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Give me a break? 2 10.0 games? AAA is becoming meaningless if GS is lax enough now to hand out 10.0s like candy.

If GS is becoming like IGN now, we should just use Game Rankings for AA/AAA status.

I was just wondering. At first it actually lost me, I didn`t really know what people were referring to when they wrote about AA or AAA games, although it was obvious it was some sort of ranking.

Anyway, I just wanted to know.

Good evening all…

Just a quick query about the taboos of S.W. Are we still using the “only gamespot matters“ mentality or have we adopted the broader range of reveiws at say Gamerankings and Metacritic? I ask this because Ive been seeing alot of differnet, conflicting opinons on the matter (Gamespot isnt credable, Gamerankings dont count, only Gamespot matters, to bad its better on Gamerankings etc.)

In my opinion we should be using every rescource availble to give each and every game a fair reveiw system, I think that Sytem Wars should count a games worth through a wider varity of professional opinions instead of just one, both to be fairer on the game and its audeince, heaven knows this is the most popular “video game debate forum“ On the web, so this seems like a pretty good move to me.

So Im interested in your opinion, what do you think??

thanks for reading.

Edit: My bad, I didnt mean to downplay Metacritc in anyway, Just got my websites mixed up is all, it happens to the best of us.

A lot of people say a plus of a system is the stuff you get with it and one argument is the mic you get. How many times have you honestly used your mic and it was actually usefull(Not just yelling “ZOMG YOU GUYS SUCK CAP LOCKS!!!”). I find myself saying about 5 times and all of those times were private group with friends. Personally I like typing messages to people on the pc. So do you think the standard mic is awesome selling point or a nice to have?

Thanks

EDIT-On a side note this does have to do with sw, it is a common argument used.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/235338.html

Sounds amazing, can`t wait for E3

First of all, I`m not objecting to the use of reviews, on the contrarily I love reviews but I do have an issue with the use scores. My main gripe with them is that their not factual, it`s an opinion, just a numerical representation of how much the reviewer like said game. On the other hand the actual text has actual evidence, for example the buggy camera in NG II, or the frame rate problems in Mass Effect, those are real issues that can be addressed and refuted with evidence.

The only time I have seen people quote a review is when it comes out and then after awhile people forget and start throw out these meaningless numbers that don`t really add to the discussion. I want point out that I don`t mean everybody, there are still some that may use the actual review to refute some of the more ridiculous claims I have seen here at SW, but that number seems to be declining more and more

To illustrate my point further lets see one of the most controversial reviews on GS; Ratchet and Clank FToD on the PS3.

Ratchet and Clank: Future Tools of Destruction Review

First of all I have no idea what and identity crisis is, I never heard that term used while describing video games and probably never hear it again. Asides from that you can see from the review that RaC: FToD has amazing graphics, stellar gameplay and a vast array of fun weapons to use. On the negative side it does have a too many unused gameplay mechanics and a non-existent story line.

Seems reasonable, you could argue that the excessive gameplay mechanics doesn`t really hinder the game, and a story isn`t really necessary for a plataformer, just look at Super Mario.

Of course most people and by people I mean fanboys, don`t do that when they talk about this game. What they do is just scream is “Ratchet and Clank 7.5 is teh suxxorz ” while completely avoiding the review, which was actually pretty positive.

So my question is this, why should we use the score to show how good a game if the review is a much better way of proving or disproving it.

I would also like to add that this has nothing to do with Ratchet and Clank, I just used that game to illustrate my point on how people just use the score rather than the actual review to dole out criticism about video games.

Just like to see how most users enjoy there gaming.

MGS4, fantastic game witch got a 10/10 here, but it is currently averaging around a 92-93% on GR. Wicth one should we use? Should we stick to only gamespot like we have been doing or use combined averages on GR?

http://www.joystiq.com/2008/07/09/see-how-wario-land-shakes-using-the-wiimote/

*sigh* Looks like another gimmicky use for the Wii mote this time..

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