Petition Appears to Remove Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End’s Washington Post “Review” From Metacritic

After the hubbub created by a divisive review to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End scored 4 out of 10 on Metacritic, fans have taken the matter in their hands, submitting a petition to have that score removed.

[ArchangelMike]

I don't even understand how it got there in the first place, specifically the bogus score that they gave to it. I'm sure by now the Metacritic editors are aware of the issue. I hope this will be a catalyst to raise awarenss of the disproportionate amount of sway Metacritic has over the industry.

[Abash]

The way this is taking so long is just making Metacritic look unprofessional

[DiscoKid]

Let it go. It's a good game regardless of some stupid review.

[hulk_bash1987]

@DiscoKid
It's not about the Washington Post review, because they are entitled to their opinion of the game, it's a matter of principal. Metacritic editors sought to put a low score on a negative review of the game (which did not include a numerical score) in an attempt to lower the games metascore. Their intention isn't clear but their shady practice is.

[Hold_It]

@Abash

Metacritic isn't professional. The game looks great though. It's kinda of funny, there's bigger problems in the world than someone not agreeing with your opinion of a videogame, but apparently this is bigger than that.

[Blastoise]

hvd222

You do know Metacritic just takes all reviews from around the web don't you? They don't review the games themselves, how can they be biased?

[hulk_bash1987]

@Blastoise
They aren't reviewers, so why are they assigning scores to 1.) Reviews that don't have a numerical score and 2.) A review they did not write?

[remixx116]

Isn't that Washington post review satire?

[hulk_bash1987]

@remixx116
Nope, its was falsely reported as a satire review by the author of that article. The review is legitimate and comes from the Washington Posts Comic Riff. Confirmed to be legit by a Washington Post editor on the comments section of that review.
This is the quoted text from Gene Park, an editor from the Washington Post: "Posting again to drop some knowledge for y'all:

First of all, I'm with most of you in that I disagree with this review pretty vehemently. I'm having the time of my life playing Uncharted 4. I love it and if I wrote the review you bet it'd be way different, and I would talk about the expanded gameplay elements (open-ended level design, encouraged stealth, etc), praise the level of detail as well as the well-acted, well-paced story.

That said, you have to do better than just come here and accuse him of being an Xbox fanboy. Life is a lot more complicated than a simple conspiracy theory dredged up from nowhere. Is console war fandom even a thing anymore?

Also, the "other" review you guys keep bringing up is NOT from us. It's from the Associated Press. If I have to explain what the AP is, we'd be here all day. But simply put: It's a news service in which MANY news organizations use to publish various stories, including videogame reviews.

Lastly, Comic Riffs is a blog about geek life. That does not imply that this is a humor or satirical column.

Anyway I'm off to hopefully beat Uncharted 4 today."

[callahan09]

@hulk_bash1987: That's BS. The Washington Post published a real review in their technology section, which reviews videogames from a legitimate perspective all the time, and THAT reviewer gave the game a *GLOWING* review. Yet THAT review is not counted on Metacritic, and the one that was posted in the comedy section is the one that Metacritic posts as the Washington Post review? That's ridiculous. Come on!

[hulk_bash1987]

@Callaghan

Did you not read this part of the Washington Post staff member's comment?
"Also, the "other" review you guys keep bringing up is NOT from us. It's from the Associated Press. If I have to explain what the AP is, we'd be here all day. But simply put: It's a news service in which MANY news organizations use to publish various stories, including videogame reviews.

Lastly, Comic Riffs is a blog about geek life. That does not imply that this is a humor or satirical column."

[mkis007]

I was curious where the score came from myself so I emailed the metacritic editor and he said that they were sent the score separately from the article.

[Bimkoblerutso]

I don't think "unprofessional" is the word for it. This is a very tricky situation.

Just to be clear, I can't even begin to express how ridiculous I find the actual review, but you have to understand the precedent that would be set by taking down a review that people simply disagree with. It is completely impossible to prove that the intent of the author was anything other than authentic, despite how outlandishly critical the review turned out. Reviews are, at the end of the day, completely subjective material, so getting the score taken down on the grounds that we all don't like it would be somewhat unethical.

Still...another part of me feels like the author was enough of a douchebag that ethics can eat a dick this time...

[PistolsAtDawn]

Plenty of things make them look unprofessional, but none more so than the fact that like 33% of the reviews for the game have something "Sony" or "playstation" related in the name of the site....are we pretending that is unbiased?

That'd be like if 33% of the top reviews for QB were from websites called "Microsoft" or "XBOX"

[trouble_bubble]

@pistols at dawn
33% of metacritics uncharted reviews are from sites with Sony or PlayStation in the title?! Umm, theres actually only FOUR. Four out of s whopping Ninety One!

4 out of 91 isn't a conspiracy, let alone 33%. Never go full, man. Never go full.

[SolidStoner]

No need to let go.. destroy those childish reviews.. and teach them a lesson, they need to learn how to play/finish a game.. I wish one day real gamers would make reviews..

[Deadpooled]

https://www.change.org/p/wa...

[emad-E-three]

IMO not taking actions against it by MC is a credibility at stake!

[ArchangelMike]

I'm hoping their credibility comes crasing down. For far too long Metacritic score have been some kind of holy grail, even to the detrement of developers. I hope the gaming community are able to highlight just how ridiculous their whole setup is. I will be happy to see the end of Metacritic tbh, especially if this is how low they set the bar.

[rainslacker]

Unfortunately, I doubt this one instance is going to cause them to crumble. Not that I want them to go by the wayside, as the principle of the service isn't really bad, but the way they put things together is just wrong IMO.

I don't like some sites being weighted heavier, and with this particular review, the idea that more trusted sites have more weight just shows that some sites are weighted too highly, because there's no way one 40 would bring the score down a whole point unless it carried more weight. So a non-gaming site which uses random AP reviewers is weighted heavier than a dedicated gaming site.

There are other alternatives out there, but no one really pays attention to them, and I doubt this will do much to get people to move on. We gamers have a habit of sticking with what we know, and MC is kind of the go-to fanboy rating site, which pretty much guarantees their survival.

[game4funz]

I wish MC would disappear.

[pcz]

IMO taking action against MC brings the credibility of the entire gaming community into question.

i mean, a review is someones OPINION. it shouldnt be something that can be petitioned against and removed simply because the masses dont like it, or doesnt fit their agenda.

its corruption.

it means that metacritic can be influenced by the majority to manipulate review scores. as long as the majority make a petition they can warp the score of a game to whatever they want, regardless of the reviews.

i dont care if 1million people think the review is unfair, the principle that everyone has a right to review and score a game whatever they please, remains the same.

it just goes to show how pathetic the gaming community has become

[BlackTar187]

whether you like it or not MC is already being swayed by big companies. bringing the users into it doesn't relaly make any difference it just continues it's reign on shady practice.

