Fdzzaigl Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Users will either give high or low scores. The use of just scores alone without motivation is ... fishy at best anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comradebot Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 User scores=who gives a damn. Ratings on the internet from random people are only one of two things: the highest possible score or the lowest possible score. If you need someone else's opinion, then go to someone you trust to give an honest one. A 0/10 isn't an honest review for damn near any game, except ones that are so horridly unfinished and broken they can't even be played, and even then that was slapped together in about a week. Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing, anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darka Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 These days things get either a 10 or 0 Like or dislike, nothing in between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caine Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic The critic score is ehhhh decent, but the user score is rather alarming. More and more WoW clone claims, even from the positive reviews. The most positive reviews are positive like milk is cold, like not really. Well I can easily say that never ever depend on people's opinion on a certain product (unless if it's not about electronics and people's LIVE experiences on it) especially in games. Check Skyrim opinions. Some people even gave 3 out of 10 for this game (which I believe they're from outer space or just took an arrow on the knee). Also check Modern Warfare 3, etc... Which we all know that , as a common sense, they're great products love it or not. You cant come out with a "close-to-scientific" result from people's opinion unless they come from a controlled and scientificly chosen "survey pool". So go and play the game and see it yourself. For me, SWTOR is the only MMO out there which can satsify all my online gaming needs. But I also know that many people out there did not like the product. It's up to people's choice. Games are not dangerous but Internet is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MetheusPer Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I wonder what Bioware and EA will be more focused on; metacritic "scores", which have been laughable for a long time now; or the cash flowing in from all the happy customers' subscriptions and game time cards.. As long as no one announces officially that SWTOR is closing down I will assume that I am one of very, very many happy and content SWTOR players who are glad to put down their cash to keep this wonderful experience going. Am I a fanboi? Yes; I don't consider it a bad thing though. Are you reading this, completely disagreeing and actually, secretly, wondering why you've read this far down? In other words, not so much of a fan of this game? In that case, let me ask you: What the hell are you still doing here besides trolling or looking for other outlets for your angst? Here's a "facepalm" for your trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yfelsung Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If some of you think metacritic is a good gauge of the quality of a game, why are you here and not playing LotRO? It is the highest rated MMO by user score on metacritic. Go, have fun, be a hobbit. Enjoy yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claymaniac Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 User scores on any website are easily the worst indicators of quality. its always either 10 or 0. User scores are dumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merihim Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Everyone is it? That is quit the claim after looking in the customer service section let alone the general section. Yes because everyone who is positive will make a forum post about how awesome the game is Everyone knows that forums are mostly negative, for almost all games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaverikB Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 how can anyone fairly review a game only after a few days especially a mmo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mandrax Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The critics review on average are giving it 85/100. Those reviews are far more credible than those from people who have never even played it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayden Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic The critic score is ehhhh decent, but the user score is rather alarming. More and more WoW clone claims, even from the positive reviews. The most positive reviews are positive like milk is cold, like not really. Mate, the unhappy players will always make way more noise, I wouldnt even be concerned if you found 500k individual disgruntled players. The game will do just fine, trust me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarjarloves Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I love this game to death, I just find the view of the public alarming, I want this game to keep on going a year or two later... not at all it's exactly what I expected the public opinion to be. In our gamer culture it's either WIN or FAIL. There is no inbetween and since gamers are a passionete time you get people voting 0 or 10 and both give it really vauge reviews such as. "THIS IS THE GREATEST GAME EVER!!" or "OMG THIS IS EPIC FAIL! BIOFAIL SUCKSORZR" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowcrashed Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Considering a certain internet site which may be the biggest collection of degenerates on earth has a personal hatred of this game and has had multiple threads rallying users to post negative metacritic reviews... I would take it with a grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drudenfusz Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I think SWTOR is not a bad game, but it is also not a great game, so getting not the best metacritic scores doesn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alianar Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) Those who love the game are too busy playing. Haters waste their time on such sites to express their hatred. Simple as that. Seen the thousands of hater regarding wow since BC? Game still here and doing well today. And let's be honest Metacritic isn't the best source when you see their score for games like Skyrim. Edited December 21, 2011 by Alianar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzushiiro Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Metacritic user reviews are a cesspool of trolls and fanboys. Under no circumstances should you take them seriously, good or bad, ESPECIALLY for games that get a lot of attention and hype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhyltran Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Ignore the user reviews. Before someone tells me I have my head in my sand. If we listen to user reviews it'll tell us the best mmo's ever are Warhammer online, COH, and Tabula Rasa. Last time I checked Warhammer is nearly dead with a dwindling player base, Tabula Rasa IS dead, and COH is okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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OldSkoolFan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Yes, they are ALL just WOW FANBOYZ, keep saying that if it makes it easier for you to ignore them. OK, thanks for your permission. Game's great. Haven't met anyone playing it who didn't think so. Haven't met anyone who played it that didn't think so. And you're talking about a site famous for troll reviews in the user section. Yeah, I'll go ahead and ignore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abriael Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/star-wars-the-old-republic The critic score is ehhhh decent, but the user score is rather alarming. More and more WoW clone claims, even from the positive reviews. The most positive reviews are positive like milk is cold, like not really. Metacritic user scores mean nothing, unless you think someone with a working brain would give this game (or many other) a 0. It's simply wow trolls feeling threatened. And they should. The only score that will matter is the critic score, and that's gonna go over 9 as soon as most reviews from people that actually played the game hit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slackbheep Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Lool Metacritic. Atleast now these kids have something to argue about besides whether or not Gabe Newell is a babykiller because Portal 2 wasnt a 60 hour game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wakow Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Funny part is there are more reviews over all for Swtor than wow on the site. With an even better review overall. That logic would mean Swtor will have a better life that WoW. If you want to use Meta Critic as any part of logic that is. Swtor has more reviews, more positive and more negative, though over all a better critic score by users. Thus meaning it will out do WoW. Then again you can just wait and see a couple months down the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krovan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 That score is jacked by the same people that are flooding the forums with bs" employees of other mmo's fanbois of other mmo's ex swg players that wanted this to swg pre cu 2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beranzen Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 just like all the 10's from fanboys? great balance if you ask me. Righhht if you like the game that much you MUST be a fanboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haristo Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 a couple of days isn't enough to receive a full opinion of a game, none of these reviews (with the exception maybe of the journalists, they've been playing since at least the massive Beta of November. and since this is their job, when I mean played, I mean played the **** out of it.) has something intelligent to offer... it's basicly a raw mix of weird feelings disguised into a poorly written and non-objective review. 0s like 10s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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