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All this really proves is that large publishers with a wide-spectrum lineup get the short end of the stick. Then again, "diverse" is often used as code for CRAP.
But seriously, Metacritic bites.
But seriously, Metacritic bites.
Yup, sounds about right. I cant find an Ubisoft game in recent memory that didnt fuck something up pretty badly. Whats frustrating is that many of their games of the last few years are great, even fantastic in concept.
Activision, on the other hand, are just jerks. They buy up devs who make a fantastic game or two, and then just throw as many variations out there as quick as possible. They assume the selling power of the brand, established by the first game, will make the others sell too... and unfortunately, theyre right.
Activision, on the other hand, are just jerks. They buy up devs who make a fantastic game or two, and then just throw as many variations out there as quick as possible. They assume the selling power of the brand, established by the first game, will make the others sell too... and unfortunately, theyre right.
I like a lot of Ubisoft's games, but they put out a lot of absolute garbage as well. For every FarCry 2 or Prince of Persia, there seems to be an Imagine Babyz or Hell's Kitchen.
Also, game scores suck, Metacritic sucks, and the very criteria they used would cause games that Destructoid reviewed and somewhat liked (such as Sacred 2 and Noby Noby Boy) to reflect negatively on the publisher's overall scores.
Also, game scores suck, Metacritic sucks, and the very criteria they used would cause games that Destructoid reviewed and somewhat liked (such as Sacred 2 and Noby Noby Boy) to reflect negatively on the publisher's overall scores.
@bVork : i'm guessing it's the imagine Babyz'z and Hell's Kitchens that make them profit. I'm okay with them shipping out crap, as long as they ship out good stuff too.
It kinda went downhill for me after 2004. That was when they were in their prime. Some really incredible games came out in the year following that - BG&E came out in November 2003, there was the first PoP, Rayman 3, Splinter Cell, Brothers in Arms, XIII, Far Cry, the list goes on.
I fucking loved Ubisoft back then.
I fucking loved Ubisoft back then.
I've got to put that method on TV Tropes as a really blatant example of the "Four point scale". Everything below 7 somehow cannot be average, but negative? Bullshit. This is total snobbery, designed to lump mediocre in with the actual garbage.
What a strange way to rate publishers.
I mean seriously, can they be any more arbitrary?
How about this.. why not make a game scoring 93% be worth... 93 points! That way you can just rank a publishers consistency based on their metacritic score.
Whatever.. flawed system based on another flawed system taken as data.
I mean seriously, can they be any more arbitrary?
How about this.. why not make a game scoring 93% be worth... 93 points! That way you can just rank a publishers consistency based on their metacritic score.
Whatever.. flawed system based on another flawed system taken as data.
The latest Ubisoft games I have played I loved and hated at the same time. They started out amazing but then they became annoying and repetitive nearing the end. I approach Ubisoft products with caution from now on.
Yeah, that's a pretty fucked up way to rate things.
But I,m happy to see people are at least questioning the system here. Back on Kotaku, it was 2 pages of "pffft, Ubisfot never made anything good". And that statement makes me a sad panda :(
But I,m happy to see people are at least questioning the system here. Back on Kotaku, it was 2 pages of "pffft, Ubisfot never made anything good". And that statement makes me a sad panda :(
I'm having trouble finding out what 12 games of Valve's they counted and what the F, D, and two Cs were. Looking on Metacritic Valve's name is next to Ninja Reflex: Steamworks Edition, which hardly seems fair. They had nothing to do with making it, it's a console port from some completely unrelated company. It's also attached to Audiosurf, and if you include Audiosurf as a Valve product you'd have to list everything on Steam.
The Games Valve directly had a hand in:
Half Life
Counterstrike
Day of Defeat
Half-life 2
HL2 ep1
HL2 ep2
Counterstrike Source
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Day of Defeat Source
The Ship
Garry's Mod
That's 12, but not a single one of those games has a ranking less than 70.
The Games Valve directly had a hand in:
Half Life
Counterstrike
Day of Defeat
Half-life 2
HL2 ep1
HL2 ep2
Counterstrike Source
Portal
Team Fortress 2
Day of Defeat Source
The Ship
Garry's Mod
That's 12, but not a single one of those games has a ranking less than 70.
Jetsetlemming, I agree with you. I think Valve, based on the games that they actually developed and what is not purely supplied under steam (which should not count, its purely a download/update client) should be on the top of the scores list. Their games are quality, pure and simple. Metacritic studies are like any other study, and should be taken with a grain of salt.
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