Ok... this series is going to make more money than several African nations as it is. Gotta ask, who even cares about the Metacritic scores?
MW3 Dev Manipulates MetaCritic, Gets Flamed to Death
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But this didn't come from Activision. This came from one of the groups of developers that worked their asses off and didn't see their families for months in order to get this game on the shelves on time. It's not about money.AnotherAvatar said:
If a person genuinely doesn't like an aspect of the game/graphics/mechanics/audio/physics/whatever, then fine; leave an honest review. But to just shit all over lots of people's very hard work and late nights anonymously is a spineless, idiotic, totally dickish thing to do.
Modern Warfare 3 is a good game. Is it a 10/10? No. But it looks good, sounds good, the frame rate is great, and it's a blast (pun intended) to play.
The developers who worked their asses off and didn't see their families for months so they could get the game out on time. It's not about money.TheMadDoctorsCat said:
Stop the presses! It's another professional "Call of Duty/Activision/Sledgehammer is awful" article with jokes that we are supposed to laugh at for mocking the series, but just make all of us facepalm.
OT: As others have said, the metacritic scores are ridiculous, probably from people who have only played the game for ten minutes, or not at all. It's perfectly rational for Sledgehammer to ask users to do something about it.
OT: As others have said, the metacritic scores are ridiculous, probably from people who have only played the game for ten minutes, or not at all. It's perfectly rational for Sledgehammer to ask users to do something about it.
DiamanteGeeza said:
See, but it's pathetic for any sort of artist to care so much about blatant trolling. That's my problem.
Also, so it's not about money, it's about fame and having people tell you that your mediocre game is awesome because their your fans. Still pathetic as well. My thing is the game is already going down in history for selling better than the bible (while being THROUGHLY mediocre according to everyone I've spoken to), so why does this douche also need a high Metacritic score from specifically the fans (as the review scores have been paid off to look like the game shits gold)? The only reasonable answer is not enough love from his mother as a child.
Treyarch sucks dick, and always will. CoD died with MW2, not that I was a big fan, just pointing out the writing on the wall.
Who the hell looks at the user score on meta critic anyways?
There are always a bunch of fan boys being overzealous in both good and bad ways.
There are always a bunch of fan boys being overzealous in both good and bad ways.
he asked for support, he didn't try to manipulate it or anything, and the people who play CoD got pissed. why? because they just destroyed by some smartass 8 year old from Norway. i'm sorry, but the biggest thing that i hate about the MW games is the fan base. while i hate them, it isn't 1.9 bad. it's mediocre. it's like bread and water. it's not bad, it's just lacking plenty of things to make it something good. the only truly bad thing about it is that it allows other companies think that this is what the gaming industry needs, more MW clones. while it isn't nearly this bad, it's like Twilight in the sense that it makes companies think that the best thing to do is make crappy vampire romance stories.
I disagree. Having your work criticized for geniuine reasons is one thing. Having your hard work rated as worthless (because that's what 0/10 means) is downright insulting. Schofield is studio head at Sledgehammer, and I imagine what prompted the tweet was a lot of very upset and unhappy people in his studio who are probably exhausted, and a bit sensitive about this right now. As you would also be if you'd just worked your ass off - you'd want some recognition of a job well done, rather than a bunch of morons giving you 0/10 purely because some idiot on a forum told them to. It's not pathetic to care about your work... it's pathetic to not care.AnotherAvatar said:
I enjoyed MW3. It's a good game, just don't take it or yourself too seriously and you'll have fun.
PS. What have Treyarch got to do with this? Schofield from Sledgehammer sent the tweet.
How about this, the COD series has a sh*tty single player run through and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that pass. The COD series SUCKS because they half ass the single player. Happy? I'm not, and you know why? Because I bought a video game thinking I could play SINGLE PLAYER. Geez what a concept!hazabaza1 said:
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If you've bought and played the game then that's fine.Volf99 said:How about this, the COD series has a sh*tty single player run through and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that pass. The COD series SUCKS because they half ass the single player. Happy? I'm not, and you know why? Because I bought a video game thinking I could play SINGLE PLAYER. Geez what a concept!hazabaza1 said:
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If you haven't bought the game and are one of those idiots going "GWAAARGGH IT'S A CALL OF DUTY GAME THEREFORE IT MUST SUCK" then fuck you.
I'm pretty sure one of George Carlin's sayings applies here...Catalyst6 said:
"If honesty was introduced into the system, the entire thing would collapse!"
I know this is not verbatim, but it's close enough for my liking. And he was talking about honesty in government.
I did buy it b/c I was told it had decent single player....and it sucked. Multiplayer is good though, but that doesn't excuse the single playerhazabaza1 said:If you've bought and played the game then that's fine.Volf99 said:How about this, the COD series has a sh*tty single player run through and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that pass. The COD series SUCKS because they half ass the single player. Happy? I'm not, and you know why? Because I bought a video game thinking I could play SINGLE PLAYER. Geez what a concept!hazabaza1 said:
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If you haven't bought the game and are one of those idiots going "GWAAARGGH IT'S A CALL OF DUTY GAME THEREFORE IT MUST SUCK" then fuck you.
Like I said, that's fine.Volf99 said:I did buy it b/c I was told it had decent single player....and it sucked. Multiplayer is good though, but that doesn't excuse the single playerhazabaza1 said:If you've bought and played the game then that's fine.Volf99 said:How about this, the COD series has a sh*tty single player run through and I'll be damned if I'm going to let that pass. The COD series SUCKS because they half ass the single player. Happy? I'm not, and you know why? Because I bought a video game thinking I could play SINGLE PLAYER. Geez what a concept!hazabaza1 said:
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If you haven't bought the game and are one of those idiots going "GWAAARGGH IT'S A CALL OF DUTY GAME THEREFORE IT MUST SUCK" then fuck you.
Don't try to convince me that the game is bad, I haven't played it and won't make a decision until I do, I just dislike taking part in conversations with previously mentioned "GWAAARGGH" people.
Totally anecdotal, but I find user scores tend to be much higher than critic scores for new IPs, with user ratings generally dropping with each new iteration of a given title. Hm, wonder why that might be....
I get a vibe from the metacritics user reviews of "a game more popular than Battlefield 3? No, this cannot be happening. I haven't even played the game, but I'll give it a 1/10".
I dont like cod and i don't see anything wrong with the dev asking this.
Yea, its popularity will help continue this plague in gaming (-_-)... but review bombing is stupid. Unless the game raped your childhood it probably doesnt deserve a 0/10
Yea, its popularity will help continue this plague in gaming (-_-)... but review bombing is stupid. Unless the game raped your childhood it probably doesnt deserve a 0/10
A fan making a post on some forums saying "Hey let's fight the metacritic trolls!" just looks like someone wanting to fight for something they love. A developer telling us all to go review his game because he feels the score is "suspiciously low" just looks like someone padding his own ego.RandV80 said:
That's the difference, as I see it.