Just so you guys know, /v/ isn't raiding Metacritic.
The problem with this being a raid is that:
1. /v/ is lazy. /v/ doesn't even play video games because they are so lazy.
2.
You have to create a new account and create a review that is both
unique and over a word limit. If a raid used a script you'd be able to
tell in all the generic reviews. Granted, the really low scores all
complain about the same topics but they all do it in their own way. They
get very creative telling Bioware off. A raid wouldn't have so many
unique reviews.
3. Again, /v/ is lazy. They might make one troll
account, write a review and call it a day. No where near enough to
influence the sheer amount of negative reviews.
4. Lets say that even
half of them are trolls (they aren't, again, look at the account info).
Even so, that still leavs a huge number of dissatified people on 3
different consoles writing reviews for DA2.
5./v/ has no organization. /v/ is not /b/.
6.If it indeed was a raid then the amount of negative reviews would be in the thousands
It can't be a
raid. It just doesn't make any logical sense. Its fear mongering and
scapegoating. Bioware is using 4chan as an excuse because of how little
people from the outside understand how it works.
Look at the metacritic scores. Maybe 20 of
them are from troll accounts. If there was a raid that number would be
in the hundreds. There would be 10 times the amount of reviews then there
already is. The vast majority of the negative reviews are from legit
accounts. Accounts with more than one review to their name and more than
one month since activation. A raid would only be possible by creating hundreds of new troll accounts and creating hundreds of unique reviews. Click expand, click on the user's name,
don't assume that bad review=4chan.
And look at the critic
reviews themselves. They talk about how dissapointing the game is, how
bad the camera is, how repetative the dungeon design. And yet somehow,
with all those negative points they slap an 8.0 or a 10/10 on it. Does
that make sense to you? Do you people read the reviews or do you just
look at the score and feel vindicated that the score was high enough to
allign with your own personal feelings? The reviews are contradictory
and don't make sense. Look at IGN's review. They point out many of the
games shortcomings and yet it doesn't have any impact on the end score.
Now,
I don't want to sound like a conspiracy theorist but look at the
European reviews. German magazines are tearing it apart. Jeuxvideo gave
DA2 a 6/10 and gave it scathing remarks like calling it an attack on PC
gaming. How can two countries have such widely different opinions? No,
not even opinions, scores, since the Western reviews bring up the same
complaints in the body of their reviews. Read for gods sakes. Don't rely
on a number (or an icon) to tell you what to think.
Alternatively, don't assume that a good review=valid either: look at the most positive DA2 reviews by date. The 10/10 reviews
came out before the negative ones and don't use any kind of
constructive critique, any specifics, any hint of knowledge of actually
playing the game. They are as fake and shallow as the scores that gave DA2
a 0/10. They have no indepth analysis, no analysis of the game at all. Just "We love Bioware, this is 10/10. Trust me."
4chan isn't behind any raid on metacritic. Its just a
scapegoat. Read some of the reviews. I don't mean the 0/10s, I mean the
2/10s, the 3/10s, the 5/10s. Either they show genuine hurt from the
betrayal of DA2 and let their emotions guide them or they have very
specific and constructive complaints with the game. Eitherway, neither
should be present in a game that deserves a 10/10 or an 8/10.
Look at the Gameinformer. The userbase there isn't touched by 4chan, AT ALL. And yet you see that the user reviews there are giving the game 5/10 on average. How do you explain that? Do you think 4chan raided them as well? Or is it possible that there really are disgruntled fans. Read Amazon's user score. 3.0 as well. And almost none of them are new troll accounts.
David Gaider has said that 4chan raided metacritic. Hell, some people even posted here and said they were behind the raid. But think. The logistics of a raid on metacritic make that nearly impossible. Read the reviews. There is an expand button for a reason. Not all of them give DA2 a low score with no purpose. Click on the users. You'll see that most of the accounts aren't from trolls. Don't buy the conspiracy. Don't buy the scapegoat.
Modifié par Getterray, 10 mars 2011 - 11:56 .
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