Comments on: Critic Comparison: Which Console Has The Most Acclaimed Games?

By: reincarnationfish

reincarnationfish — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:36:57 +0000

What would be better, if you had the numbers, would be to factor in the actual sales of each game. that way you could get a stat on the actual quality of an average punter's video game collection, which would take into account the fact that better games tend to shift more units.

By: reincarnationfish

reincarnationfish — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:36:57 +0000

By: Kai_Rule

Kai_Rule — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:08:00 +0000

You can’t compare Henry Hatsworth and Final Fantasy VII. They’re from two totally different genres. Besides, look at how many reviews both games got. Big difference.
Final Fantasy is a RPG. Henry Hatsworth is a puzzle game. You can’t compare the ratings between two different genres. A puzzle game for PSP would be rated on the same standards as a puzzle game for a DS. PSP and DS games are rated with the same standards. What you’re doing right now is like comparing God of War and Elite Beat Agents. See the difference?
CC Final Fantasy VII is an action RPG so, compare it with an action RPG such as The World Ends with You.
“DS game are for kids?”
Not a trying to be a fanboy here but…
Look at GTA CW. Best game for DS and its M rated.
What about Loco Roco 2 , Patapon and Lumines? Quite kiddy games but are some of the top and most popular games on the PSP.

By: Max G Ex

Max G Ex — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 07:42:36 +0000

I think you have some irrelevant things here. Look at how many reviews Henry Hatsworth obtained. Then, look at how many reviews Final Fantasy VII obtained. Big difference isn't it? Then, look at the genres. Crisis Core is a role-playing game. Henry Hatsworth? A puzzle game. You can't mix those two together.
DS and PSP games are rated on the same standard. A puzzle PSP game will be rated on the same standard as a puzzle DS game. A RPG won't be rated the same as a puzzle game. As an example, you can't compare Patapon with Professor Layton. They're totally two different genres and games.
If you want a fair comparison with FF VII go with The World Ends With You.
“DS games are for kids”?
Look at GTA – CW.
Look at Loco Roco 2 and Patapon. Top games for PSP btw.

By: nick

nick — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:45:21 +0000

if anything it should be given points for being hard.
thats why i love DMC or ninja gaiden.
we need more PSP games

By: Denalin

Denalin — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:29:38 +0000

I like how there are really good games on PSP and PS3. Contrary to the past generations, I'm pleased with every game purchase I make for the PSP and PS3. It's true, these systems have fewer games then their competitors, but they do boast awesome games, and that's all I care about.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:51:04 +0000

That's a good point — and also the reason I usually don't even look at scores. They're just too relative and depends on the reviewer, the genre, the console, etc.

This is the 2nd time I've heard of Henry Hatsworth this week after not hearing about it at all. Maybe I need to check it out.

By: Louise

Louise — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:48:12 +0000

Wow the bell curve on the aggregate scores is beautiful. THAT is what I call a decent scale.

By: nate-dog7

nate-dog7 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:22:51 +0000

something to consider… i'm generalizing here a bit but here we go. psp and ds games are rated with different standards. DS games are for kids and PSP games are for an older audience and reviewers take this into account. For example “Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure” for DS scores an 82 on Metacritic while “Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII” for PSP scores 83. Is Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII really comparable in quality to Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure? Maybe if you're 5 years old. You have to take reviews with a grain of salt.

By: Jhon

Jhon — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:28:09 +0000

Thank you. This is the kind of articles I like reading. :)

Keep up the good work.

By: Truth

Truth — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:41:42 +0000

I can see how he got confused. I should have just said:

Console B with 300 quality titles and 200 low quality titles is still better than,
Console A with 100 quality titles and 40 low quality titles.

Simply because low quality titles aren't what gamers buy to begin with.

By: Anosou

Anosou — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:28:13 +0000

Haha, no problems. As long as you realized the issue with your statement (which was otherwise correct) ;)

By: ReturnOfSomeDude

ReturnOfSomeDude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:24:59 +0000

Yeah, I feel retarded. And I can't even edit the original post. Bleh.

By: Anosou

Anosou — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:21:53 +0000

Hahaha, you're just saying exactly what they mean. They said the % OF GOOD GAMES VS BAD doesn't matter. You're not even mentioning that in your reply :D Actually they're not even mentioning that what looks BAD, not the WII or anything… dude..

Way to waste a big part of the reply page

By: ReturnOfSomeDude

ReturnOfSomeDude — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:19:53 +0000

Hm. Maybe I read that wrong, then.