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When Fanboys Attack: Metacritic Scores

In a not so perfect society, AKA this one, fanboys would use the user score on Metacritic to discourage people to buy a certain game that's on a console they dislike. Let's take LittleBigPlanet for example: the game has gotten a very good 95% from professional reviewers but only a 64% user rating. Why the big difference? Well, apparently, Xbox fanboys have stormed the site and are purposefully giving the game a low score to sabotage the Playstation 3.

Not about to be one-upped, Playstation fanboys have done the same exact thing to the Xbox 360's upcoming blockbuster: Gears of War 2, which at the moment is rated 27% by users; apparently, over 700 people have had a chance to play this game almost a month before release.
Come on guys, can't we all just get along. Both LittleBigPlanet and Gears of War 2 look like they will be very solid games; why can't they coexist? More importantly, why can't you Xbox fanboys and Playstation fanboys coexist without blowing up the internet? This kind of stunt is placed right between prank phone calls and ding dong ditches on a scale of maturity.

Let's grow up a bit guys.
MalharP16 - contributor
Published: 423 days 2 hours ago | News | PlayStation 3 | Xbox 360 | Gaming
 
 

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GUNS N SWORDS - 423 days 3 hours ago
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"Come on guys, can't we all just get along. Both LittleBigPlanet and Gears of War 2 look like they will be very solid games"

yeah i agree with that.
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LoVeRSaMa - 422 days 14 hours ago
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Thats probably true, although i am amazed how much influence a trend on the internet can have on people.

You might find that you are not a fan boy, but will follow a trend to defend the console you own.

Truely amazing =]
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doomster71 - 422 days 14 hours ago
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@GUNS N SWORDS. I agree too. I never came across console fanboys till I got both my PS3 & 360 quite a few months ago (I was a pc gamer before). When I had a console before that it was the PS1 & N64. I never noticed it then. Back then it was all about the games not how much better the ps1 was to the n64 or vise versa. Mind you (as I posted on this topic http://www.n4g.com/gaming/N... ) I think hoover fanboys would be much more fun.
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Raoh - 423 days 3 hours ago
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yall are a bit behind..looks like the xbox fanboys have their sites set on Resistance 2

http://n4g.com/gaming/NewsP...
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SmokingMonkey - 423 days 2 hours ago
3 - This kind of sh!t is why i've stopped posting
oh and i've been playin LBP & BioShock

<<<<< Level 7
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Nikkelz - 423 days 1 hour ago
4 - wow
i dont know but i guess its becuz im closer to thirty years old(28 btw) but to me it really does'nt matter the system because the games count and its the games that make me purchase the systems,and if you are really a gamer then you would be proud of the GAMES regardless of the console,look,i remember when just being able to enjoy the latest GAME was the thing to do,now its like people dont enjoy the games but rather enjoy the console...i have a ps3(just recently bought it) and hopefully after my kids chistmas and my daughter's b-day that i have enough to buy a xbox 360 and a of the best games for both consoles....i respect the the people that reprisent the love for entertainment not the box that it comes in. peace my fellow game players and god bless
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Isaac - 422 days 22 hours ago
5 - Tell POG
He started it. ;)
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Kyur4ThePain - 422 days 22 hours ago
5.1 - OK
That was funny.
Wrong, but funny.
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tanakasan - 422 days 16 hours ago
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criminal is Nintendo fanboy
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Hellsvacancy - 422 days 16 hours ago
7 - "when fanboys attack" Lol
That tite reinds me of sum American Tv shows "When animals attack 5" lol

I feel a bit ashammed to be a fanboy knowing things like this are goin on

"its quite sad/pathetic"
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Sena Kobayakawa - 422 days 16 hours ago
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lmao , yeah thats the show where that Karate Bear attacked that lady on Live TV . haha a Karate bear WTF were they thinking

Im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!!!

PS: Next week Might be the release of EYESHIELD 21's last Chapter you guys should check it out. next friday for the English Translation at onemanga.com
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Vecta - 422 days 16 hours ago
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Seriously I'm not surprised at all that people feel like they could not do something better with their time. Its like as soon as someone who has insecurity problems buys a single console they become an un-paid advertiser for that brand. Just a little bit pathetic...

A new low for the gaming community.
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tk - 422 days 16 hours ago
9 - Stupid... but expected... Here is the solution
First you had the "review" sites doing the tricks to make PS3 screenshots look bad, even using PS3 screen capture to make XB360 look better (racing game), to giving absurd scores to PS3 exclusives. Some of these sites went under. Now the fanboys getting into it. Simple solution. You only allow voting for a game - in-game, online. That means if you have a copy, you go online, you can vote once on a site - after a certain % completion level. Same for reviewers. Only ata certain % complete can they get a verification code for reviews.

That will stop the race for first review 10 minutes after opening the box that seems to plague the review industry.
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Coke-a-Cola - 422 days 15 hours ago
11 - I wonder what the percentage of this site is in on the venture.
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theEnemy - 422 days 15 hours ago
12 - Update:
It's 2.7 / 10 now based on 1596 votes.
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va_bank - 422 days 14 hours ago
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This hole thing amuzes me. A little.

In the words of Rodney King "Can't we all just get along?"
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Kyur4ThePain - 422 days 12 hours ago
13.1 - Which hole?
Pink or smelly?

PS - Admins, have a sense of humor.
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kingme71 - 422 days 13 hours ago
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Ironically, the further the user score is from the critics score the less of an impact it will have on visitors. If I came to metacritic blind and I see a 95 and the user score is around 50 I would smell a skunk. If the user score was about 80, then it would seem more legitimate.

In any case, yes it is just another bullet in the console war and I imagine from here on out Metacritic exclusives will all suffer the same fate. At least the owners of Metacritic will do something about it when the user score becomes meaningless.
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BuckyBarnes - 422 days 13 hours ago
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I don't know about anyone else, but I rarely look at the consumer reviews for this very reason. In the past, it might not have been this bad, but go on amazon.com, read a review for a book you will see averages around a certain number(call it 4 stars) and then a few people will have 1 star for a rating.

I look at the so called "professional reviews" for advice about the games but I don't just look at the final rating. If I am so concerned about a game, I generally read INTO the reviews to find what I'm looking for.

The reason I read professional reviews are because, even if they don't like that particular game, they have finished it and will point out the positives and negatives.
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ReBurn - 422 days 13 hours ago
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Apparently this person doesn't know much internet.

Internet + Fanboy = Internet Tough Guy
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cjp4eva - 422 days 9 hours ago
17 - What if i rated it a 0?
So what? Gonna jump me now? with your e-pen*s?
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SolidSnake93 - 422 days 5 hours ago
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Madness...
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