Review fixing.

[Flame]

Which games do you think had reviews which were bit shady on a mass?

 

[Dark_Phoras]

I think games from some series and publishers are a little protected from criticism, like Final Fantasy and Nintendo games. Their average review score may not correspond to the game's real value, and some issues the game has are treated as features. It's a bit fun to see vloggers like Dunkey and Girlfriend Reviews taking a practical approach in game reviews that reviewers haven't. I wouldn't say it's review fixing in the direct sense, more like a sort of communal temperance of expectations, which can be thought as indirect review fixing.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

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[SG854]

GBATEMP had its fair share. Like any Zelda review.

 

[Flame]

GBATEMP had its fair share. Like any Zelda review.

so a Zelda game has to be 10/10? or is that what the mass makes you think?

 

[SG854]

so a Zelda game has to be 10/10? or is that what the mass makes you think?

It's what the children of miyamoto thinks

 

[Chary]

People love to cry foul of shady practices and reviewers bowing to publishers. And that is true, but to such a small degree, compared to how often that claim gets thrown around.

However, Shadow of Mordor was one that was legitimately "fixed". WB paid YouTube reviewers--note, not ones that get aggregated into Metacritic scores--to talk positively about Shadow of Mordor. They were told to spin it as a video review, or as a recommendation, WITHOUT noting that it was sponsored content. I'm pretty sure they were sued for it.

 

[Dr_Faustus]

I can think of one fairly recent Playstation game that was considered fairly shady given the amount of negative discourse its fans had with it and game journalists giving it 9's and 10's out of the gate.

Everyone knows what I am talking about here, I do not need mention its name.

 

[Dark_Phoras]

I can think of one fairly recent Playstation game that was considered fairly shady given the amount of negative discourse its fans had with it and game journalists giving it 9's and 10's out of the gate.

Everyone knows what I am talking about here, I do not need mention its name.

I don't, I wasn't aware of this situation. Which game?