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Post by blueasari on Mar 21, 2017 10:59:46 GMT
I pointed it out in another thread, it is quite obvious people are spamming low scores with multiple accounts. Even to the point of not changing their comments.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:05:44 GMT
This further proved that BW was right in closing down the original forum and that many gamers are the most whining, pathetic and childish group of people that ever became a fan of a product. I suggest BW to develop their games and cut contact with their "fans" because with fans like this you don't need enemies.
I'm perfectly aware there are a good deal of gamers that are decent, well-mannered and capable of well-thought constructive criticism but they are not making noise because they are playing the game. User votes on metascore are pointless.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 21, 2017 11:09:01 GMT
Metacritic as a tool for scoring is largely useless, it should just be a review aggregation site for people to actually just read the reviews. In my perfect world there would be no score; you'd actually just have you read it. The fact that the game is getting 0 by users is plainly ridiculous, and renders the whole process moot. That there apparently is not an actual screening process to prove that the reviewer has played the game they're reviewing renders the site' scores pointless to me. You have people who could and do spam negative scores thereby making the final score unreliable at best. Likewise when people can and do spam positive scores. For the record, I feel the same when it comes to book and other media sites that have a similar lack of screening process.
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Post by Debaser on Mar 21, 2017 11:11:20 GMT
3.7 seems a bit harsh. I went in trial/spoiler free I haven't really looked at anything ME:A related since N7 day and I'd say the game is a 75/100 for me right now and it's getting better every hour it seems. The animations are really low quality and honestly make the voice work sound worse than it actually is and the Salarian with a lisp had me laughing at how ridiculous he sounded, but Scott's voice actor is really good I'd say one of the best casts BioWare has done in a long time.
I dunno I'm having fun but I'm getting a little overwhelmed by all the side clutter and I'm already sick of scanning. The crafting is neat I made a SMG that shoots lightning and named it Morrigan.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 21, 2017 11:13:43 GMT
I dunno I'm having fun but I'm getting a little overwhelmed by all the side clutter and I'm already sick of scanning. The crafting is neat I made a SMG that shoots lightning and named it Morrigan. Oh, that's brilliant. I like that!
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Post by melenvision on Mar 21, 2017 11:16:29 GMT
Do not read the user reviews. Some of them are so immature and toxic with no constructive criticism whatsoever. By all means make informative decisions but don't base them on Metacritic User Reviews. :smh:
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Post by blueasari on Mar 21, 2017 11:19:28 GMT
Do not read the user reviews. Some of them are so immature and toxic with no constructive criticism whatsoever. By all means make informative decisions but don't base them on Metacritic User Reviews. :smh: Some people really need help.
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Post by SofaJockey on Mar 21, 2017 11:23:18 GMT
Metacritic as a tool for scoring is largely useless, it should just be a review aggregation site for people to actually just read the reviews. In my perfect world there would be no score; you'd actually just have you read it. The fact that the game is getting 0 by users is plainly ridiculous, and renders the whole process moot. That there apparently is not an actual screening process to prove that the reviewer has played the game they're reviewing renders the site' scores pointless to me. You have people who could and do spam negative scores thereby making the final score unreliable at best. Likewise when people can and do spam positive scores. For the record, I feel the same when it comes to book and other media sites that have a similar lack of screening process. Taking a view from MetaCritic Users is 'problematic'... There are plenty of folk posting on all three platforms with '0's. I have low expectations that they actually played the game. The PS4 User Review is sitting below 'No Man's Sky', FFS. There are plenty of reasons for some folk being angry with EA/BioWare (Not necessarily valid ones) ranging from ME3 endings to 'there is 'gays' in mah game' to 'Everyone at biower is racist'...So at the moment, BioWare is being a bit of a target for some. If the game, post-patching, is decent enough (and if anyone can be arsed to do it) the user scores may well lift somewhat. Not that it really matters a hill of beans...
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:25:38 GMT
This further proved that BW was right in closing down the original forum and that many gamers are the most whining, pathetic and childish group of people that ever became a fan of a product. I suggest BW to develop their games and cut contact with their "fans" because with fans like this you don't need enemies. I'm perfectly aware there are a good deal of gamers that are decent, well-mannered and capable of well-thought constructive criticism but they are not making noise because they are playing the game. User votes on metascore are pointless. Somehow reviews on Metacritic (not on the bsn) prove that getting rid of the forums was the right choice?
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Post by greyghost on Mar 21, 2017 11:27:07 GMT
Do not read the user reviews. Some of them are so immature and toxic with no constructive criticism whatsoever. By all means make informative decisions but don't base them on Metacritic User Reviews. :smh: Some people really need help. the fact that some people found this useful speaks more volume than the person who wrote it.
