Poll: In Metacritic we trust.

[Poomanchu745]

You would think GOW3 would score the best but it wont. Looking at Forza3 getting a 94 or whatever Gran Turismo is the easy winner here. GT5 will be better than Forza 3 which means it will get almost all 100s from reviews. So the easy call here is GT5. It will be the best racing sim to date which means nobody will pan it. It will be impossible to find faults with it while there will always be faults in any sort of action game.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Fairly original IP 54

What if that IP is called 'The Last Guardian'?

It will still get 54.

I will not trust the world!

Yeah, you're probably right

The only thing I'm sure of is Heavy Rain and Alan Wake will not get the top spot. I'm pretty certain Gran Turismo wouldn't either since the highest ranking games tend not to be racing games.

Are you sure about this? My pick was GT5 based on the phenomenal ratings of the predecessors and importance/quality.

God of War:
well-known IP with high-scoring previous titles
generic enough mechanics
lots of focus on graphics technology
"edgy" (but not enough to make anyone uncomfortable)
easy enough for a retard to complete on lowest difficulty
accompanied by a lot of advertising money and hype

That's almost all the boxes you want to check for a high score from mainstream press review-bots. Bad Company 2 is another decent guess that also has multiplatform going for it. GT5 third place - it's too specialized and too skill-based.

Yeah! That's the kind of stuff and prediction I wanted to see! Depressing yet not too far fetched.

GT has a better shot in my opinion, I just have a feeling. It will undoubtably sell more than GoW3.

 

[ThrobbingEgo]

Guessing the arbitrary score numbers, with each reviewer using different scales, of games no one's played yet? Really? Scores which have no comparison between different games, let alone games of different genres.

 

[Indecizion]

part of me wants to say crackdown 2 but i have to vote god of war coz god of war simply pwns face.

 

[Anticitizen_Two]

Because it is a God of War game, GoW3 will be the highest rated.

 

[Sirtwitchy]

I would hope Heavy Rain or Crackdown 2, but I'm gonna have to say God of War 3 just because its God of War

 

[DustyDrB]

I'm going with Red Dead Redemption with a score of 94. I can't think of any other Western sandbox, and Rockstar will probably put the kind of tragic characters that reviewers love. That, and I'm rooting for it because its the only other title (after ME2) that I know I'll play this year. Remember Grand Theft Auto IV has a 98 on Metacritic.

I'm predicting Alan Wake to be the bomb of those choices: 62.

 

[ffxfriek]

halo reach, FFXIII and GoW 3 will duke it out for number 1 spot.

 

[Ren3004]

God of War will probably score the highest. I heard that the game would be really cinematic and compelling.

2nd place will probably go to Bad Company or FF13, and GT5 in 3rd.

 

[Weaver]

Final fantasy will get like 1000000. Not cause it will be good, but I find final fantasy games always score high regardless of their quality.

 

[coldshadow]

I dont think alan wake is going to do to well, not sure why i get that feeling tho.

 

[Nutcase]

GT has a better shot in my opinion, I just have a feeling. It will undoubtably sell more than GoW3.

Due to the nature of simulation games, GT5 will be compared very closely to the competition - it can't win by being "good enough" nor can it win by being "different". It has to be the best - both to beginners, meaning a low barrier of entry, and the veterans - or it won't grab the very highest scores. On both fronts it must tie or surpass Forza. GT4 already sank below 90, so the GT badge is not an automatic huge metascore. In the same way I think Bad Company 2 will be rigorously compared to Modern Warfare. Both of these games need a large checklist to be filled and a slip-up somewhere along that list can cause a sub 90 score. It's really easy to badly fuck up multiplayer, in particular.

GoW I believe to be more of a wild card. Its success hangs on nebulous crowd-think and market situation. Omissions won't drop it below 90 - there is nothing in particular it must have - and neither will small flaws. It might have trouble being fresh enough at this point, with two previous installments of its own, me-toos like Dante's Inferno trying to outdo it in hype and edginess, and superior (but not geared for Metacritic) games like Bayonetta demonstrating what it lacks.

It's interesting to see what happens!

 

[Brotherofwill]

GT has a better shot in my opinion, I just have a feeling. It will undoubtably sell more than GoW3.

Due to the nature of simulation games, GT5 will be compared very closely to the competition - it can't win by being "good enough" nor can it win by being "different". It has to be the best - both to beginners, meaning a low barrier of entry, and the veterans - or it won't grab the very highest scores. On both fronts it must tie or surpass Forza. GT4 already sank below 90, so the GT badge is not an automatic huge metascore. In the same way I think Bad Company 2 will be rigorously compared to Modern Warfare. Both of these games need a large checklist to be filled and a slip-up somewhere along that list can cause a sub 90 score. It's really easy to badly fuck up multiplayer, in particular.