You guys need to stop visiting the site and tell people not to go there. Nothing will change otherwise. Let's be real MC got more publicity because of this so they are still winning. All this would go away though if we could somehow stop being mean about games.

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

I am really confused about this comic riff and WP shit. The thing is that review didn't have any numerical score attached to it, and Metacritic pulled that 4/10 out of nowhere. Yet, the WP review, which was 4/4, was not added.

So the Metacritic system here is at stake. Just like Metacritic doesn't include all those no name sites that has given U4 a 10 or a 9, they shouldn't have included this one especially when it didn't have any score. That's the real issue here

[Letthewookiewin]

This whole thing reminds me of the Anime, Psyco-Pass. The Sybill system is flawed.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

Wait, so the review didn't have a numerical score, but Metacritic just arbitrarily decided to slap a 4 onto it?

I thought this was just a bunch of fans up in arms about a super low score to their favorite game, but if Meta is really attaching fake numbers to reviews that don't give a score in the first place, then that's an issue.

[OB1Biker]

Yea the moment it didn't have any score to start with it raises the issue of scoring games itself. Why did they need to add a score afterwards? Even if it was added later on from the same source that just shows its a way to make it count in Meta and not to stand as a review the way it was originally intended.

[GamingIVfun]

If the review (this is not a review, it's a fanboy comment) did not give a number value, then Metacritic should not assign one and shouldn't include it's numeric scoring. Metacritic is about numeric scoring.

I've seen this before with other reviews that Metacritic has done the same thing with and thought the exact same thing. If the reviewer see's fit to not assign a numeric score (pretty sure they doing it on purpose), then why should Metacritic assign one. Often they assign a score that doesn't even match what was said in the review.

A lot of sites have been baiting the Playstation community lately.

[rainslacker]

MC does provide links to non scored reviews for sites they track. Which is good, because it allows people more access to reviews. If MC wanted to go with this review, they should have put it in that section, as there is no justifiable reason why MC should be assigning review scores to a written review. Some gaming site(can't remember which one) had a group of editors that assigned their own score to a reviewers review, and people all around disliked the practice. This is really no different, other than MC is taking it solely upon themselves to assign the score with no real input from the reviewer.

[hulk_bash1987]

It is pretty shady of metacritic to do what they did.

[Ezz2013]

hvd222

MC just collect reviews from every site like they do for every game...that make them baised to Sony how ?!

add to that the fact that they took this satire review and put a score themself even though they have a section for reviews with no score ....which is pretty strange
Prove you wrong greatly

The shit i keep read on this site is too much.

[lelo2play]

This is just plain stupid. If Metacritic give in, fanboys are going to start demanding that Metacritic remove every low score from games they like, that way every game out there will have an average of 10.

Will people also demand that Metacritic removes lower scores from user reviews?

Well, IGN gave in with their Uncharted score...

[remixx116]

Well you are right but very wrong...

Obviously you didn't read into the situation at all.

Washington post didn't score uncharted 4.

Metacritic decided to take the review, add a score to it and add it it's list. Instead of putting it in its proper section of unscored reviews

It is all wrong and should be corrected.

[Bathyj]

Metacritic is just a collection of the scores reviewers give to games. If the reviewer doesnt want to give a score, then they shouldnt be on Metacritic Period, or at least their review can be posted, but the made up score shouldnt contribute to the average.

Who are Metacritic to assign a score they think the reviewer intended? If the reviewer had wanted a score assigned to their review they would have done it themselves.

I'm not even addressing what an obviously troll review it was. Positive or Negative it shouldnt happen. Im talking about the act of Metacritic making scores up, they should be impartial.

[Pogmathoin]

I am sure you would all feel the same way if this was an MS game.... But for the review, complete bullshlt..... Bitterness....

[Erik7357]

They are very protective and careful...they are probably investigating it just to make sure and wait weeks.

It would be great if we just got rid of review scores in general, metacritic would get fucked if that happens.

[KentBenMei]

Did you read the petition? At one point the author accuses the reviewer of writing like a 12 year old, but he himself writes like he's 8 lol. He threw a fit because his favorite series isn't impeccable to everyone.

[gangsta_red]

I'm going to start a petition to remove the bad scores for Atari Jaguar's Cybermorph. Because that was a good game.

Seriously, a petition to remove one score? That is really overboard.

Does anyone even believe that score for UC4? So why does it even matter, it takes nothing away from the actual game and your enjoyment.

This is just as silly and as blown out as wanting to eliminate numbered scores a while back.

[Picnic]

N4G claimed that it was a 'satire' (USA code for 'spoof' rather than satire in its ancient sense). It wasn't - there are zero signposts of intending the opposite meaning. It was either a sincerely held opinion or maliciously posing as one. Malice cannot be assumed without knowing past form of the writer. If their opinion is sincerely held then I daresay they are using some very niche yardstick of what they think UC4 should have been. If they resented a 4th game being made at all then their judgement may be coloured, some would say clouded, by that. It is unfair for such a review, in which the reviewer reveals no patience for there being a 4th game at all, to have weight upon the Metacritic Critics score. Whatever they wanted would surely not have been Uncharted.

[Abriael]

Yeah, that's a misconception. Some think that the Comic Riff's reviews are satire because it's called "comic riff," but that's not the case.

Most of the Washington Post's game reviews come from the Comic Riff, which is simply the site's section for comics, games, TV series and such. They're all "serious" reviews, and if you read most of the production of this specific writer, you'll notice that, unfortunately, he's actually serious. He just loves to nitpick and bash stuff for inane reasons.

Whether it's his actual opinion or just a grab for hits, I can't say, but the article isn't satire.

[jb227]

I don't doubt that the article is satire, but there was no actual score on it was there? I thought the main legitimate issue was that there was no score on the review but it somehow ended up translating into a 4?

Either way, I don't necessarily think this should or shouldn't be changed, but it should push MC to look into what reviewers they weight on their system. There are literally hundreds of decent smaller level games journalists whose opinion should hold more water than someone who is this out of touch. If what you are saying is true & most of his reviews are like this & he isn't just a huge Uncharted detractor, the dude doesn't really deserve to be held up.

Reviews & tastes are always subjective, but I don't subscribe to the idea that a review should be solely based off of someone's own personal opinion. If I can't stand RPG's but can respect the work put into a game like The Witcher, general quality & mechanic feel should make up a large portion of how my review reads & what my score looks like.

