BioShock Developer Hiring Based on Metacritic Scores
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Because it's not like a great developer or designer has ever been stuck in a studio where a major title was screwed up by mismanaging egomaniacs.
Looks completely rational to me. I mean really it's not like there is any chance that a competent programmer could be found amongst the hundreds involved in a project that has a Metacritic of say 80-84. Right? Right? /sarcasm
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This is pretty stupid. These game devs all have coffee meets with one another on a regular basis. They share ideas and in some cases talent. Irrational is going to find this biting them in the ass sooner or later.
As for Metacritic. I don't have a problem with them aggregating the reviews. Makes it easy for when I don't feel like looking them up unit by unit. I do disapprove of them giving their own spin on what a publication's review is worth. That falls outside the realm of aggregation and into manipulation. I also disapprove of how the industry uses this shit as if it is the only measure of success.
Well I wasn't likely to buy any more of their shit anyway so that makes it all the easier to avoid supporting this new and profoundly stupid practice.
OT
This is pretty stupid. These game devs all have coffee meets with one another on a regular basis. They share ideas and in some cases talent. Irrational is going to find this biting them in the ass sooner or later.
As for Metacritic. I don't have a problem with them aggregating the reviews. Makes it easy for when I don't feel like looking them up unit by unit. I do disapprove of them giving their own spin on what a publication's review is worth. That falls outside the realm of aggregation and into manipulation. I also disapprove of how the industry uses this shit as if it is the only measure of success.
Well I wasn't likely to buy any more of their shit anyway so that makes it all the easier to avoid supporting this new and profoundly stupid practice.
There is no "Even if" about it. "Rating website" does not refer to aggregation and is simply the wrong term to use. You even went out of your way to state that Metacritic isn't an aggregator--"rating website not aggregating website."rhizhim said:
You called another group idiots in a poorly written comment and I pointed out the irony. Arguing won't reverse that. Take the criticism on board and reconsider how quickly you insult others.
Have you added anything of value to this topic yet? *checks other posts* Nope. You also may want to check rhizhim's nationality. Odds are good he speaks more languages than either of us. I haven't reported you but it is only a matter of time before you get knuckle rapped here.Clearing the Eye said:
The management branch of Irrational doing crap doesn't mean the devs of 2k are crap. Look at UbiSoft for example, crap publishing department and executive decisions, really good devs and mostly good games. BioShock 2 outclassed the original in almost every aspect (save for that *one big memorable twist* it didn't have) and Infinite looked promising so far to me, idk why this suddenly installs so many worries.Zaik said:
It's been a long time since gaming companies care less about the objective quality of their games than how much money they can make from them. Any game with a Metacritics rating above 85 is guaranteed huge profits, so clearly you can see what they aim for.
I play video games less and less. Part of it because I grow older, bust mostly because of the trend in the industry. They even dig up old successes (that would be failure by today's standards, by the way) instead of trying to make new games using what made the old ones great. Case in point: Baldur's Gates Enhanced Edition vs Dragon Age 2.
I play video games less and less. Part of it because I grow older, bust mostly because of the trend in the industry. They even dig up old successes (that would be failure by today's standards, by the way) instead of trying to make new games using what made the old ones great. Case in point: Baldur's Gates Enhanced Edition vs Dragon Age 2.
Because Bioshock 2 did the first justice. [/sarcasm]Zaik said:
OT: This really had better not become a common practice, otherwise all triple A games outside of Valve's are just going to end up Gears of War clones or x other undeservedly popular franchise clones, as the requirement for a job now is basically 'One of your games must be at least this much like a stupid franchise'.
I like how sometime around 1998 the video game industry just stopped hiring any new talent and has just been the same few thousand people who actually have industry experience. Once they retire no one will know how to make games anymore because they aren't willing to give any new talent training. If you aren't overqualified for a job, you won't be getting it.
I just went to MC (for the first time in fact!); Max Payne 3 got an 87. Didn't their studio just close?Furism said:
-And what's with all the hate for Bioshock 2. It was a solid game, it just wasn't as good as the first. Few sequels are.