Lower review scores for Gears PC is "bulls***," says Capps

sonarus - 505 days 15 hours ago

I think the reason it scored lower was because of the time discrepancy between the two games. An amazing game today will not be as amazing tomorrow. Also PC reviewers tend to be more objective with their reviews so it made it almost impossible to see gears get 10's

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thewhoopimen - 505 days 15 hours ago

I partially agree though I would like to point out that most games already looked better than Gears on the PC when it was first released for the 360. Probably was further exacerbated by the long conversion time. Gears was forefront technology for consoles, but run-of-the-mill for personal computers. Plus the pacing is definitely for console play. If i had to put up with the aiming reticle speed and one button does all function on my pc... I would want to throw the game in my food processor. There's a reason why FPS or TPS reaction time is faster on PCs.

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SuperM - 505 days 14 hours ago

Well thats just how things are. Xbox exclusives gets higher score then they would get if they were on another platform.

360 was first out of the nextgen consoles and naturally most of the worlds game journalists bought one. Its quite obvious that some of the people owning a console becomes a fanboy, something this site is a testament to. PS3 has much of the same games as 360 and not every game journalist bothered buying one when they already had a 360. PS3 also had a slow start on the game front and there was alot of negativity in the media surrounding the console.

I think this is the main reason why there are more biased sites in favour of the 360 then the ps3, and naturally while a game like gears of war is a great game and deserved a good score it got the score it deserved when it was released for the pc

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Statix - 505 days 13 hours ago

I think the bigger issue here with the decreased reception is that it's a port. Game companies can't expect to be lazy and simply lead-develop a blockbuster title on one platform, and then simply more-or-less do a port over to another platform and expect equivalent ratings. When ports are involved, quality is always diminished one way or another, and one party or another will be alienated, and not feel tailored to.

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leyego - 505 days 11 hours ago

@Statix
shut up

the 360 and the PC are more or less the same thing.
the reason y gears scored so low is because it deserves that score. the only reason y 360 games get high ratings is because of fanboys.

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Shankle - 505 days 11 hours ago

I was going to make the same points as Pudding and Sonarus.
The strength of the game is its technical prowess (graphics and gameplay). PC is an arena with a much higher technical benchmark, so Gears is less impressive there. Also, the time between releases makes an impact, as games get technically better over time.

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mfwahwah - 505 days 8 hours ago

Gears isn't THAT good to start with. It's a good game, don't get me wrong, but I believe it was fairly over-rated.

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thereapersson - 504 days 19 hours ago

So Sonarus, what you're saying here is that because what once was fresh with this game is now old, and that Gears of War 2 looks to be pretty much the same thing again, with a few minor tweaks to the core gameplay, does that mean that GoW 2 deserves a lower score?

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deeznuts - 505 days 11 hours ago

Does the PC version have framerate problems, pop-in (or whatever it's called), and loading in-level? Because my 360 version sure did.

Maybe that's why this PC developer feels that way.

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Shankle - 504 days 20 hours ago

I never noticed any.

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Xi - 505 days 16 hours ago

with movies like MGS4 right?

Sorry, but leave the bullsh!t at the door, a comment like that isn't in any way constructive. Halo 3 is a great title and very deserving of the scores it received, even if you personally don't feel that way.

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The Wood - 505 days 16 hours ago

its been that way since this gen started.

I've accepted it now so I rely on me.com for truthful reviews as they KNOW what i like. Halo 3 graphics 10 = FAIL, great game? maybe, great graphics ..........get the fcuk outta here

@CadDad

well put

Just think if you controlled a magazine or website. You may not be able to control the others scores but you can fairly or unfairly manipulate the average or metascore. How did MGS4 with the most perfect scores EVER still get a lower 'meta' score than other games. They use the wrong average method and that method of the 3 (mean, mode, medium) is easily manipulated

To be fair to the original score of gears though i'd say that at that time there was nothing close to it from both the technical or graphical standpoint but games do age and the score for gears would be lower now because of the advances in gaming since. If the PC had more than just better graphics and longer game then maybe but ultimately the gameplay is the same. Gears2 will add new mechanics and fix the little things that needed fixing and will probably deserve a great score IF its not just a 1.5 .

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CadDad - 505 days 16 hours ago

that the games scores are inflated, but I will say that there are flaws with metacritic and how people here view AAA games.

