Based on the reviews I saw yesterday only the Escapist was willing to even criticize the game and give it less than a 90% (they gave it 70%). Everyone else seems to have toed the line on this one.
(OT) Today I learned that I've been doing this wrong. I always assumed "Tow the line" as in help to keep things moving in the same direction or slavishly and mindlessly do as ordered (or something). I guess I never saw (or noticed) it written down before....thanks!
Some of the most appreciated games of generations are deeply flawed. An example is Deus Ex, which is a very mediocre shooter
Deus Ex, deeply flawed? I think a lot of people would disagree with you. I suppose you could come to that view if you considered it to be a shooter, but it's really RPG first, FPS second. You can complete the entire game without firing once. I don't think Warren Spector set out to create a FPS, so I wouldn't judge the game on that basis.
If anything, I think Deus Ex has got more appreciated from a critical perspective as time has gone on.
Even as an RPG it was much worse than many competitors at that time. It is (basically) linear, your choices don't influence the ultimate ending (you get a final pick), which, at that time, some pure RPGs already provided.
But you basically reiterate my point: Deus Ex did enough great things to cover the bad things. So it's perfectly fine to give it > 90%, while you can still find strong critique in almost any part of it, without even nitpicking.
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I wonder what will be the rating after more than a week.
Based on the reviews I saw yesterday only the Escapist was willing to even criticize the game and give it less than a 90% (they gave it 70%). Everyone else seems to have toed the line on this one.
Link to Escapist Article - http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/rev...
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(OT) Today I learned that I've been doing this wrong. I always assumed "Tow the line" as in help to keep things moving in the same direction or slavishly and mindlessly do as ordered (or something). I guess I never saw (or noticed) it written down before....thanks!
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe_the_line
http://grammartips.homestead.com/toetheline.html
Gamespot gave the game a 9/10 instead of a 10/10, causing a rather large amount of controversy.
Not the first time that's happened to Gamespot, of course. (see the 8.8 Twilight Princess incident)
I saw one that criticized quite a few aspects but still gave it a 9.5, which is almost perfect.
Which, depending on how much you appreciate the scope of an endeavour, can be valid.
Some of the most appreciated games of generations are deeply flawed. An example is Deus Ex, which is a very mediocre shooter, but was enjoyed by many.
Deus Ex, deeply flawed? I think a lot of people would disagree with you. I suppose you could come to that view if you considered it to be a shooter, but it's really RPG first, FPS second. You can complete the entire game without firing once. I don't think Warren Spector set out to create a FPS, so I wouldn't judge the game on that basis.
If anything, I think Deus Ex has got more appreciated from a critical perspective as time has gone on.
Even as an RPG it was much worse than many competitors at that time. It is (basically) linear, your choices don't influence the ultimate ending (you get a final pick), which, at that time, some pure RPGs already provided.
But you basically reiterate my point: Deus Ex did enough great things to cover the bad things. So it's perfectly fine to give it > 90%, while you can still find strong critique in almost any part of it, without even nitpicking.
Yeah, Metacritic scores tend to decline over time. Based on my experiences I'm going to guess it'll stabilize at 94.