OH THE CORRUPTION! Sledgehammer Games boss Glen Schofield has been upset by the Metacritic score for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and was caught red-handed attempting to boost it via Twitter. But before we grab our pitchforks, it's not the official reviews he's got an issue with -- it's the swarm of raging nerds who keep bombing user reviews with 0/10 summaries.
"I don’t usually do this but, if u like MW3 go 2 Metacritic.com & help our user score," he Tweeted. "It’s suspiciously low. Be honest but help if u agree."
His comment was deleted after he got attacked by fans who were accusing him of "unfair boosting." Though the Tweet is now gone, he has responded to criticism by saying that he "knows" the game deserves better than a 1.7/10. It's hardly a Cliffy B situation, right?
I think Schofield's biggest mistake was in regarding user reviews with anything other than amused contempt. They should only ever be used for entertainment purposes, since user reviews are so melodramatic that everything's either a 10/10 or a 0/10, usually depending on whether they like the publisher or not. Because that's what this has all come down to at the end of the day.
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8:20 AM on 11.14.2011 | 
This
Seconded. Or Thirded, whatever.
No problem with this at all.
He wazn't trying to boost it into earth shattering numbers, he was just saying, 'Hey, someone's obviously low score bombing the game with malicious intent, if you like the game and haven't rated it yet, please consider giving it a good score to even things out'.
Granted, the game is selling just fine and doing well critic wise, it's still harmless for him to try.
But Glen man, you just shouldn't worry about it like Jim says. It's a bunch of raging Battlefield 3 fanboys and former (or still current) fans who feel that they were owed all that and a bag of chips when the game released. If it's worth anything, even as someone who enjoyed MW2 better, I still think the game merits a solid 7 for the campaign.
But the multiplayer I've got no comment on whatsoever.
This. I'm not a big fan, but this didn't seen bad at all.
In the end, user ratings on Metacritic/Amazon are a joke anyway. This just makes developers look bad and doesn't help their score.
Say what you want about MW3, but it is not a 1.7/10 game. That being said, what right-minded fool looks at a user review when products such as microwave popcorn are forced to come with warnings that the bag might be hot. No offense to any of you (or myself for that matter), but taken as a whole, the average consumer is a dithering idiot.
Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't use reviews for games. I read them sometimes, but then I go poop and forget about them.
HAHAAHAHAHAAHAHA
oh how I wish that "Jin" was really a "Jim"... Just like Jim wishes he had fans...
Heh. Don't get people's hopes up. But I will say goodbye to you, as you're likely to be banned.
Eeeeee
I posted 3 negative reviews and a mixed review in the past couple of months on the site and all were deleted. My positive reviews have not. Most recently I posted a negative review of Batman AC and it was deleted along with 3 other negative user reviews. I then reposted it, and it remained on the site for a week, until it became the most popular negative review with 14 votes, then it mysteriously disappeared.
None of my reviews were offensive; they simply stated my opinion. No doubt something shady is going on there.
Lol, what's up wakatashi/rsistence?
Maybe it's because the so-called "gamers" don't get invited to classy press-events and get everything shoved up their asses by Activision? Maybe they're just being honest?
Not even they can provide a better field of view.
But I agree, user reviews are very binary. Either they hate it or they love it. Otherwise you won't write reviews of the game if you just think it's okay. But with that in mind you could say you get a good average score. On the other hand, deleting negative user reviews. That's just bullshit even if it's just a troll review, you simply never really know.
And to bring one point up. This wasn't happening when MW2 arrived. MW1 and 2 brought new gamers. People that haven't played video games are suddently playing MW2. With MW3 on the other hand the cow isn't that easily milked anymore. CoD is really to what happened with the Wii. Yeah, it was successful as fuck but nobody can stay king forever.
Next fall of a king, World of Warcraft. :)