Posts Tagged ‘Killzone 2’
Biggest Letdowns of 2009
By just about anyone’s measure 2009 was an amazing year, but that doesn’t mean that the year didn’t have its fair share of letdowns. Now that the year is over, we thought we would take a moment to look back at the games that rode in on a wave of hype and rode off into the bargain bin. So here they are in all their mediocre glory: the biggest letdowns of the year.
Why I Hate: Metacritic
"Kids Love It!"
If you check my reviews for Civ Rev or Mighty Final Fight you are more likely to be met with a weird Youtube clip or a Rambo reference than a numeric score. Although at first glance this might be seen as the result of severe head trauma, there is actual reasoning behind this decision to eschew number scores.
I understand that many people like having an easy number that will explain everything, but in the end I think that a number score is the worst part of any review. I am not alone in thinking this way. Adam Sessler of X-Play has railed against the way his scores are interpreted by sites like Metacritic. And there are countless others, just about every reviewer hates giving numeric scores and just about every reviewer is forced to come up with them so that they can be used for sites like Metacritic.
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Videogame Jam of the Day Latest Podcast- Barrel Roll #169 - "Panda Games Are Their Own Genre" December 24, 2012After a brief hiatus, the Barrel Roll podcast is back to their old tricks. Jesse, Jonah, Wes, and Adam Milecki return for an in depth discussion of the burgeoning panda genre and what it brings to the table. Jonah finally dips into Tokyo Jungle to try out its panda-related DLC. Jesse fights pandas with increasingly elaborate costumes in Tekken Tag Tournament […]
