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I think people forget that sequels are all about treading familiar ground. If you want to see what happens when a sequel doesn't actually do the job of a sequel, just look at how badly Metroid Other M did when it came out. It was called a sequel to Super Metroid...but outside of having the name Metroid on the box cover, it was nothing at all like Super Metroid, and bombed as a result.
Modern Warfare 3 is a sequel to a popular first person shooter franchise, and doesn't do anything to *damage* that. Nobody's expectations were being shit on with this game. People that bought MW3 got exactly what they wanted. I think "hardcore" gamers need to realize that popular doesn't = bad. Then again it would seem most "hardcore" gamers lack common sense and/or emotional balance.
Besides, it's thanks to MW that we now have so many first person shooters, creating the enthusiasm to want to play different games such as Battlefield 3 and even Goldeneye Reloaded, among lesser-known FPS games. I talked to a friend of mine about MW3 and BF3 and she asked me if I'd ever played MAG. The videogame world does not exist in a vacuum where only MW exists. What's especially vexing is that the FPS is effectively the modern-day equivalent of a shmup. I imagine years from now the same people writing off the FPS genre as being "creatively bankrupt" will be the same people talking about how "hardcore" they are in about 10-15 years time if history is any indication.
Modern Warfare 3 is a sequel to a popular first person shooter franchise, and doesn't do anything to *damage* that. Nobody's expectations were being shit on with this game. People that bought MW3 got exactly what they wanted. I think "hardcore" gamers need to realize that popular doesn't = bad. Then again it would seem most "hardcore" gamers lack common sense and/or emotional balance.
Besides, it's thanks to MW that we now have so many first person shooters, creating the enthusiasm to want to play different games such as Battlefield 3 and even Goldeneye Reloaded, among lesser-known FPS games. I talked to a friend of mine about MW3 and BF3 and she asked me if I'd ever played MAG. The videogame world does not exist in a vacuum where only MW exists. What's especially vexing is that the FPS is effectively the modern-day equivalent of a shmup. I imagine years from now the same people writing off the FPS genre as being "creatively bankrupt" will be the same people talking about how "hardcore" they are in about 10-15 years time if history is any indication.
I find it hilarious that anyone at Activision cares about user reviews. They're already making tons of money on MW3 anyway, and they're going to keep making tons of money, so why bother?
Hey if the game sucks,the game sucks.He shouldn't be telling people to go and boost it...i can see someone is butthurt...
What does he care about the low score when it still sold like crazy anyway? It's like if George Clooneys new movie gets bad reviews he doesn't go and cry about it, he just goes home to his mansion in Italy and sticks a hotter super model on his cock.
MW3 doesn't deserve all the hate. The storyline is awesome and the MP is the most refined of the series yet.
Not a fan of the corrupted user score system on metacritics, but c'mon....MW3 made a buhgillion dollars already, so who cares SledgeHammer. People are buying it, playing it, and loving it. The people who want to hate it are probably not even playing it and just writing 0/10 reviews....or worse...
Anyone paying $60 for CoD and surprised at what they got is probably not smart enough to write a review, or better yet, read a real review first to see if it's their thing.
Anyone paying $60 for CoD and surprised at what they got is probably not smart enough to write a review, or better yet, read a real review first to see if it's their thing.
I really do think metacritic scores can affect sales. To what extent, I don't really have a guess, but appealing to fans to support their game, and even to be honest about how they feel, doesn't seem like a bad thing to me. Independent devs do similar things by asking people to spread news about their games via word of mouth.
Complaining about low user ratings on the Internet is a good way to get more low user ratings on the Internet.
I really wouldn't give a flying fuck what metacritic rated my shiz if I had just sold like 7 million copies.
The message clear. It doesn't matter if the game is good or bad, the publisher only have to take care of his image.
the game is good so therefore i disagree with the metacritic rating which rates only the game not the company. this is an exception beyond activision control, i hope, for leaving a mark in history for being one of the most BS company in the industry.
Yeah, just wait until we can upvote and downvote comments here.
"THUMBS UP IF YOU THINK THIS IS BULLSH1T"
"THUMBS UP IF YOU THINK THIS IS BULLSH1T"
I'm ok with this. It is not like the Bioware employee writing a 10/10 review, it is just a developer that thinks his game did not get a fair shake calling on the fans to write a review.
Wait, Metacritic's user review average of MW3 is 1.7? So that's what was preventing the game from selling well.
funny that are the sites are knocking Metacritic`s player reviews today. Clearly when taken as a whole player reviews do count.
The same article is on a few site including IGN Did Activision send out the word to get the press machine rolling in response to fact every site that allows player reviews they have slated MW3 for its lack of innovation and therefore disagree with the critics. Over rated scores the critics response is we are right the majority of the 6 million people who brought MW3 and don`t like it and have made that known are wrong is honestly pathetic.
The pumped up reviews were one thing but now this joint effort to protect MW3 from player reviews further proof of corruption. Its not just Meta critic is Amazon and ever other major site that allows player reviews. Jimbos reviews was well off the mark stop trying to cover your asses. Face MW3 is nothing like a 9.5 a fair score would be 6.5/10 if the two score are mixed that looks about right to me.
The same article is on a few site including IGN Did Activision send out the word to get the press machine rolling in response to fact every site that allows player reviews they have slated MW3 for its lack of innovation and therefore disagree with the critics. Over rated scores the critics response is we are right the majority of the 6 million people who brought MW3 and don`t like it and have made that known are wrong is honestly pathetic.
The pumped up reviews were one thing but now this joint effort to protect MW3 from player reviews further proof of corruption. Its not just Meta critic is Amazon and ever other major site that allows player reviews. Jimbos reviews was well off the mark stop trying to cover your asses. Face MW3 is nothing like a 9.5 a fair score would be 6.5/10 if the two score are mixed that looks about right to me.
funny that are the sites are knocking Metacritic`s player reviews today. Clearly when taken as a whole player reviews do count.
The same article is on a few site including IGN Did Activision send out the word to get the press machine rolling in response to fact every site that allows player reviews they have slated MW3 for its lack of innovation and therefore disagree with the critics. Over rated scores the critics response is we are right the majority of the 6 million people who brought MW3 and don`t like it and have made that known are wrong.
The same article is on a few site including IGN Did Activision send out the word to get the press machine rolling in response to fact every site that allows player reviews they have slated MW3 for its lack of innovation and therefore disagree with the critics. Over rated scores the critics response is we are right the majority of the 6 million people who brought MW3 and don`t like it and have made that known are wrong.
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