[Kaneki-Ken]

Troy Baker is supporting this, so he agree that this review is too skeptical. We know is a review but a known reviewer must act professional since they getting paid to do so.

[InTheLab]

In the comments section of the review, a staff member says it's a legit review. The only issue is the assigned score from MC.

Speaking of, it's embarrassing how people are freaking out over 1 point. What's the difference between 94 and 93 when it comes to Naughty Dog's legacy or how amazing the game is.

[rainslacker]

Don't care really. They spent one paragraph actually "reviewing" the UC4 game itself. What was said was neither objective or did anything to actually tell the reader about the game. The criticisms of the actual game never explained why it made it a bad game.

If it was a review, it was a terrible one by all review standards regardless of what his opinion was. If it was satire, it was poorly done, and showed no real talent for the craft. Satire is typically obvious, that's what makes an impact. This review seemed more spiteful, and used as a way to cast doubt on the game itself using frivolous reasoning.

Beyond that, I don't really care about the guys opinion, or that he's a crappy game reviewer. What I care more about is MC assigning a score they had no justification in assigning...particularly since they have ways to include non scored reviews set up on their website. That is not something that should be accepted regardless of console preference.

@jb

Apparently WP uses AP reviews, which can come from anyone. This means that editorial standard could be all over the place when it comes to their reviews. However, in this case, it would appear that TWP is weighted fairly heavily as a trusted site in the MC system. Otherwise, that one 40 wouldn't have brought down the score.

[jb227]

I had heard that they used AP for the first UC4 review that gave it a perfect score, and that this one was from an actual WP staffer. Not sure if that's true or if I heard wrong there but I'm wondering since the AP is a wire site, is WP the only outlet that uses them for games? Otherwise I would think that the AP score would be directly applied already? If a half dozen different MC weighted sites used the same AP review, would it essentially mean that the score gets reflected a half dozen times? I was never really clear on that. Also, is the WP weighted based off of their AP used content or their own? Just a lotta questions about this.

Honestly the game is so well crafted I can understand if it's not someone's cup of tea, but there is no real honest way a respectable outlet could give this game a 4. It just doesn't track. It would essentially mean that there is no such thing as even a 9 or higher in gaming. If this game was a 4, what game in existence could essentially be twice as good in every aspect? That's why the score is broken. I think on storytelling, gameplay mechanics & technical competence alone, there is no way UC4 merits anything under a 7 at the rock bottom. Personal tastes can't account for that kind of discrepancy & if this reviewer is just Mr. Video Game Hipster, then why do we care about his personal gaming tastes? I could understand if it was coming from well respected video game journalists, but there is absolutely nothing special about this writer, his views or his perspective. It's not unique or interesting, it's pedantic & juvenile.

But you are right, the main issue here is the idea that a score got magically assigned to his review. What is MC's method for assigning a numerical value for a complete stranger's opinion?

It really makes me wish that all of the MC weighted video game journalists took a month off from posting any kind of scores, just write & review and see what kind of random scores MC has to come up with....that'd be a pretty funny experiment.

[Blastoise]

It's sad that a scoreless review somehow ended up as a 4/10, but I wouldn't care enough to start a petition lol

[uptownsoul]

Here's the thing The Washington Post didn't even score the game a 4/10, they gave it a 4/4 (Read the last sentence of the review: https://www.washingtonpost.... )

[DopeTech]

Some people really take these review scores seriously, go get some fresh air instead.

[Fin_The_Human]

Was just saying the same thing...some people take this console war thing to serious and worship consoles like gods.

[SegaGamer]

Exactly, gamers have become obsessed. It's just a number, why do people care so much ? how is a review of a game having any affect on their lives ? some people really are pathetic.

[fluxmulder]

This is just pathetic.

[Fin_The_Human]

The fact that people are actually losing sleep over one mans opinion or the fact that the review is still up?

[DragonDDark]

Who's losing sleep?

[Night99]

The fact that people losing sleep over some guys opinion, thats really pathetic.

[fluxmulder]

It's one negative review, who the hell cares. The game is still sitting pretty at 93. Metacritic always needs to sneak in one very negative review, so let them.

[LuckyChamCham]

Please take the damn thing off, it's a troll review..

[TranceHop]

Metacritic scores
Uncharted 2 (96)
Uncharted 4 (93)

[LuckyChamCham]

Your point is?

[TranceHop]

Uncharted 2 is better

[fenome]

Yeah, because they're both great games.

[fenome]

So is Uncharted 2 better in your personal opinion based on your experience with it, or are you just throwing that out there based on some numbers on a website based on an agenda?

Which aspects of Uncharted 2 did you enjoy over Uncharted 4?

[NotEvenMyFinalForm]

For the record, they gave the game a score of 4/4. The review that was put on Metacritic was satire and it did even award a score, so Metacritic pulled the 4/10 out of their asses too.

edit:
Well it seems the review is not satire after all but it still did not award a score anyway. So from where does the 4/10 come from? Not even the staff of Wapo knows.

Staff is explaining what up in the comment section here: https://www.washingtonpost.... < This one has no score, is more of a blog.

And this is what's creating the confusion, 2 reviews on Wapo: https://www.washingtonpost.... < This one gave the game a score of 4/4 but it's a repost from the Associated Press.

What a mess. haha

[rainslacker]

Yeah, but the title itself says it's a review of UC4. It's really not. At best it's a story synopsis with a bitch rant about the series thrown in, and then some critique at the end which does nothing to put the negatives into context.

It's a horrible review regardless of what one feels about the game.

[opinionated]

These idiots are the reason reviews don't matter anymore. A congregated number is all that gamers, developers and publishers care about.

Remember the days before metacritic when nobody knew which games were good? No, because that never happened. Screw metacritic, stop putting so much emphasis on a number. We need reviews to move away from numbers entirely and you idiots are moving in the opposite direction.

[rainslacker]

I think reviews matter, and are an important part of informing the consumer about which games are good or bad.

Unfortunately, the review system has been abused for hits, or soap boxing political issues, or giving rants about other things involving gaming, or used to express one's bias towards certain things.

While all the above wrong reasons for a review exist, there are still plenty which are there which are informative and useful to the consumer. This is particularly true for those who don't follow gaming news on a regular basis, and ultimately, this one 40 review isn't going to make much difference to the consumer in light of the number of positive reviews. It's not like reviews are mixed...however, I'm getting off topic.

