bioware confirmed for scum

that's lame

thought dragon age 2 was well received tho, its user rating is pretty low o_O

Scared of most other producers than Blizzard lol. When I tried Rift, I stopped after 2 weeks, but they kept billing for a year, I tried contacting support, on the forum, asked if my bank could stop it, not till I got the clever idea of "losing" my credit card did I get em to stop taking monthly fee's lol.

I qq'd, oops xD

Holy shit Sherlock!

An employee gave the product he worked on a positive review!?!?!?!?!!

Holy fucking Shit!! Contact the Feds! Contact Interpol!!

I dont see the problem here. It's a user review.How much will that mean really? Would be different if he was writing for the biggest game magazine or something

Isnt metacritic the score thats displayed on steam?

On March 06 2012 22:42 devon06atX wrote: Holy shit Sherlock! An employee gave the product he worked on a positive review!?!?!?!?!! Holy fucking Shit!! Contact the Feds! Contact Interpol!!

Do you really think its an acceptable practice?

If you paid $100 for a game that turned out to be complete shit but had artificially bloated scores/reviews you might feel differently.

On March 07 2012 03:54 SpasticInk wrote: I dont see the problem here. It's a user review.How much will that mean really? Would be different if he was writing for the biggest game magazine or something

meh - in reality I put much more weight on user reviews made by peolpe like me, than possibly-paid-for-review by some stakeholders

On March 07 2012 11:29 Hjorturkall wrote: Show nested quote + On March 07 2012 03:54 SpasticInk wrote: I dont see the problem here. It's a user review.How much will that mean really? Would be different if he was writing for the biggest game magazine or something meh - in reality I put much more weight on user reviews made by peolpe like me, than possibly-paid-for-review by some stakeholders

this

and it appears to me that this guy's review was showing up as the top user review, at a 10/10 score, when the average score is 4.2/10, what's up with that?
though, checking the site now it doesn't appear as the top review (though it still exists if you search for the guy's profile)
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dragon-age-ii

it is the top rated 'most helpful' positive review if you click "show me positive reviews"
http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/dragon-age-ii/user-reviews?dist=positive

On March 07 2012 11:29 Hjorturkall wrote: Show nested quote + On March 07 2012 03:54 SpasticInk wrote: I dont see the problem here. It's a user review.How much will that mean really? Would be different if he was writing for the biggest game magazine or something meh - in reality I put much more weight on user reviews made by peolpe like me, than possibly-paid-for-review by some stakeholders

Yes, but isnt it more the aggreate of user reviews that are interesting. Do you look at one single one and go from there, when the rest is giving 3x times lower scores?