Proto Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) There is a real theorem that a random variable will reflect its underlying probability over a very large sample. In this case, we're using Metacritic's user rating of 5.9: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic/user-reviews Putting 1500 random gamers to the test with SWTOR for a month and have them rate it on a scale of 1-10. You will very likely come up with an accurate measure of the game's worth based on that many reviews. That is what we have here and that is why user reviews are far more powerful and accurate than the skewed 'paid' reviews you'll see from sites like IGN, Gamespot, etc. Swtor's real score (I think its a bit high): 5.9 You can always enjoy this visual representation of the above score as well: EDIT: Its up to 1,546 ratings now, still at 5.9 Edited February 8, 2012 by Proto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedricshots Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) I like the game and thats all that matters. Edited February 1, 2012 by Daedricshots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineschmidt Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 But but but...it won the Gamespy mmo of the year award, it must be good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amenian Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Metacritic always has low scores. Look at the other sites like Gamespot and IGN and such for their user scores and you'll see them much higher. It's too easy to create dummy accounts and troll vote down games on Metacritic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apocalypsezero Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Metacritic is useless. Edited February 1, 2012 by Apocalypsezero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotten Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 yes, lets allow 1500 people, a large portion of which has prolly not even played the game rate something. polls like this are stupid, its like when BBC says "The UK population hates cheese" - sample of 100 people asked. or if you are american, when they say they have asked 100 americans whether or not they like obama and then saying americans hate him. This size pool is so small its pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quip Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Sound pretty well right, the game does some things really well and other things really poorly. Your perception of TOR is going to depend on your gaming and MMO priorities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PibbyPib Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Gamespot User Score Average: 8.6 http://www.gamespot.com/star-wars-the-old-republic/platform/pc/ I assume you have some reason why your argument doesn't apply to numbers you don't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Force_Me Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Kind of interesting that more people rated it positive than negative. Kind of interesting that it either gets a "10" or "1". So, people either love it or hate it. What esle is new? The only rating that matters to me, is mine. Otherwise, what is your point? Edited February 1, 2012 by Force_Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seminoles Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Honestly I think it shouldnt even got that I think it is a 1.9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsukae Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Lol at all the people that gave it 1/10. I don't think anyone could reasonably argue that an accurate score for the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedricshots Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Honestly I think it shouldnt even got that I think it is a 1.9 took you 4 years to come to that conclusion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khryn Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 THEY WERE PAID TO SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT BIOWARE STAR WARS GAME!!11!! err Bad Things!!! Yeah! PAID I TELL YOU. LOL. Tinfoil hat, angry QQ'rs because you can't one-shot out of ranged stealth... It's all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quip Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) But but but...it won the Gamespy mmo of the year award, it must be good! Everybody gets at least five "game of the year" awards if they spend enough money on advertising. I'm giving the "Quip Great Damned Toy of the Year" award to LEGO, because I play with my kids and we have fun doing it. Edited February 1, 2012 by Quip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebbikenezer Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I don't think Metacritic is right, or wrong for that matter. I have seen a rating that was terrible on some amazing games.. from Metacritic. I have also seen the ratings from there be pretty much spot on. So as far as SWTOR goes.... yeah I'll pass on the metacritic score, mostly because people enjoying a game don't criticize it and those not enjoying it waste TOO much time criticizing, with nothing constructive. Also: Why do I need to know what 1500 people think about something to judge my own experience? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strattjw Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Lol at all the people that gave it 1/10. I don't think anyone could reasonably argue that an accurate score for the game. But read some of the comments and it all makes sense. I mean really it isn't an MMO since it has instances in it and more then one server.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanarchy Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 And on mmorpg.com it's rated as 8.1 http://www.mmorpg.com/gamelist.cfm/game/367/view/ratings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phlyersfan Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 game stop user score of 8.1 http://www.gamestop.com/pc/games/star-wars-the-old-republic-online/88761 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selaik Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 (edited) Honestly I think it shouldnt even got that I think it is a 1.9 I think a 0.9 . But thanks for the $15 will help in development of content when I hit 50. Edited February 1, 2012 by Selaik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Vala Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 I rate Metacritic as 2.1. Your mileage might wary. It is one of the only published negative reviews for the game so of course it is easy to drag into every discussion where you want to "prove" that the game is bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewser Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 There is a real theorem that a random variable will reflect its underlying probability over a very large sample. In this case, we're using Metacritic's user rating of 5.9: http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic/user-reviews Putting 1500 random gamers to the test with SWTOR for a month and have them rate it on a scale of 1-10. You will very likely come up with an accurate measure of the game's worth based on that many reviews. That is what we have here and that is why user reviews are far more powerful and accurate than the skewed 'paid' reviews you'll see from sites like IGN, Gamespot, etc. Swtor's real score (I think its a bit high): 5.9 Wrong. That voting system is stuffed with a bunch of zeros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zrinking Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 1,490 players reviewed this game as a 5.9 Actually 577 did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Illandre Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 That is not accurate either, that is only accurate if the percentage of users match the number of subscriptions. I don't think you are looking at a 10% of users subs so you are more than likely looking at a 1-3% of subs. Most stats allow a rate of error of 1% so that skews your numbers even more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OriginSucks Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Kind of interesting that more people rated it positive than negative. Kind of interesting that it either gets a "10" or "1". So, people either love it or hate it. What esle is new? The only rating that matters to me, is mine. Otherwise, what is your point? ^This, exactly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quip Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Wrong. That voting system is stuffed with a bunch of zeros. And tens, you forgot all of those one-off tens that people have gagged the system with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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