I agree with you on the fact that too much emphasis is given to MC....particularly in the publishing space. however, you have to look at it from the publishers point of view. A average game reviewed poorly just won't sell as much. There is real reason why publishers tie in bonuses to MC scores(although it's less common nowadays as the publishers moved more towards copies sold). The problem with the bonus tie ins, or holding a studio accountable for low scores, is more that many times, no matter how much a dev may be capable or willing to make a great game, or at least an above average acceptable game, they simply don't have the time or resources to do so. In addition, some of the expectations set to reach certain bonuses, or the ability to keep a studio alive, are set unrealistically high.

I believe that should go away, because in the end, sales tend to be the most important thing, and even with great MC scores, it doesn't insure a game will sell, and poorly rated one's can sell really well. In any case, for the vast majority of games, the scores do reflect their actual quality....and yes I realize we could all pull out numerous exceptions to this. In any case, there is no 100% proof positive answer that is equitable here, because there are many factors at play.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

review never matter to begin with.
Gamers today have fragile mind. They can't make decision nor experience something for themselves.

[StormLegend]

A 4/10 means the game is broken and unplayable. Uncharted 4 shouldn't get anything below an 8 No matter if you have an Xbox or Nintendo console a game like this doesn't deserve an 4/10 or even 6

[garrettbobbyferguson]

Jesus christ. A 4/10 is broken and unplayable to you?? What does a 1/10 or a 0/10 need to do? KIll your dog, burn your house down and sleep with your girlfriend? Thank you my American School system for not teaching kids how averages of a scale works.

[uptownsoul]

Your missing the point...The Washington Post didn't even score the game a 4/10, they gave it a 4/4 (Read the last sentence of the review: https://www.washingtonpost.... )

[NotanotherReboot]

Signed it

[LuckyChamCham]

Good job man :)

[AnubisG]

This is getting out of hand. Something needs to happen because this is very unprofessional.

I rate the Washington Post to be 1 out of 10. There.

[Blastoise]

People can spin this however they want, but I've never seen Metacritic add a score to a scoreless review

[LuckyChamCham]

It's ridiculous

[SavingPvt_Highon]

Who cares what 1 person says. Its a great game and 1 persons opinion isn't going to change that. People put way too much hope in reviews of video games. Unfortunately, most reviewers are bias, have an agenda, and or paid to review the game favorably.

[Aenea]

Okay, seriously, it's a stupid review and the score is odd, but a petition? Really? Let it go...

[Godmars290]

How about a petition to either fix Metacritic or to stop the industry from using it as a gauge to determine studio bonuses or even that it should remain open?

[Yui_Suzumiya]

I just signed it

[LuckyChamCham]

Great :)

[Max-Zorin]

This is sadder than the Devil May Cry 4 petition. God forbid the gaming community be the cause of World War 3.

[Godmars290]

More like the "Me-Me-ME" generation, which started with 60's hippies yet weren't necessarily hippies.

[SegaGamer]

Gamer's are showing themselves up to be whiny little babies in the last few years.

[thelaughingwiseman]

I do agree if it is a spoof review (which I think it is), it should not be counted. They already have another review in which it gave the game 4/4 stars. But this is setting some bad precedence if it is a genuine score then I have to say, people hating on that review are childish and self-centered. This person truly in their heart must have disliked this game to the point of giving it a low score. It's their opinion that is posted on a noteworthy news site. Forcing other people to accept your ideas and opinions on anything is wrong and seems a bit tyrannical. Someone doesn't agree with many people, so they have to bite their tongue and not say a word? What happened to just getting the game and enjoying it? Now people are scouring for bad reviews to bash on them, when there are a plethora of positive reviews for the game.

[gamer7804]

can someone explain to me why someone's opinion should be removed from metacritic? it's not labeled as satire and doesn't claim to be. It appears to be a legitimate review unless there is something i'm missing? (almost all games have 1 or 2 reviews that score it way low)

[Aloy-Boyfriend]

Here's what you are missing

That "review" didn't have a score, and yet Metacritic added it as a 4/10

[gamer7804]

thanks for explaining politely. I didn't even notice, i assumed the score was at the end, i just read through the article. This review shouldn't be included at all... but honestly metacritic is basically worthless nowadays anyways. They basically pick and choose who's review matters and then compile scores. I'd rather make a petition to stop using metacritic altogether.

[ninsigma]

The picking and choosing that they do is only half the problem. They also weight different sites differentl. Big name sites have more weight than lesser known sites so the scores from the big sites affect overall average more than others do. Which has clearly been the big issue here. Washington post must be weighted heavily because one 4/10 shouldn't have changed the score when every other review was 8 and above (not one other negative or mixed review).

[stanr]

Just signed it

[AsunaYuukiTheFlash]

Signed it

[Dan_scruggs]

WOW.

[kevnb]

Lol, why? seems like a huge waste of energy. Review scores are taken way too seriously by some, overall almost nobody even cares what a game gets in a review.

[Fin_The_Human]

To some people Naughty Dogs are gods and they take anything negative to heart and will start an all war if you don't think that ND are gods.

[DragonDDark]

I love how people here are saying "it's just his opinion. deal with it." Like opinions can't be criticised lol

[Bladesfist]

I think when people say "deal with it" they mean do anything else but waste your time with it. Move on. Go grab a beer and some nachos.

[DragonDDark]

If you see what people here are saying, you wouldn't say that is what they mean.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

You can criticise it all you want, but a petition to get it removed is another thing
Especially since websites pay to be counted on metacritic.

[DragonDDark]

I didn't know people pay to be on metacritic.. lol

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Its basically paying for "credibility" because metacritic only takes reviews from "credible" sites

[thegamefox93]

Spread the news people...I cant believe this thing just blew up...it was only at 600 supporters this morning!!!

[thegamefox93]

I don't even care if an amazing game get a low score. But this review is just complete utter trash. There is also no review score at all, and yet it gets a 4/10 (even though the review is based on a 4 star rating lol). Also the reviewer has a history of giving the same score (4/10) to "GREAT" games in the past. Its not right and something fishy is going on.

I don't even know why there is so much weight put on this type of crap review on metacritic...

[BLAKHOODe]

People rely too much on reviews. Just because one person didn't like something, doesn't mean you won't and you won't know until you try it for yourself. In the case of Uncharted, most everybody has played at least one of the previous games, if not all 3, so you should have a pretty good idea if it's the kind of game you would be interested in investing time and money in to. Plus, there is a demo for the Nathan Drake Collection on PSN, so if you haven't played an Uncharted game before, there you go. Another thing about reviewers is you never know the kind of person he or she is and the kind of things they are into. They might prefer older classics, in which case a game like Uncharted 4 would have zero appeal to them, but their editor told them to review it or not get paid. So, despite having any interest, they reviewed the game, based that review on their own personal feelings toward a genre of game they have no interest in and us readers are left with a bad review for an otherwise great game. So never trust reviews. Trust yourself. Play a demo. Borrow the game from a friend. Watch actual game play on Twitch being played by someone who actually LIKES the game! But don't trust a reviewer to know what YOU like.

