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15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Moral Relativism in a... · 0 replies · +1 points

Edwin, good eye. Those stats were pulled directly from the Counter as examples, but not all at the same time. So the math won't work.

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Trucker's Delight: di... · 0 replies · +1 points

I just read some reviews which said this game was over-priced at $3. It's now .99, like you say here. I find it interesting how iPhone games turn the idea of gaming 'value' on its head. People will pay 60 dollars for console games, some of which will get 10 hours of play or less. Some iPhone games sometimes provide weeks of fun, for a buck. I can't imagine not buying Trucker's Delight—even if I only play it once, I've gotten decent value compared with how else I might have spent the buck.

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 0 replies · +1 points

ha, definitely, I love when there's analysis going on. I already know i'm an idiot, I don't need trolls to tell me.Your example of Metro 2033 is a good one because it's not a cut and dry 'good' game, lots of people had issues with it. on one hand it's good, but is anyone going to keep coming back to it when they own BC2 or MW2, etc. My copy of Singularity hasn't arrived yet but I'm excited about it too, even if it's not a top-flight shooter, it sounds like it does enough different (timeshifting puzzles) that it'll be really interesting. Although Im pretty sure my total playtime for Crackdown will be longer, with orbs and co-op with friends.

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 0 replies · +1 points

;)

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 2 replies · +1 points

You make a lot of good points. Bear it mind though, I didn't say critics were wrong, I'm a critic. I just think some of the reasoning provided by the handful of reviews that absolutely lambasted the game, was suspect. And I didn't call for the netizens to flame the shit out of them, I said "go yell intelligent things at them", I'm all about trying to stimulate debate :D

I played Crackdown 2 and really liked it, and plan to play a lot more of it. Mind you, if I'd played more of the original, I might be tired of it. I'm also assuming a readership that includes lots of people for whom Crackdown 2 will be their first game; as pointed out, lots and lots of people are just buying their first Xbox.

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 4 replies · +1 points

The rant's intended purpose is to question the validity of heavily factoring one's own unique expectations into their blanket analysis. I think I've done that. It doesn't make me feel better, it makes me feel like i'm campaigning for content that better serves readers.

And I think you're asking me to define "obscuring the meaning of Metascore"... work me with, here. A metascore is supposed to be an unbiased average, based on a sizable sample. It stop being that, the moment people willfully manipulate it. By giving a 'mediocre' game a 'terrible' score, in an attempt to "bring it down to where it needs to be" by neutralizing some ratings he deems too high, a reviewer, even though he's just one dude, is literally trying to "work the system', and effect the force of more than 1 contributor.

if a game is a 65, give it a 65, don't give it a 45 to knock down somebody else's 85. when does it end? when will someone give, say, Deadly Premonition, a 10, in order to make a point? Cough.

I think a lot of the crackdown 2 reviews were journalist/critic serving, not gamer serving, bottom line.

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 0 replies · +1 points

i agree with everything you said, and i still think it was a ton of fun to play

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 0 replies · +1 points

nah, but maybe when you comment its auto +1? it's whatever the default in this comment plugin is. So, anyway, what did you think of Crackdown 2?

15 years ago @ The Side Mission - gam... - Gamer Spew: Crackdown... · 5 replies · +1 points

Sigh.. K, i'll bite, anonymous. It's not the fact a few people didn't like Crackdown 2, that was my issue. It's pointing a finger at people who really liked the Crackdown vibe, but panned the sequel just because it didn't live up to their expectations for sequels, nevermind the fact that it's still a fun game. I find it self-interested, and not that helpful to readers. and it skews the meaning of a metascore.

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