GoW I believe to be more of a wild card. Its success hangs on nebulous crowd-think and market situation. Omissions won't drop it below 90 - there is nothing in particular it must have - and neither will small flaws. It might have trouble being fresh enough at this point, with two previous installments of its own, me-toos like Dante's Inferno trying to outdo it in hype and edginess, and superior (but not geared for Metacritic) games like Bayonetta demonstrating what it lacks.

It's interesting to see what happens!

Very nice argument there. I can see where you are coming from but I still have to disagree. No doubt God of War will do splendidly, surely over 90 average, but I just don't think it can compete with GT on a reviewer front.

It's true what you said about simulation games and that's precisely why I think GT will flourish. Forza isn't too much of a simulation game and since there aren't too many good racers around these days anymore it will truly be above the competition easily. Another thing that I find is that games with depth or length can score pretty well. I'm almost certain we'll get a couple of 'GoW kicks as for 20 hours but there's little to no replay value here' type of reviews. GT doesn't have this problem. GT has insanely long single player and also competent multiplayer modes. Since it's so advanced and has such a complex gameplay system (which surely won't exactly be good for newcomers) the experienced reviewers will love GT and especially if they are fans of the series (there are more than you think). It's kind of gonna be like some Demon's Souls review where reviewers that loved hard and challenging old-school games praised it.

Lastly as a sales argument: I don't think GoW has a chance to compete here. It'll likely sell around 4-5 million max. Remember: Uncharted 2 only sold around 2.8 mil so far. The GT series has a very high market share usually in sales. They tend to get around 10 mil, so 7 mil would be a fair prediction in my opinion (even GT: prologue sold 3.5 mil). With higher sales we'll likely see the industry promote it more and thus better reviews.

I could be completely wrong here, but I just have a hunch. GT 4 likely scored less than 90 because it was the second on PS2 and hadn't improved too much on the overall feel (1st on PS2 scored 95). Let's see what'll happen!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Hate to dash people's hopes...but Gran Turismo 5 is going to be a HUGE disappointment. I'm talking "Too Human" level of disappointment.

The hype is too huge, and the development too slow.

Of those...God of War 3.

I'd say FF13, but JRPG hating is cool now, so low scores will drag down the average.

 

[jultub]

I kinda like how I'm not actually looking forward to any of those games, and I will most likely not play any of them, and I still consider myself a gamer

 

[Trotgar]

I dont think alan wake is going to do to well, not sure why i get that feeling tho.

Well, I don't know, I have the feeling it will get good ratings, but won't be commercially very successful.

It's from Remedy so I hope and think it will do well.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Hate to dash people's hopes...but Gran Turismo 5 is going to be a HUGE disappointment. I'm talking "Too Human" level of disappointment.

The hype is too huge, and the development too slow.

Of those...God of War 3.

I'd say FF13, but JRPG hating is cool now, so low scores will drag down the average.

What makes you think it'll be so dissapointing? Hasn't FF 13 been the dissapointing one so far?

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Hate to dash people's hopes...but Gran Turismo 5 is going to be a HUGE disappointment. I'm talking "Too Human" level of disappointment.

The hype is too huge, and the development too slow.

Of those...God of War 3.

I'd say FF13, but JRPG hating is cool now, so low scores will drag down the average.

What makes you think it'll be so disappointing? Hasn't FF 13 been the dissapointing one so far?

First, it's a racing game. What the fuck are they working so hard on at this point exactly?

Forza Motorsport has had TWO excellent, full fledged games during the development cycle of this one game.

As for FF13: Not to me, no. It's going to be much more linear, which cuts down on THE WORST PART OF JRPGS. NPCs in towns in JPRGs suuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Hate to dash people's hopes...but Gran Turismo 5 is going to be a HUGE disappointment. I'm talking "Too Human" level of disappointment.

The hype is too huge, and the development too slow.

Of those...God of War 3.

I'd say FF13, but JRPG hating is cool now, so low scores will drag down the average.

What makes you think it'll be so disappointing? Hasn't FF 13 been the dissapointing one so far?

First, it's a racing game. What the fuck are they working so hard on at this point exactly?

Forza Motorsport has had TWO excellent, full fledged games during the development cycle of this one game.

As for FF13: Not to me, no. It's going to be much more linear, which cuts down on THE WORST PART OF JRPGS. NPCs in towns in JPRGs suuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

I agree about linearity in JRPGs but that's beside the point. Loved FF 10, nice and linear.

So it'll be dissapointing because they took long to make it? I'm not quite following you here. I'd prefer if they get it perfect instead of rushing it out, maybe I'll pick up a racing game again since a long time. Forza and GT just don't compare, no offense.