[ninsigma]

Certainly everything you say is true but in this case (for me and others anyway), it's not that he doesn't like uncharted (I couldn't care less what others think), it's that he hadn't scored it. MC added a score to a scoreless review and it brought down the average. Now that isn't much of a problem at the end of the day because the score is still sky high. My issue is with media integrity. We could just let it slide and carry on but should we not call out the crap when it arises?? If someone were to come out and explain the whole situation in a way that makes sense, then fine, but as of yet that hasn't happened so it looks pretty shady thus far. I am hugely against the self imposed importance the gaming media have which is why I take issue with these sorts of things.

[Relientk77]

The review is satire, why the hell does it even count anyway. No other games have satire reviews counted

[feraldrgn]

Personally think Metacritic holds a bit too much power, what with Amazon using it.
PS, apparently metacritic scores have an effect on dev's payslips sometimes too.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

If its above 90 devs get a bonus so no issuess with that as its still 93.

[Twinblade]

I'm laughing at the fact that Uncharted 4 got a 7.9 from users on Metacritic.

[Krangs_Uncle]

All you have to cling on to is user reviews. Desperate. Everyone knows sobbing jealous children such as yourself go on to troll with 0/10. Back to the drawing board for you.

[SandwichJones]

Cry More

[TeamLeaptrade]

That is quite the odd score for such a big game like this, especially with all the good reviews it's gotten already. But I honestly don't think it will do any damage for Uncharted 4. The fan base is already there and I doubt they will focus on one bad review. That's how I feel anyways, it's not going to turn me off from playing it, because I know the majority love it already.

[game4funz]

Don't mess with uncharted fans.... They'll gang up against you

[Ceaser9857361]

trolls needs to be ganged up against... #Unchartedfan

[game4funz]

If anything trolls should be ignored. What are you 5?

[Ceaser9857361]

that was a direct response to your troll comment kid...

[iTechHeads]

A 4/10 is an obvious troll review.
Anyway its up to Naughty Dog/Sony to worry about, not us. This is something that affects THEM as usually there are bonuses attached to Meteoritic scores.

[LastcenuryRob]

How is a 4/10 "Obvious" trolling? I have played games before that received great reviews where I didn't like it at all. That just means my opinion and what I like may be different than most for that particular game. Not everyone who sees things differently than you is wrong or a troll. Not sure here you are from but in the US freedom of opinion and expression is allowed like it or not.

[SegaGamer]

You're not allowed an opinion it seem's. We all have to like the same games these days or we are seen as weird or have no taste. I don't like Uncharted games at all, they aren't my kind of games. If i was a reviewer of this game, i would give it a low score. If people don't like that then that is tough luck.

What has happened to this industry ? i remember when fans of all genres were treated equally, those days are long gone now though.

[Saito]

Why do some feel the need to attack something great just so they can be the opposition? You don't have to like it, but respect quality. These Uncharted attack news are showing the lows of the human mind. Envious for what? Respect it and move on, but no we gotta bash it. We can use the attention. I hope future great games won't suffer this type of treatment.

[lastking95]

Forza h2 2/10 review was pure trolling but i didn't see ppl creat a petition. The fact they created a petition is hilarious fanboys be wild. Stop gaming based off meta critc....you'd enjoy games more, trust me 😉

[ninsigma]

I would certainly agree that they were troll reviews (haven't played the game nor do I care for it but yeah, 2/10 is just stupid) but if they were actually scored a 2/10 then so be it. I wouldn't care about this at all if the reviewer had actually scored the game a 4/10. Crap review but what can you do?? Problem is they didn't score it and metacritic did. That's not something they should do for any game whether it's brings the score up or down. It could create a misrepresentation of a game.

[Petebloodyonion]

WOW honestly?
How about we blame Obama for the Washington post?
Or about we put a petition for every 0 score from users.

[LastcenuryRob]

good ironic sarcasm... I would still like to blame Obama though.

[PistolsAtDawn]

Just let it go, it shouldn't hurt your ego that one low review made it on Metacritic....several "low" reviews aren't even on Metacritic so consider it a wash...MORE IMPORTANTLY...don't let Metacritic act as a gauge for what you consider a good game. If I trusted MC on whether to get a game or not, I'd miss out on countless great games.

[ninsigma]

That would be the simple things to do but when something looks shady (I'm talking about metacritic adding a score to a scoreless review not the actual score or even the review itself) then it should be called out and those who have control over it should rectify it or actually explain what has happened and why.

[Ceaser9857361]

I have signed the petition not because i am fanboy but because that wasn't a review.. had it been a review with a poor score i wouldnt even bother.. Whats bothering me is Washington Post already gave 4/4 and i dont think Meta added that to the list but they added a satire piece which had no score.. Is it true that Meta couldn't digest the fact that 89 review scores were all between 8-10 (mostly full score) so they added a satire piece? did they do it intentionally and removed the 4/4 score which was 2 days earlier than the satire piece? If Yes, then why??

[MBobko55]

LoL who cares haha. Just Play the game.

[lunatic0001]

why do people care about this so much...seriously if you like it enjoy it...i know i am...stop letting something like this bug you...what matters is your own opinion as only you know who you are and not what others think or feel about it...people need to stop letting things like this bother them...great game btw

[LastcenuryRob]

Wow, this is pathetic. A petition? for a score they didn't like? Wow, just stupid people with no life getting together with other stupid people with no life. Again, pathetic. More important things in life folks! Troll my comment all you want. I think the game is great but if others out there don't, oh well. Move on and stop throwing tantrums over non issues!

[killer_goat]

Why do you care kid?

[Ceaser9857361]

lastcenuryrob "Wow, this is pathetic. A petition? for a score they didn't like? "

LMAO!! There wasn't any score to start with...

[mark_parch]

This sums up the ps4 fanboy community, didn't see xbox fans crying when quantum break and horizon 2 got scores dragged down with a few 4's. Everyone knows uncharted is an amazing game and metacritic is a joke so the sooner the fanboys stop using it in their stupid war the better

[Ceaser9857361]

"This sums up the ps4 fanboy community, didn't see xbox fans crying when quantum break and horizon 2 got scores dragged down with a few 4's"
Well if you had followed how the scores were given out for QB and Horizon 2 you would understand the games got mixed reviews unlike UC4 which scored 10/10 almost from most of the reviewers.... and few gave 8 or 9... and then out of nowhere a satire piece with no score was added.. The same Washington post gave 4/4 which either wasnt added or removed (Since u cant add more than one review with the same user name or publication house ) ...