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Post by wolffie on Mar 21, 2017 11:30:35 GMT
Do not read the user reviews. Some of them are so immature and toxic with no constructive criticism whatsoever. By all means make informative decisions but don't base them on Metacritic User Reviews. :smh: anyone gives any credit to metacritic user score? everyones knows meta critic user score always are crap, zelda have a lot of fanboys given it 0 score and giving 10 to horizon for example. imgur.com/a/Z29f1
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:33:29 GMT
This further proved that BW was right in closing down the original forum and that many gamers are the most whining, pathetic and childish group of people that ever became a fan of a product. I suggest BW to develop their games and cut contact with their "fans" because with fans like this you don't need enemies. I'm perfectly aware there are a good deal of gamers that are decent, well-mannered and capable of well-thought constructive criticism but they are not making noise because they are playing the game. User votes on metascore are pointless. Somehow reviews on Metacritic (not on the bsn) prove that getting rid of the forums was the right choice? It proves that most of your fans are toxic trolls unable of expressing a balanced view and thus having a forum to be in contact with them is utterly pointless.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2017 11:40:13 GMT
Somehow reviews on Metacritic (not on the bsn) prove that getting rid of the forums was the right choice? It proves that most of your fans are toxic trolls unable of expressing a balanced view and thus having a forum to be in contact with them is utterly pointless. Yeah sure but I haven't seen people THAT extreme on here. There are people who are dissapointed or even dislike it but even those tend to give the game at worst a 6-7 and don't blame the faults on SJW politics.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 11:42:33 GMT
Peaked at 4.1
Never even got off the ground.
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Post by blueasari on Mar 21, 2017 11:53:00 GMT
I like the srawmaning going on here. A few harassers / idiots are not going to change the simple fact: ME:A's quality is all over the place. And just like you have people that drop a 0 score out of spite, you have people dropping a 10 score for similar reasons. I'd say the idiots on both sides tend to cancel out each other, at least to some degree. It's quite a bit more than a few and you know it.
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Post by zipzap2000 on Mar 21, 2017 12:00:11 GMT
We're back up to 3.9 theres life in her yet.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Mar 21, 2017 12:04:47 GMT
I like the srawmaning going on here. A few harassers / idiots are not going to change the simple fact: ME:A's quality is all over the place. And just like you have people that drop a 0 score out of spite, you have people dropping a 10 score for similar reasons. I'd say the idiots on both sides tend to cancel out each other, at least to some degree. Yeah, because wanting something to fail is just as justified as wanting something to succeed, same level, and those 10s are from people that want to fight back the hyperbolic and nonsensical 0s, but their efforts will be overwhelmed, eventually. But sure, you clearly haven't made up your mind about the game before playing it. /s
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Post by Marduk on Mar 21, 2017 12:04:57 GMT
It proves that most of your fans are toxic trolls unable of expressing a balanced view and thus having a forum to be in contact with them is utterly pointless. Yeah sure but I haven't seen people THAT extreme on here. There are people who are dissapointed or even dislike it but even those tend to give the game at worst a 6-7 and don't blame the faults on SJW politics. It is probably tamed here but even as a new user i already spotted some around that for example rely on strong words thinking that it changes anything or pushing their opinion as facts. on official BSN it was probably worse cause i remember every topic i read was toxic back then but the online toxicity doesn't end here honestly and it has being going on for years. some even believe that just because toxicity exists it is justified cause the mass chose it. Criticism is better than blind praises, but focusing only on negativity by ignoring positives (or mentioning them in a backhanded way) isn't gonna help anyone which is what is happening online sadly since everything is black and white on the internet apparently. ironically haters are just giving bullet to EA in order to shut down real criticism.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Mar 21, 2017 12:05:33 GMT
I like the srawmaning going on here. A few harassers / idiots are not going to change the simple fact: ME:A's quality is all over the place. And just like you have people that drop a 0 score out of spite, you have people dropping a 10 score for similar reasons. I'd say the idiots on both sides tend to cancel out each other, at least to some degree. It's quite a bit more than a few and you know it. We all know it.
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Post by fchopin on Mar 21, 2017 12:08:30 GMT
Were at their strongest. The Bioware that was exists now only in memory. True, and it might be well an truly gone soon now... the new IP they are working on is no RPG, and with MEA pushed off to a secondary team, and the future of DA in the air, I don't see the BioWare name be associated with good quality, story driven RP experiences for much longer. Great... that means RPG fans only have Bethesda, CDPR, Obsidian and a couple of other, even smaller companies to look to. At least as far as western developers go. How do you know the new IP will not be an RPG?
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Post by blueasari on Mar 21, 2017 12:08:35 GMT
It's quite a bit more than a few and you know it. No, I don't know it. You are making baseless claims and over-blowing the actions of a few in order to play blame by association. Hardly baseless, there are quite more than a "few" as you call it, from the comments/reviews on metacrtic to see this.
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Post by The Biotic Trebuchet on Mar 21, 2017 12:09:17 GMT
It's quite a bit more than a few and you know it. We all know it. They all know it.
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Post by Andrew Lucas on Mar 21, 2017 12:11:36 GMT
They all know it. You all know it.
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Post by shechinah on Mar 21, 2017 12:12:47 GMT
They all know it. The cake knows it?
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