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Metacritic has introduced a 36-hour delay to user reviews
Read More »Metacritic delays user reviews in a bid to combat ‘review bombing’
Patrice Désilets says Panache’s latest game didn’t review well because ‘Ancestors is so different’ and ‘some reviewers actually didn’t play’ it
"People expected my studio of 35 people to ship a game that is really close to Assassin's Creed, and it's just not possible"
Read More »Metacritic reveals Resident Evil 2 remake is the best-rated game of 2019
Shadows Die Twice and Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers come in second and third place respectively
Read More »Uncharted 4 is Metacritic’s highest rated game of the year
Sony’s PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has been crowned the best game of 2016 by reviews aggregator Metacritic. The title finished the year with a 93 per cent review rating. That does make it the second lowest rated winning game of the last five years, however, ahead of …
Read More »Metacritic crowns Metal Gear Solid V 2015’s best game, PS4 best console
The annual ranking at reviews aggregator Metacritic has named Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain as 2015’s highest reviewed game. However, the site’s takeaway message is thus: For the past several years, our year-end report on the year in games has contained a note stating that if the newest …
Read More »Niche ‘n’ easy: Meet the cult games that defy Metacritic
You may have not played Farming Simulator, Deadly Premonition or Sniper Elite, but it’s extremely likely you know them by name. These, and games like them, are examples of mid- and low-budget titles that have managed to achieve either commercial or critical success, despite their position outside the realm of …
Read More »OpenCritic is a new rival to Metacritic
Reviews aggregation site Metacritic has a new rival in the video games space. OpenCritic.com says it offers a more transparent scoring system than Metacritic, which still relies on a largely mysterious weighting system that assigns more importance to some scores than others. Users will be able to decide upon which …
Read More »GameStop: Metacritic to blame for game pre-order problems
Pre-orders are falling because gamers are paying extra attention to review scores, said GameStop international boss Mike Mauler. The retailer said that – much like in the UK – pre-orders have started to dip in America. But insisted that the number of consumers coming out day one remains healthy. Pre-orders …
Read More »Why Eurogamer ditched review scores
Earlier this month, Eurogamer made the decision to get rid of numerical scores from its reviews. In doing so the site joins the likes of Kotaku, which hasn’t had a numerical value attached to its reviews for several years. Towards the end of last year we strongly felt that scores …
Read More »Opinion: In defence of review scores
I am really quite fond of the review score. I’m that guy who, more often than not, skips to the final paragraph, sees the number and doesn’t read the full review. I know it’s not ideal. I’m a critic, too, and I hate the idea that someone just skips to …
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