[ninsigma]

It's quite saddening to see people like you ignoring the issue and claiming it's fanboys fighting about a score (there are some doing that of course) instead of actually acknowledging there is an issue and trying curb unprofessionalism in our media.

[extermin8or]

You know what's bad about it and makes the whole situation ridiculous. You can prove that the reviewer was out todo nothing but try and lower the score. Know why? Because he all but states it in the damn review. I got angry and had to stop reading a few lines in; but had already basically stated he couldn't stand the series and that it "should have ended after the first game" which means he wasn't reviewing the game from a neutral position. So whilst their editor can attempt to defend it and say "oh you will have todo better than accuse him of being an xbox fanboy" fine I will. I don't think he's an xbox fanboy. I think he's a piss poor reviewer who frankly shouldn't be being paid for the crap he's producing. Not even joking a gorilla with a typewriter could probably produce a more balanced and objective review. I'd probably go further and say that the 'review' is unfairly criticising this particular piece of work possibly with the deliberate intention of trying to harm it's overall critical score and reception on metacritic I believe the term for such an act is that it's defaming someone's work but that might be the wrong phrase. Now if as some have said and the review score was sent separately to the main review well.... That's even more questionable isn't it....

[antikbaka]

crybabies, can't believe that someone didn't like the game. hard-fans are not better than fragile whatever-gender special snowflakes.

[Hotabang]

is petition the new word for butt hurt?
I dont agree with the review, but i dont think it should come down either (please dont petition for me to remove my comment)

[Sm00thop]

Can't believe people are still banging on about this, if anything Uncharted 4 has gotten better scores than it actually deserves. I'd be questioning the the reviewers that gave it perfect scores to be honest, but people won't question the blatant fanboy reviews, they're obviously content with getting a biased opinion on something.

[Elda]

Who cares what some idiots opinion is granting it a score of 4.I'm on chapter 5 & this game is grand prize so far!..loving it!

[hazelamy]

oh no, somebody doesn't like something that i like, blasphemy.

now i do think that review should not be included, based solely on the fact the review doesn't have an actual score.

however if somebody is trying to get a review discounted solely because they disagree with it, as the creator of the petition seems to.

and how much did this bogus review change the metacritic score?
wow, maybe one whole percentage point.
better start praying, it's the end of times.

it's shit like this that make gamers look like a joke.
starting an online petition because you disagree with a reviewer.
if your enjoyment of the game is so dependant on what some website says about it, i'd theorise you didn't actually enjoy as much as you claim you did, or you're so vapid that you need external validation for everything.

[Father Murder X]

damn is it that serious? You guys need to put down the controller and try going out with girls. Sex>Ps4

[Mr_Luke]

So... WP wrote a sort of satiric review, with no score at all (am i correct?), then Metacritic decided to invent a score out from nowhere. Then the WP wrote a real review, with a 4/4 but Metacritic ignored it and kept the 4/10. I don't care about the point that dropped frmo 94 to 93, it could be even 1/100 on MC for what i care, the game is gorgeous and nothing will change that for me. But since it's completely unprofessional from MC, i'll sign the petition. This could be about every other game, it's just.... not right.

[MagicBeanz]

Why does this require a petition? How f-ing hard is this to fix, and is Meta or The Washington Post that the bigger idiot here? The longer it goes on the less unintentional it seems.

[XBgamer]

It shouldn't of been removed at all IMO. It's called freedom of speech and everyone is entitled to their opinion regardless if the fanboys like it or not.

[MagicBeanz]

It was satire, do you know what satire is?

[LastcenuryRob]

Satire or not it is still freedom of speech and expression. Something everyone it entitled to unless of course they are childish fanboys that probably, literally cried when they read it.

[ninsigma]

It's not about removing the review or denying anyone their free speech. It's about taking a review without a score that isn't yours and adding a score that the reviewer never added. But of course, anything to detract from the real issue.

[MagicBeanz]

Jesus Christ I'm constantly amazed at the level of ineptitude on the internet, here let me try this again I'll explain it really slowly so you understand, it was satire meaning it was a joke it was not written to be taken seriously or as a serious review so why would it then need to be added to metacritic, you see the point yet? Look I get it you like the review cause you're a hater of the game and probably all things Sony related, most likely one of those very same "childish fanboys" you mentioned, perhaps you cried when Uncharted scored so much higher them Quantum Break. All that aside the review was bogus and doesn't belong being counted has it had no merit as an official review, freedom of speech has nothing to do with this and you kids really need to stop trying to use that one as your excuse.

[L0cky]

This is stupid,

The game is great, yust ignore them if you dont like there review.
Removing a review because a bad score sound like censorship and against freedom of speach.

Why cant people accept that sometimes maybe someone has a deifferent opinion then 99% of the restt of the world.

[XBgamer]

It's called the bias media which are far more biased towards Sony! If this review by the same author was negative towards a XB1 game then I'm sure it wouldn't have been removed.

[LastcenuryRob]

Watch out, you will anger the fanboy trolls! They may start a petition against you for some stupid fanboy reason. BTW you are 100% correct that there is with out question more favoritism towards Sony right now.

[kenwonobi]

Your chance to change things. I have no problem enforcing our considerable power as a consumer. The real power comes from the masses. Not from the imaginary structure.

[CJQNSNYC]

A petition....to remove a review they don't like or agree with? Are they serious? Reviews are just opinions. You can't force someone to think the same way you do no matter how hard you try. Why do they even care what someone else thinks anyway? If they enjoyed the game, that should be more than enough.

The things people do today....

[brave27heart]

People still give metacritic credibility?

[Captain_Mushroom]

LMAO, pathetic. To be clear, I'm talking about the petition, not that score.

[Segata]

Someone please explain to me why people care so much about 1 bad review? Agree with it or not if someone put up a review then shouldn't meta factor their score in? No trolling. Not a UC series fan so not paid much attention> Asking for a score you dislike to be removed sounds entitled. What next every popular game from now on with negative reviews we petition them to remove it? What's the point then?

[ninsigma]

It's not that. The reviewer didn't score the review. It was published scoreless. Then it turns up on metacritic with a score. Where did the score come from?? I may disagree with the review/score but if the reviewer had actually given it a score of 4 then this wouldn't be an issue. People would complain about it being a troll review then move on but the fact that it was scoreless then turns up on metacritic WITH a score AND affects the overall average, that to me is cause to demand answers as to what the hell is going on. Integrity in the media is what a lot of people are calling for.

