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[–] BeautifulInside ago  (edited ago)

The main problem is that score aggregators such as Metacritic are based on a faulty premise. The faulty premise being that whatever article is listed by <insert big publication> as a "review" will always be a review and not a mere piece of "critique". Critique such as this has its value (much like it has value for modern art), but it brings nothing to people who go to Metacritic to get an idea about the quality of a game.

The debate should not be about whether people have the right to express their own opinion, regardless of the megaphone they use to express them and regardless of how wrong and retarded their opinions are. The answer to that debate is quite evident.

No, the real debate is to determine whether that sort of article qualifies as a review at all. As someone who never played and was never interested in any Uncharted game I have no more information about the game than I had before reading. It is a completely objective fact about this article, that it provides no actual information about the product it is supposed to review.

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[–] Frankensauce ago 

Agree completely. Reviews can be subjective for sure, but something like a "buyer's guide" or a "whats in the box" sort of publication should be objective, as the intent is not to criticize or acclaim, but to inform. Its by this same token that media should not insert political or personal agendas into say, a news story about a wildfire or hurricane.