Example 1: Ratchet and Clank TOD for PS3
70 review scores with an overall 89 score. Of those 70 review scores 65 were 80 and above, with the bottom score a full 10 points lower than the next lowest score. That score alone brought the game down under a 90 overall, thereby making it non AAA to the masses just looking at raw scores.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

Example 2: Uncharted for PS3
65 review scores with an overall 88 score. Of those 68 review scores 67 were 80 and above, with the bottom score a full 13 points lower than the next lowest score. That score alone brought the game down under a 90 overall, thereby making it non AAA to the masses just looking at raw scores.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...

It's not a conspiracty theory, it just happens to be something that happens far too often with Metacritic on certain games. Also, it seems metacritic doesn't include some review scores for other games in order to maintain the high score.

I'm fine with this though, because I don't go by review scores to know what games I like, but honestly you have to see how skewed this perspective is.

-CadDad

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juuken - 505 days 15 hours ago

I agree with you Meus, and I was actually thinking about that.

The same thing goes with multi-platform titles as well. That's why 360 owners are always bragging about how they ahve the *best* games. I won't deny that there are good games in the 360 library but it always comes down to the bragging.

You're also right icogneato. There are some really good games on the PS3 and yet they don't receive enough recognition.

And Xi, excuse you? If you're implying that MGS4 got high marks because of Kojima, then you are dead wrong.

I dare you, to buy a PS3 (or if you have one, get a copy of MGS4) and play this game to it's fullest. Then I want to see you call this game a movie after doing all of that because I can guarantee that this game is AMAZING.

From the minute it went in my PS3 to the minute I finished installed it, my mouth dropped when I saw the kick ass cutscenes and gameplay. On top of that, I was more than happy with my Dualshock 3...to hear it rumble with the sound of every single gunshot.

You must be out of your mind.

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LastDance - 505 days 5 hours ago

im not sure Xi has the capacity to understand MGS4 let alone play it.

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fishd - 505 days 16 hours ago

what is the difference between Gears1 and Gears2?

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From what we all have seen there isn't any big differnce between Gears 1 and 2,but I am sure Gears2 will be one of the highest rated game of this gen,we'll see.

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kevnb - 505 days 16 hours ago

if gears 2 is exactly like gears 1, it wont score as high. Who cares though, reviews are a bad way to judge video games now in days.

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The Wood - 505 days 16 hours ago

how many times review scores and metascores are used as some type of 'matter of fact' on this site.

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kevnb - 505 days 14 hours ago

yeah i see it all the time, but it makes little sense and I never see it happen for anything but video games.

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Fishy Fingers - 505 days 16 hours ago

Gears on the PC is a "Games for Windows" title, that means it allows seemless pug and play with a 360 controller. I actually linked my PC to my HDTV (1080p) and played it with the pad.

It was basically exactly the same as the 360 apart from the improved visuals and the Brumack fight.

Review wise, Gears on the 360 was the first game to make people say WOW look what this gen of consoles can do, where as on the PC those visuals werent ground breaking enough. Both versions were great, but at the time of release the 360 mversion made a much bigger impact.

Either way, who are Epic to say whos opinions are right or wrong. Whats next, the devs review their own game? Less moaning please Epic.

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Truplaya - 505 days 15 hours ago

i agree with fishy fingers. it didnt have the impact on the PC that it did have on the 360. Maybe the PC reviewers expected more as they were used to PC games and the other reviewers were used to console games.

I dont care at the end of the day the game was still awesome and my favourite game this gen. Bring on Gears2!

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DarK-SilV - 505 days 16 hours ago

AGREED on that

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The Wood - 505 days 15 hours ago

and that windows or vista recognises and fully supports it.

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Fishy Fingers - 505 days 15 hours ago

Seemless Plug and Play between the pad and keyboard/mouse.

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jackdoe - 505 days 12 hours ago

I always believed it was because instead of gradually loading textures, the game threw them all at you at once causing microstutter at key points (unless that is what you meant by memory leak).

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Pain - 505 days 15 hours ago

No way can Games for windows be better on a 2005 PC jammed in a case and called XBOX2.

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$-always the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

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juuken - 505 days 15 hours ago

Zerodin, for heaven's sake you are such a crybaby.

If Viktor annoys you so much, then why don't you slam the ignore button? You slam the disagree button a lot so how about ignoring him?

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ozps3 - 504 days 19 hours ago

Yo XFart, I just reported your comment as a SPAM!!

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Bangadoshish - 505 days 15 hours ago

Or the entire gameplay experience...

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