Edit: I agree with that but for as long as it offers sway over gamers and the industry, it should be kept in check.

[Segata]

if that's the case then seems all the more reason people should stop using meta as an argument for an against games quality and again judge for themselves.

[Chapter11]

The butthurt is off the scales. Nothing more fragile than a gamer's previous ego.

[Night99]

Playstationfangirls are so pathetic it is to the point where it is not even funny anymore. Where are the petitions to remove the 10 out of 10 bullshit reviews? No Uncharted game is even close to be a perfect 10 out of 10 game and yet I don't see petitions to remove those.

[kenwonobi]

The game had the most 10s this generation. I'd say that's pretty close to perfect.

[Night99]

10 out of 10 Reviews are the same kind of trolling and scum review for a game like Uncharted4 like the 4 out of 10 is. How can a game that is not really good in all of is gameplay elements be perfect? Uncharted is shallow in is jumping parts there are way better platforming games than Uncharted, it is not a really good 3rd person shooter there is almost no variation of enemy types and you can use the same tactics vor almost every enemies, enemies act like dumb cannon fodder, so this IP is shallow as shooter and there are way better Shooter games than Uncharted. And Uncharted is very shallow as a puzzle game all of the anywasy few puzzles are neither smart nor ambitious, there are way better puzzle games.
So almost every part of Uncharted could be done way better and is already way better in a lot of other games the only exception are the graphics.
So a game that could be done way better in almost every part and isn't accomplishing anything extraordinary is really far from beeing perfect.

[MachuchalBrotha316]

I just have to laugh a bit. The stuff these gamers do over one petty review...so are you guys gonna petition all bogus scores for every game? Im gonna go ahead and say it, PS fans cry to much. Ok, good day, Im off to work. Lol..

[PizzaSteve]

I agree a petition over a review is silly. There's more important things to petition.

[majedx9]

This is the ass**** Michael Thomsen http://a5.files.xojane.com/...
https://mobile.twitter.com/...

he is an xbox fan boy
https://mobile.twitter.com/...

[trouble_bubble]

He says on there, "game wants to be a toilet but is only ever usable as a urinal".

You know, there's an old saying about how the right to be heard does not include the right to be taken seriously. And that's some straight up trolling right out of a message board or 0/10 user review. It's one thing to not like something, but now he's just sh%#^g on the developers. Yeah I dont think naughty dog set out to make a toilet.

My qualm is where's the quality control? This is the guy who reviewed blood borne by watching a twitch stream. Never even heard of this guy until now. Guess he accomplished his mission, with help.

[trooper_]

Why assign a score to a review that didn't even have a score? Well, I never took metactitic.seriously anyway.

[Hakoom]

there is no opinion when it comes to uncharted
the game is a masterpiece and thats a fact not an opinion
giving it a 6 just shows how some ppl want to damage its overall rating

[SegaGamer]

Well that is just a load of rubbish. You are basically saying everyone has to like the game. That is like me saying everyone should like my favourite JRPG. I don't like Uncharted games, they aren't the type of game i enjoy, if you can't accept that then that is tough luck, you'll just have to deal with it.

[Hakoom]

you have to deal with it to that its uncharted lol
so tough luck for you too

[SegaGamer]

Now you're not even making any sense.

[KentBenMei]

God forbid someone doesn't blow this game. I'm an Uncharted fan myself, GA was a 9/10 for me, and FFF was a 7/10 so I enjoy the series quite a bit, but if someone were to tell me they disagree, so be it. This is childish and stupid shit.

[Black0ut]

Oh grow up all of you who agree with this. It's a stupid review for a good game. There are MANY larger problems in this world that are not rectified yet stupid @#$% like this IS. Grow up you noobs.

[patchzon]

Well did they even try the game?Sometimes the reviews don't even make sense but they are entitled to their own opinion so i won't discuss that!This reminds me of the score IGN gave alien isolation,that was a real joke!!!I tried the game myself after and find it to be one the best i had played in years.But then nobody made a petition against IGN at that time,and this can be said about a lot of games that deserve credit and get bad reviews.So why is everybody complaining this time?Because its a ND game?I hope this is going to make people realize how bad reviews are most of the time,there is a lot of devs out there,putting the work and they don't get credit at all!!!

[MCTJim]

are people really serious? getting a petition to remove a low score? Whats next? Class action lawsuit? I am so sure that by giving the game a low score it stopped your enjoyment of it. There are plenty of low reviews of excellent games for nothing more that clicks and traffic. Why should this be treated any different.

[mEATgrinder]

Just enjoy the game and move on. So what, it's not okay for someone to dislike something now? Shall we censor freedom of speech? Shall we ignore other peoples opinion? Live in a world with blindfold over out eyes? Sounds like big brother to me and we know how that ended.

[Articuno76]

I was confused about what the issue was until I read the article. Yeah, if the review actually had no score than arbitrarily assigning one is silly. That's a disservice to both the reader and the publishing outlet.

[horndog]

Oh no! This is horrible how could they. Lets not all run out and perform seppuku now. It's just a game

Lol

[Tobsesan]

Troll reviews happen all the time, but I never saw such an outrage about it. What about Quater to Three reviews? This site should be banned from metacritic but still gets troll reviews out.

[MSF89]

Senstive fanboys get over it

[fullmetal297]

I really the problem with the website giving their opinion on a game that they think is bad. Even though it is pretty obvious that Uncharted 4 is a good game from the reviews, there will always be someone out there who thinks otherwise. For example, I loved Quantum Break and think it's a unique game from the other Xbox exclusives, however there are websites that are bombing it as a disappointment. Will if stop me from enjoying the game? Of course not! So stop being so butthurt over a website's opinion and enjoy the game.

[Jburr94]

Terrible title, I thought it was implying that the review had been removed. N4G is click bait galore.

[illtownNJONE]

Some of these ps fanboys are a bunch of f'n cry babies whoopty doooo, just enjoy the game daaaaamn

[MattE]

So it's a genuine review.. Needs to stay in there then. If the guy doesn't like the game then that's the end of it..

[Monkeycan8]

The problem is. The reviewer didn't score the game. Metacritic added the 4/10 to a review without a score number.

[MattE]

Ok, strange one then

[MattE]

Looks like they did submit a score to Metacritic.. Just don't list in their article..

Needs to stay on there man.. Simple as

[tay8701]

signed

[MasterCornholio]

I'm a bit confused after looking at another site called OpenCritic. Granted the game has a 93 on both of those sites.

But on OpenCritic this Washington Post review is listed as unscored and on metacritic it has a score of 4/10.

Why is that?

[ScorpiusX]

Wow
Come on people if you have faith or believe in the game like you all do then this one wild write up should just be considered a bump in the road to whatever you deem this game to be .

