Seriously, this may be a hilarious poke at the gaming industry for you at home, but it's the equivalent of an ultra-gritty war drama for us in the field. Once he saw this trailer, our managing editor Justin McElroy had what we can only assume was a post-traumatic episode, at which point he had to be horse-tranquilized. It, uhm, it was a bad scene.
Seriously, this may be a hilarious poke at the gaming industry for you at home, but it's the equivalent of an ultra-gritty war drama for us in the field. Once he saw this trailer, our managing editor Justin McElroy had what we can only assume was a post-traumatic episode, at which point he had to be horse-tranquilized. It, uhm, it was a bad scene.
Reader Comments (30)
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 7:33PM shadowhowl1900 said
he must be working for IGN
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 8:40AM Design by Adrian said
@shadowhowl1900 I give that comment an 8.5 score.
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Posted: Nov 13th 2011 7:35PM captplut9465 said
Flawless victory!
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 7:41PM Eniko said
C'mon we all know number scores are shit, it's all about the stars.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 8:39PM jadee said
@Eniko
Seriously I am sick number and star scores--I just want the review.
The value people put in the Metacritic average upsets me; I would much rather see there be a Rotten Tomatoes for video games where the score is comprised of the percentage of positive reviews for a title. At least then certain numbers have a different weight to them: it's less "80 Metacritic score--mediocre game" and more "80% of critics liked this-- sounds good."
On a side note: As someone who whole-heartily loves Uncharted 3 and thinks it deserves all its crazy praise--it really upset me when fans lost their shit when an occasional 8 came up. This video made me laugh.
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Seriously I am sick number and star scores--I just want the review.
The value people put in the Metacritic average upsets me; I would much rather see there be a Rotten Tomatoes for video games where the score is comprised of the percentage of positive reviews for a title. At least then certain numbers have a different weight to them: it's less "80 Metacritic score--mediocre game" and more "80% of critics liked this-- sounds good."
On a side note: As someone who whole-heartily loves Uncharted 3 and thinks it deserves all its crazy praise--it really upset me when fans lost their shit when an occasional 8 came up. This video made me laugh.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 10:43PM sjay994 said
@jadee
I totally agree. Metacritic and Gamerankings are ruining games.... Uncharted 3 is a fantastic game, but people get mad at reviews not because of the opinion, but rather the score.
I hate scores, why can't reviews be opinion based, without dropping a number or stars at the end.
Also I never understood why people got mad at the 8 score.
I would have gotten mad at the 5, because I found that review poorly written and it seemed like the reviewer had alot of angst against the game
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I totally agree. Metacritic and Gamerankings are ruining games.... Uncharted 3 is a fantastic game, but people get mad at reviews not because of the opinion, but rather the score.
I hate scores, why can't reviews be opinion based, without dropping a number or stars at the end.
Also I never understood why people got mad at the 8 score.
I would have gotten mad at the 5, because I found that review poorly written and it seemed like the reviewer had alot of angst against the game
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 12:14AM damnreds said
@jadee
if youre sick of number/star reviews, check out ars technica.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/10/uncharted-3-review.ars
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if youre sick of number/star reviews, check out ars technica.
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/10/uncharted-3-review.ars
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 12:20AM FraGNeM said
@jadee
There used to be, but it was pretty pointless; a significant majority of reviewers agreed on whether a game was "bad" or "good", but differed in how much they did/didn't enjoy it, so there wasn't a big spread of RT scores.
Games are different beasts than movies, and they're often judged differently. A game may get credit for being playable but not enjoyable -- movies don't have this trouble; very rarely will a movie be completely broken and unable to be viewed.
I think that, for games, the best way of making a legitimate MC score would be for a site to conform to a metacritic standard, defined scoring system. If a review didn't post this standard, the review wouldn't be attached to a given game. The metacritic standard could be something inbetween the ridiculous, fine granularity that many sites still adhere to, and a simple binary "good/bad" review. Stars are a good start; they've worked for movies for a long time. Then we wouldn't have as much of a problem with many sites treating the bottom 60% of a scale to various degrees of "bad" -- that could all be in the 1 or 2 star range.
