Why does nobody care about review scores anymore? They used to be important back in 2000s & 90s
Why does nobody care about review scores anymore? They used to be important back in 2000s & 90s
Hudson Butler
Daniel Flores
Because the only opinion that matters is mine.
Angel Morales
Jayden Taylor
>Pic related
This is now a RDR2 thread.
Chase Howard
because traditional media is dead
Liam Clark
Think of the poor journalists
Oliver Scott
Because every AAA game gets bloated as fuck scores and they became meaningless.
Also reviewers stopped being good at or caring about video games.
Elijah Hill
based
Nolan Nguyen
Because you can’t trust them anymore. Like for example I think Breath of the Wild is an 8/10 but every fucking journalist is like 10/10!
Charles Rodriguez
This, you can literally see the drop off in quality in this picture. Games are rated highly based on brand recognition now & having the best graphics or biggest open world
Samuel Parker
Just shut up and trust the plan.
Daniel Brooks
>All that GTA
>YWN unsee the Goldeneye mouth thing
Jayden Cook
I agree that review scores are dumb, but you can't have "I had a different opinion than most of the reviews I read for one game" as your only example.
Noah Campbell
Trust in journalism has plummeted. Dragon Age 2 getting over an 8 did it in for me.
Anthony Richardson
> Developers with 97's from the 90s: Sega, Nintendo, Rare, Namco, Valve, Konami, SquareSoft, Treasure, Sony
> Developers with 97's from the 00s: Nintendo, Rockstar, 2K Games, Valve, Konami, Rare, Capcom, Bungie
> Developers with 97's from the 10s: Nintendo, Rockstar
What the fuck happened to AAA developers? Are they really THAT bad now? Or are journalist just incredibly biased towards Nintendo & Rockstar specifically?
Samuel Parker
BECAUSE THE GAME IS RIGGED YOU FUCKTARD
Blake Diaz
You want more examples? Cause Ive got some more.
Oliver Moore
AAA devs are trash AND journalism as a whole is trash.
Cameron Gonzalez
I didn't see this edit before. Thanks
Benjamin Davis
>in 2000s
no
>& 90s
I was a child and had yet to develop my own judgment + internet video was not yet good enough to just look at footage of a game and judge it.
Henry Barnes
Because every game is within 70 to 100 with certain pubs and devs getting bonuses and fairly big considerations omitted (IE all of Bethesda's RPG releases with massive bugs are just "Bethesda charm" instead of Bethesda Jank)
Michael Thompson
Because the marketing game has changed.
It used to be free demos online and in game magazines, then it became huge previews and paid review in online websites. Now, companies have realized they have a way bigger investment return and audience to shill to if they get popular youtubers and streamers to play their games before release.
That plus game leaks, easy spread of information, and user curated reviews have really put in a dent in online gaming journalist sites. In fact, if people want news, they can just go to twitter or their enthusiast forum of choice. The only way for modern gaming journalism publications/sites to survive is by having their own original "youtube" like shows/content or pay big fuckin buckaroos for exclusive coverages and previews for highly hyped games.
Connor Howard
Because the internet just wasn't that big then, so those reviews were generally the most reliable source of information you could get about the quality of a game. Now with streaming and gameplay videos on Youtube it's easier for consumers to make informed decisions about purchasing games, not to mention that the ease of accessing gameplay videos from far more competent and dedicated players has left reviewers even more redundant than they would be even if they weren't complete garbage.
Angel Harris
ITS MAKIN ME CRINGE DUTCH