Anyone else feels like some franchises' games get bonus scores from 'professional' reviewers just for being, well, part of their franchises?
I'm not even saying they're paid reviews, I just think reviewers look differently to some franchises.
For instance, here's what I think happens with some franchises:
Metal Gear Solid + 15 to score Zelda +10 to score Pokémon +15 to score Final Fantasy +5 to score Elder Scrolls +10 to score Persona +10 to score Mario +10 to score
The opposite is also true for some franchises. Tales Of games, for instance, always get a -10 to score, no matter the quality.
Logan Clark
After FF13 and 14 1.0 ruined people's view on the series, I feel like reviews are more harsh on them than your average game seires
Ian Hernandez
Reviewers getting caught up in initial hype which blinds them to flaws thus higher scores.
Though your image does cherry pick some literally who websites.
James Torres
It used to be +15 to FF games before FF XIII.
Austin Howard
reviews including famitsu gave MGSV solid 10s and 9.5s it doesn't even deserve to be that high for an incomplete game it's only that high because of Kojima
Connor Gonzalez
Of course they fucking do.
People treated Twilight Princess getting an 8.8/10 like it was the fucking worst insult ever but that game is like a 7.8/10 in all honesty. I can't speak for BOTW, haven't played it, but I genuinely fucking doubt that's a 98 either.
Jaxson Powell
Now post Phantom Hourglass, Links Crossbow Training, and Tri Force Heroes.
Levi Richardson
>Tales Of games, for instance, always get a -10 to score, no matter the quality.
It deserves it, Tales is weebtrash for people who like anime aesthetics.
Joshua Bailey
Who cares about spin-off titles?
Lincoln Murphy
>The shitty game that I like is always treated unfairly
Logan Smith
they're all overrated. So they fit.
Anthony Scott
>that pic in fairness he was damn right, those kids were way to try hard with their work.
Caleb Kelly
I didn't say CD-i Zelda.
Also CD-i Zelda
Isaiah Bailey
>Reviewers getting caught up in initial hype which blinds them to flaws thus higher scores. This is the key issue, even getting early copies a week or two in advance you will never be able to get a real in depth feel for a game that is supposed to last for several hundred hours.
Nathaniel Cox
BotW is a solid 8 at best.
Justin Flores
>Anyone else feels like some franchises' games get bonus scores from 'professional' reviewers just for being, well, part of their franchises? Obviously.
If Mass Effect Andromeda didn't have the words "Mass Effect" in the title it'd have a 35 on Metacritic.
Aaron Jones
Don't take reviews and scores as the final nail. Make your own opinion rather than relying on anyone elses criticism
Isaiah Morales
what's a 10
Nathan Allen
Not him but Ghost Trick
Robert Rodriguez
TWEWY Majora's Mask Melee Red Alert 2 Super Metroid
yep
Christopher Sanchez
Max Payne Repúblic comando Bully
Jackson Martin
glorified bloggers don't going to have the ability to professionally distance themselves from the content they review, big surprise.
Ethan Torres
San Andreas.
Sebastian Gonzalez
>JRPG -10 Points >JRPG with cute anime girls -15 Points >JRPG with cute anime girls from Persona +15 Points >JRPG with cute anime girls from Square Enix +20 Points
Why is this allowed?
Oliver Perry
They want the sweet early access shady deals with Square Enix, which now also publishes tons of western franchises.