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There used to be, but it was pretty pointless; a significant majority of reviewers agreed on whether a game was "bad" or "good", but differed in how much they did/didn't enjoy it, so there wasn't a big spread of RT scores.
Games are different beasts than movies, and they're often judged differently. A game may get credit for being playable but not enjoyable -- movies don't have this trouble; very rarely will a movie be completely broken and unable to be viewed.
I think that, for games, the best way of making a legitimate MC score would be for a site to conform to a metacritic standard, defined scoring system. If a review didn't post this standard, the review wouldn't be attached to a given game. The metacritic standard could be something inbetween the ridiculous, fine granularity that many sites still adhere to, and a simple binary "good/bad" review. Stars are a good start; they've worked for movies for a long time. Then we wouldn't have as much of a problem with many sites treating the bottom 60% of a scale to various degrees of "bad" -- that could all be in the 1 or 2 star range.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 12:28AM GuardianLegend said
@jadee
I think Rottentomatoes already tried having a video game section. It was terrible because nearly every game had a VERY high rating. Every game was a red tomato.
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I think Rottentomatoes already tried having a video game section. It was terrible because nearly every game had a VERY high rating. Every game was a red tomato.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 1:47AM LittleMofreaky said
@Eniko I agree. The star system gives a much more accurate review. What is the difference between a 5/10 and a 6/10? Seriously!
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Posted: Nov 13th 2011 7:43PM pluupy said
Nice trailer....ehh i'd give it a 8.5...
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 7:46PM Brian333 said
I started crying because it was so funny... but then I kept on crying because it was so true. Then I realized it's only a game, and went to get my double-barreled shotgun with electric buck shot.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 8:02PM Shadowbender said
This is one of the best things I have ever seen.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 8:08PM GohanEgret said
This is the Citizen Kane of satire.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 8:29PM Sage009 said
Roger Ebert knows his movies
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:20PM MLS said
Laughed my ass off. By why does the girl want to kill the only guy who wants to gives an honest score?
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:32PM bustermachine42069 said
"I've never played the game before...but I know you're full of shit."
Every. Review.
Every. Review.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:34PM KaCeX said
All those guys beating him up looked like Joystiq commenters
*ducks and fades away*
*ducks and fades away*
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:42PM CatalysticGEAR said
I was looking forward to this movie. But then this trailer gave too many spoilers.
I mean watch the end of the trailer: It's obvious the main character dies! No point in sitting at a dark theater for 2-3 hours and wonder what happened to the poor sap...
I mean watch the end of the trailer: It's obvious the main character dies! No point in sitting at a dark theater for 2-3 hours and wonder what happened to the poor sap...
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 9:59PM Oobgarm said
No shit, this needs to be made into a feature-length.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 10:50PM Jenks said
God damn those guys make hillarious movies.
Posted: Nov 13th 2011 11:40PM Omega2822 said
If you gave Final Fantasy 13 a perfect score, I'd want to put a bullet in your head too.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 5:03AM kentuckyfried said
This's their best one yet.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 9:32AM Styli said
It's hard to do an objective review of something that's very 'subjective'. Games are not like movies, they're interactive and everyone's experience will differ depending on their playing style.
So I wouldn't read too much into review scores beyond the graphics and presentation. Gameplay is a personal thing. The actual review is also not so important, we just want info on game features.
As for the "trailer", hilarious. Shame it won't convince people to stop bitchin' about scores.
So I wouldn't read too much into review scores beyond the graphics and presentation. Gameplay is a personal thing. The actual review is also not so important, we just want info on game features.
As for the "trailer", hilarious. Shame it won't convince people to stop bitchin' about scores.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 4:02PM (Unverified) said
And in customary form, everyone once again misuses the term "journalism" when discussing game criticism...which is one of a great many reasons that game writers are not taken seriously, nor are they "journalists." They're glorified copy writers, complicit marketing pawns to game publishers and nothing more.
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 5:14PM isotrex said
Just so you know, points sucks. Stars rules. haha
Posted: Nov 14th 2011 5:48PM KGameLover1 said
Justin has to have those a lot.