[Flewid638]

It's not that serious. Not everyone likes everything. There is no such thing, even something that is universally praised, that has a 100% "everyone loves it." Some people like Android, others like Apple. I'm a die hard Naughty Dog fan, but the fact that there's a petition for this is the reason why other countries want to blow us up.

[SegaGamer]

Gamers have become obsessed with reviews. It's just a number for goodness sake.

[shinrock]

Damn ya'll Sony boys sensitive!

[Clonetrooper1139]

Seriously? Get over it. Damned crybabies.

[wutang4ever]

Angry joe reviews are more reliable than Metacritic.

[majedx9]

4,591 supporters almost there
https://www.change.org/p/wa...

[MattE]

Sad, sad times.. If this is the modern gamer then there is a problem. Go and live your life son and grow up

[Surt]

Take away a slew of man points to the guys signing that shit. That's some baby shit there.

[Starwarsfanboy101]

The game simply isn't very good. Mechanically the shooting is weak, too many crates, the open world isn't open world and is actually linear in where you can go in the game, the story is generic, the narrative is all over the place with the constant time jumping, Sam is a lame character and adds absolutely nothing to the plot as this game would literally be identical plot wise if Sam wasn't in it, and the MP is so generic, weak and bare bones and is already dying out, it takes me over 5 minutes to get into a match because the player base is dwindling and will be barren in 2-3 more weeks.

Hate me all you want, deep down, you know I'm right

[Starwarsfanboy101]

And this just goes to show why Sony fans are truly the most putrid and toxic fanbase, the least intelligent, most insecure and most self entitled fanbase who think they're owed something and that everything Sony does is God's gift to gaming

Again, you can hate but in the end, I'm right. This industry would be better off without the Ponies and Sony who does nothing for the industry and just copies everyone else.

#truth

[Horseheadinthebed]

Haven't these kids got better things to do....jaysus

[NotanotherReboot]

GET THIS REVIEW OFF THE METACRITIC NOW

[Poroz]

wow, to bad we can't review the Washington post.

[Mikeyy]

The negative user reviews are pretty comical. The same review posted over and over from different accounts giving it a 0/10.

[Yetter]

PS4 fanboys are such babies

[OutcastMosquito]

People are complaining about opinions now? How fucking sad. So someone doesn't like a damn game and that gives you the right to remove a review? How disgusting the Internet is these days. Don't like someones opinion? Don't read it, don't acknowledge it and certainly don't treat people different just cause they have different views!!! The gaming community are such hypocrites and belittling children.

[Drithe]

Sony has to pay peeps to come online and defend something so goddamn silly as this. No other game does this. Not fracking one. It is this game and this game alone that the freaks come out and claim the series is the greatest ever, when in fact, it is not even close to being the greatest. I wish I could prove who the people are that come on here and do this sort of SONY TROLLING FOR NAUGHTY DOG. I am a Sony fanboy and even I am offended by this crap. The Sony Fanbot Uncharted Trolls are worse than even Disney bots.

[Drithe]

Every single time a post comes up about Uncharted or ND, Sony or ND themselves flood the first few pages of Sony Hype so no other negative view will show up. Every single time.

[Trekster_Gamer]

Every game released gets a biased unprofessional negative review Uncharted is no different if they change it for Uncharted than they need to change it for every other game and that's not going to happen.

[UnHoly_One]

If the game is so damned good, why not go play the damn thing instead of starting petitions because somebody else didn't like it.

My god, Sony fans are just plain ridiculous sometimes.

[MasterCornholio]

Signing a petition doesn't stop people from playing the game.

I mean tons complained about the reviews that QuantumBreak got but they still managed to play the game.

@gansta

Because fans of QuantumBreak agreed with the metacritic of the game. Otherwise they would have made an effort to remove some of the more negative reviews.

Anyways Uncharted 4 still had a metacritic of 93 which makes it the highest rated exclusive this generation. I'm sure plenty of people love the game.

[gangsta_red]

But not one petition to remove the bad score from metacritic right?

[jmc8888]

This is how crazy our society has become. Out and out idiocy begets idiocy.

You see, the whole reason they are asking them to take it down is.... in the contracts of these people are metacritic clauses.

You know, this or that person might have a $100,000 bonus on Uncharted 4 having a 8 metacritic and another $250,000 if it's a 9.

Whether it's an error, or whatever shouldn't matter. Metacritic being metacritic isn't exactly the problem. It's part of it, but it takes two to tango. It's everyone else linking everything to metacritic is where things go awry. If they didn't link compensation to it, there really wouldn't be such an outcry... because ultimately it wouldn't matter. It's all fun and games until someone loses their job or a half million dollar bonus or whatever.

So basically what we have is a really shoddy compensation system within the industry that is based off a completely manipulated scoring website called metacritic which then in turn causes outrages when someone comes up with an opinion that might cost alot of people, alot of money.

Thus I return full circle to my first sentence. This is how crazy our society has become. Out and out idiocy begets idiocy.

[majedx9]

77 needed to reach 5,000
https://www.change.org/p/wa...

[MattE]

Pathetic.. We need to create a new petition to remove ALL PS fanboys from the comment sections on these site..

Lol.. Who even wrote the petition anyway.. Is he illiterate?? How could anyone sign this nonsense

Have some pride in yourselves right??

[S2Killinit]

Its not removed. This sucks.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

Wow this is some pathetic damage control. even if the review was satire like it was falsely reported, Who cared its just a score. Shouldn't affect your enjoyment of the game.

[WilliamSheridan]

People are taking this too far. Move on already. I didn't see people petitioning to remove the 4/10 scores from Quantum Break. Christ... What is with you people?

[2cents]

In this day and age, there are haters everywhere. Its only going to get worse.

Each time there is a 'killer game or app' there will always be the opposing haters waiting to drop ink in to the waters.

Never going to change.

[BigLurch]

A new low EVEN for Sony fans.

[GMR_PR]

Really..? :/

People have too much time in their hand. Who cares, just play the game, which BTW is really ggod.

[airforcex]

First world problems...

[JasonKCK]

How sad

[donwel]

Out of curiosity why did washington post give Uncharted 4 a 4 out of 10?
I can't imagine the game being that bad that it warranted such a low score.
Is it the usual sjw fare or are we just talking good old fashioned click bait?

[Rookie_Monster]

In my own personal review after playing it, it is a 9/10.

Respect oponions. It is still a great 93 on meta, whay else you guys want? A cookie?

[Aenea]

How do you rate UC1, UC2 and UC3 then?

[MSF89]

Fanboyism at it's best