Soo - will the escapist fix their review about Dragon Age II?

[nugarin]

I do accept that there are people who enjoy this game - I do play this kind of games from time to time as well - I like Diablo series and DeathSpank, but stating that the game is a great RPG ("The advancements in RPG mechanics...") when it clearly isn't is either very uninformed or dishonest opinion. I would have less scruples if the review said that it's a great linear hack'n'slash - after all none of the decisions in the dialogs will have any effect for the gameplay - refuse a quest, you'll have to do it anyway etc. Still even in this light I don't think it deserves full 5 stars - there is recycling going on and a lot of bugs present.
I also suspect that the story telling in flash backs was actually bolted on later since they were not able to actually finish the game, as a way to gloss over the holes in the plot.

 

[nugarin]

Pra

Sooo... Let me get this straight, you dislike the game so the Escapist has to change the review to suit your opinions? It is not your personal review. Anywaysm an Escapist 5/5 does not mean a flawless game, Metacritic just converts it that way.

Pray tell how do you convert 5 out of 5 into percentage points? My first and only guess is 100. Does Escapist have a special formula for conversion and if it does then why is it not published anywhere.

Hey, look what I found. There's actually an article here that says what the review scores mean.

"Five stars. This is as good as gaming currently gets, the crème de la crème. This doesn't imply perfection, merely that the experience you'll have will be exceptionally enjoyable."

There you go 5/5 on the Escapist doesn't equal 100% on Metacritic.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/7149-What-Our-Review-Scores-Mean

And before I leave, I'm fine with you voicing your opinion, but it was not necessary to create an entire thread for this. There are plenty of threads out there criticizing DAII, why not post there?

I created a thread to critizise the interview, but you are right I did stray off-topic and started critizising the game.

Bioware makes great games - I own most of them. However do you really believe that telling them that this title is as good as it can possible get is helpful in any way? They'll lay back and release ME3 unfinished as well - this is something I DO NOT want to happen.