there are tons of gamers just like me who do look at reviews for advice on whether or not I should invest in a game. Although I suppose GameFly is the solution to that. :P

]]> By: Will http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-413 Will Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:37:07 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-413 Thanks for listening, but just to further clarify some of your ponits. I was getting to the fact that people are discrediting Cross-Edge as a game because the graphics are extremely sub-par. I happen to like JRPGs... However, that still doesn't change the fact that the game deserves around a 7 rather than the 5's that it is receiving.<br><br>How am I a fanboy again, just because I like a genre of games? Thanks for listening, but just to further clarify some of your ponits. I was getting to the fact that people are discrediting Cross-Edge as a game because the graphics are extremely sub-par. I happen to like JRPGs… However, that still doesn't change the fact that the game deserves around a 7 rather than the 5's that it is receiving.

How am I a fanboy again, just because I like a genre of games?

]]> By: Gamer Chick Among Boys http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Gamer Chick Among Boys Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:31:53 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-265 Yeah, it would be nice to have a standardized system for the game developer's benefit, but at the same time, isn't a review based solely on opinion? No matter how hard someone tries to be unbiased, there's always going to be favoritism thrown into play. <br><br>From personal experience, I was never a fan of the Final Fantasy series because the character development was classic easterner "I'm a roaming badass and I should have no emotion aside for repressed love for the female lead" mentality, along with overdrawn gameplay and overall sloppy feel. However, it's known as one of the most popular and highly rated RPG series of all time. Do I agree with the fanboys? No, but I do recognize they make good points.<br><br>My own point being that there are tons of gamers just like me who do look at reviews for advice on whether or not I should invest in a game. Although I suppose GameFly is the solution to that. :P Yeah, it would be nice to have a standardized system for the game developer's benefit, but at the same time, isn't a review based solely on opinion? No matter how hard someone tries to be unbiased, there's always going to be favoritism thrown into play.

From personal experience, I was never a fan of the Final Fantasy series because the character development was classic easterner “I'm a roaming badass and I should have no emotion aside for repressed love for the female lead” mentality, along with overdrawn gameplay and overall sloppy feel. However, it's known as one of the most popular and highly rated RPG series of all time. Do I agree with the fanboys? No, but I do recognize they make good points.

My own point being that there are tons of gamers just like me who do look at reviews for advice on whether or not I should invest in a game. Although I suppose GameFly is the solution to that. :P

]]> By: Will http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-264 Will Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:37:07 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-264 Thanks for listening, but just to further clarify some of your ponits. I was getting to the fact that people are discrediting Cross-Edge as a game because the graphics are extremely sub-par. I happen to like JRPGs... However, that still doesn't change the fact that the game deserves around a 7 rather than the 5's that it is receiving.<br><br>How am I a fanboy again, just because I like a genre of games? Thanks for listening, but just to further clarify some of your ponits. I was getting to the fact that people are discrediting Cross-Edge as a game because the graphics are extremely sub-par. I happen to like JRPGs… However, that still doesn't change the fact that the game deserves around a 7 rather than the 5's that it is receiving.

How am I a fanboy again, just because I like a genre of games?

]]> By: Lamont Raymond http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Lamont Raymond Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:31:19 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-263 By your own rules as stated earlier in the podcast, because you say that most critics gave Cross-Edge about a 5, and you LOVED it, you're obviously a fanboy and we should ignore you because you're a fanboy. Actually, I quite disagree with you there and think we SHOULD pay attention to you. Don't you get it?? We don't need a standardized scale for all critics. So long as each critic has integrity with his/her own scale, sites like Metacritic work. A tough grader that grades a representative sample of games will be tough on everyone. An easy grader will be easy on everyone. And the Metacritic score will work out. You don't have to be a math professor to understand that. By your own rules as stated earlier in the podcast, because you say that most critics gave Cross-Edge about a 5, and you LOVED it, you're obviously a fanboy and we should ignore you because you're a fanboy. Actually, I quite disagree with you there and think we SHOULD pay attention to you. Don't you get it?? We don't need a standardized scale for all critics. So long as each critic has integrity with his/her own scale, sites like Metacritic work. A tough grader that grades a representative sample of games will be tough on everyone. An easy grader will be easy on everyone. And the Metacritic score will work out. You don't have to be a math professor to understand that.

]]> By: Nick Powers http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Nick Powers Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:56:05 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-262 You LOVE the word "essentially". Othwerwise, great rant. Fanboys are not people. You LOVE the word “essentially”. Othwerwise, great rant. Fanboys are not people.

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]]> By: Will http://thepowerreview.com/blog/2009/07/01/tpr-podcasts-rants-episode-2-the-problem-with-metacritic/comment-page-1/#comment-260 Will Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:46:27 +0000 http://thepowerreview.com/blog/?p=323#comment-260 haha, I said people, then I corrected myself and said fanboys... it's because they're not really people.. haha, I said people, then I corrected myself and said fanboys… it's because they're not really people..

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