Yeah I noticed this too. Even reading the reviews, you'd think either 5 would show higher or 4 would have scored lower.
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Gears 5 Review Thread
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Yeah I noticed this too. Even reading the reviews, you'd think either 5 would show higher or 4 would have scored lower.
if someone reviews the game and concludes its a 6 to them yes, you can say in your opinion its wrong and that's fine but there is nothing unfair about that
So opencritic is now at 86, that's absolutely fine if you ask me. For the ones that care about such things, this is very close to Spidey!
Could there perhaps be more reviews when it's available for everyone next week or is this pretty much it?
Could there perhaps be more reviews when it's available for everyone next week or is this pretty much it?
There was plenty of buzz around Gears 4 on release. It usually takes some time after the dust has settled before a narrative starts to form about how good a game truly is. The general consensus as far as I can read it is that Gears 4 was a perfectly adequate entry in the series but nothing overly exciting (for most).
Check back in a few months to see where opinion lies on Gears 5.
Lol Imagine a beefy, gun-wielding Spider-Man, getting gibbed by a shotgun.
Disney would sign off on that without issue..
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That would be kinda funny, especially if he still said his silly one liners while chainsawing guys.
There are sure to be a lot more over the next few days. It would be unusual for it to round out with only the current number of reviews, when the last 2 major Xbox releases had well over 100 reviews and that is the average number of reviews you get for these kinds of high profile games across the board.
Eh it's mostly preemptive of the "gears 5 isn't GOTY material and Xbox has no games!" Since 🕷️ man is considered a must play then I'd gears scores roughly the same it too is a must play. It's validation pure and simple.
Carnage would fit in the gears universe beautifully though. Spider Kait would be pretty rad though!
Trying to help someone enjoy a game is weird? Had a few that did. They're still in my friends list.
HZD was the game robbed of 90.
Great scores for Gears 5. It has been my favorite Microsoft IP for a while despite Halo getting top billing
It's so dumb. There's literally no way to compare the two. Writing is the only way, and graphics. But otherwise, they're not even the same genre or type of game
Yep. Then you have certain peeps that want you to listen to the outliers.
Yeah that's right.
All game journalists have hidden agendas and vendettas and that's why Gears 5 didn't score .4 more on metacritic.
Do you know how ridiculous that sounds?
There was a certain poster/reviewer in this thread that did exactly that. It's ridiculous to say ALL journalists have a bias but some clearly do.
It doesn't sound ridiculous. Reviewers can have biases and inclinations too.
But we have no reason to think the reviewer doesn't like TPS. We just know they didn't like this one.
There is no reason to assume a conspiracy when the simplest answer explains the outcome.
I didn't say it's a one way street. There are certain outlets that only like Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo and they rate games to their fan base. I do feel like mind share controls a lot of reviews too.
The guy I responded to that accused all games journalists of having hidden agendas and vendettas caught a ban for that comment.
You then responded to me and mentioned "biases", but that's not what I was discussing, at all.
I was responding that there are journalists that have done exactly that in this thread. It has happened but I definitely agree it's not a world wide conspiracy.
Yeah, that's what I mean. There's a clear conflict of interest there.
I think it would be included? As long as it comes out before the show, which is usually in early December.
Different person reviewed the game than the one who made this video. I agree with all of the points in this video.
Gears 5 is not an 18 year old applying to Cambridge, 85 is a great score and I think it's a great game. I don't see why people are losing their shits over a couple extra points
If there is one thing that video games have made clear over the years it's that people really get invested in watching numbers tick up.
It's the founding principle of modern game design.
All the people who already predicted a GotY candidate in the preview thread and that the score would be well over 84, at least 90. Too high expectations, I guess.
1. Metacritic average is too flawed to take its final score as a gold standard. It's just one very general guide post.
2. Reviews are just feelings. Don't be shitty because someone feels different than you.
3. Almost exactly half the reviewers gave Gears a 90 or above. If you got as much enjoyment out of the campaign as I did, there's enough reviewers to validate your feelings...but if they didn't, so fucking what?
4. I don't think Coalition will close down for missing the 90 metacritic mark.
2. Reviews are just feelings. Don't be shitty because someone feels different than you.
3. Almost exactly half the reviewers gave Gears a 90 or above. If you got as much enjoyment out of the campaign as I did, there's enough reviewers to validate your feelings...but if they didn't, so fucking what?
4. I don't think Coalition will close down for missing the 90 metacritic mark.
5/5 stars
"Though a tad slow to get going, Gears 5 has reinvented itself in ways many of us didn't dare dream was possible, blending what we loved about the franchise with a fresh story, personable protagonists, and some of the best visuals and shooting mechanics we've seen. "