So are reviews art?

@darji: Skyrim was generally recognized as the GOTY of 2011 and didn't even function on PS3.

Yeah totally agree here. That is why I liked that some reviewers actually downgraded the PS3 score but it should have been more strict in my opinion. As for the GOTY. some of these GOTY awards also excluded the PS3 version which again was the right thing to do.

@undeadpool said:

@milkman said:

Do we need a thread about this? The internet will be the internet. Who cares?

Which is great because...well, I'll let Reddit say it for me since it's where I found/realized it

Also I feel like I should bookmark this thread. WHOLE lotta users on here seem to forget the absolute SHITSHOW that kicked up over the DmC/MGR: Revengeance reviews. And those were just the most recent, but the mad, frothing "YOU DIDN'T SCORE THIS GAME HIGH ENOUGH/LOW ENOUGH" is in NO WAY confined to Gamespot's review comments.

Perfect! Yeah that might just be the thing I hate most about review scores. If a game gets a great score all over the board, there's inevitably a crowd of gamers who go against it because liking something that every else likes isn't cool. I don't think the Last of Us will be for everyone, but this is sort of a pointless conversation we're having, one which we'll all forget in a week or two.

At least his review reads like an 8. The Polygon review was : " Great atmosphere ! Great stealth ! Great characters ! I did not like the gunplay much...7.5 I guess..."

You forgot too hard^^

Objectivity in a review of a piece of entertainment media? Are you serious?

I said it before and I'll say it again: fuck review scores!

Do you seriously want something like a list of checkboxes for technical attributes? Are we talking about buying a vacuum cleaner or a video game?

@fredchuckdave: Fuck, that video was glorious. Thanks.

@you_died: a lot of places used to do that. old gamespot used to have that formula jeff used to talk about that pumped out a final score taking into account objective scores for production and whatnot and subjective reviewer tilt. gametrailers section off their video reviews with sections for gameplay, story, etc.

i remember gamepro used to divide review scores into categories as well, like "audio", "graphics" "gameplay" and of course "fun factor". good ol' fun factor.

And how should things such as audio be scored? The bitrate? Codec used? And how should graphics be scored? Texture resolution? Framerate? I agree that obvious technical hindrances should be pointed out, but the most important thing you have to remember is that these individual pieces only matter in the sense that they add up to a cohesive and fun experience, and experience is subjective.

yeah. the gamespot forums are the worst on the internet imo.

the giantbomb forums has its fair share of cunts thought. just go read brads DMC review or and quicklook with patrick. some real nasty cunts.

@bell_end: That username is appropriate to that statement... :P

its true though. i remember those that mocked patrick after his father passed away and some of the nasty shit i read in the live streams. it was shameful.

@brendan: Yeah I remember those... that wasn't pretty either. Though I still think that there were a lot more people agreeing/not bitching and crying, than there were of the others. Still think we're better for the most part.

In my experience, yes.

I have to say guys, I've just seen the opening 20 minutes and quite honestly as someone who has seen that happen in real life (I ain't talking about a zombie infection). I don't think I need or want that level of hell in my video games.

I felt uncomfortable and shit and I will continue to feel that way for the rest of the night. If that's what they were aiming for then they have succeeded. But i play video games to escape and have fun. I won't be watching that again when I play through the full game. Starting to think maybe polygon had a point with their criticism of the level of violence.

I need to go play something happy.

OH MY GOD HE ONLY GAVE IT AN 8

HE SURE DOES HATE THAT GAME