I honestly kind of agree with this. A lot of people see metacritic/opencritic scores and take it at face value. I a lot of people that would just instantly write off a game if it isn’t higher than 80/100.
Well if I only have time to play a game a month, I’m not gonna play a 6/10 game. I’m not saying to blindly trust metacritic but when you seldom play games you need to filter them aggressively somehow.
I prefer the steam reviews and check that the guy reviewing has enough hours played.
I can’t remember ever having used meta critic to guide a purchase. There is so much content both from forums and YouTube/Twitch that gives you much more accurate impressions of games. Meta critic seems rather pointless nowadays.
It’s a useful place to find out if something totally sucks though. That’s how I use it. 60+? Probably good, at least for some audiences. Less than that? Only if you’re already hyped or a fan of whatever thing it’s related to.
Yeah I mean ratings are giving you an idea of whether there’s a chance you like that game. The higher the rating, the higher the chance. But there’s always a bit of chance involved.
I tend to buy highly rated games much more often, but if I really am hyped for a game with an OK rating, I still might give it a go. You never know if it will hit your specific niche.
Yep typical ratings are oriented relative to the “average” consumer. But no person is actually THE average.
That’s very well put
I agree. I have so many games in my backlog that using this method has worked to keep myself under control lol
People like to simplify things and a number is really simple. It’s not a lossless simplification tho.
In 99% of the situations, i couldn’t care less what the metacritic score is. Reviewers can be paid, publications can be biased and/or tired, and in general, a lot of the scores don’t actually represent how real players feel.
This is especially obvious, when reviewing longer games, or specifically MMOs. You cannot rank that after playing for 10 hours.
My first stop for reviews is always my friends. Based on their general recommendations, i frequently find incredibly fun games, that are otherwise unimpressive at first glance
For sure. You’re better off finding YouTubers in a given space, skim a few videos, and subbing to someone with similar opinions.
Games are like food. Everyone in the world can give a place 10/10 but if they use too much of an ingredient you didn’t like who cares?
Youtubers, nah, they’ve got bills to pay and won’t ever bite the hand that feeds.
Steam reviews are probably the least biased.
