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by Jerry Whorebach 02/28/2006, 6:43am PST |
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If you're anything like me then you probably already know exactly how Tom Chick feels about Game Rankings. What you probably didn't know is that until he decided to write a scathing critique of math and people who think math is better than words for QT3's frontpage, Tom had never actually visited the automated construct that's threatening to make his job obsolete.
You can imagine how disheartening it must have been for him when, after a good many attempts to stump the accursed machine, he eventually came to the realisation that [i]Game Rankings is usually right.[/i] But instead of scrapping his planned update in favor of another shoot'emup review cleverly disguised as a story about his imaginary friend, Tom pressed on and ended up writing a piece that unintentionally highlights the stupidity of consulting an individual critic when you could have asked their collective hive-mind.
His examples of ratings injustice include 360 launch forgettables Perfect Dark (82%) and Kameo (81%) getting nearly identical scores, supergame Resident Evil 4 (96%) ranking substantially higher than the still decent Fatal Frame III (80%), and "glib pap" like Burnout 3 (94%) handily outscoring "clever and sharply designed" not-pap like Test Drive: Bargain Bin Derby (74%).
Chick goes on to point out a few of the "unexpected gems" he's unearthed which received only average scores, such as the first truly interactive Jennifer Chambers Lynch movie, Killer 7 (77%), and Koei's eighth (official) sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms II, which I guess is the one that finally gets it right? Mysteriously absent from his pile of buried treasures is Dynasty Warriors 5 (69%), possibly because some stupid boy already mentioned how much fun it is if you like that sort of thing and by extension tainted it :( |
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Tom Chick takes swing at Game Rankings, falls over. by Jerry Whorebach 02/28/2006, 6:43am PST 
I wonder what he thinks of me. by Rotten Tomatos 02/28/2006, 11:27am PST
Hating the numerical ranking of games by Flavio 02/28/2006, 3:53pm PST
I liked TimeSplitters 3 :( by Jerry Whorebach 03/01/2006, 2:01am PST
I only played Future Perfect NT by Flavio 03/01/2006, 11:06am PST
They're the same game. by Future Flavio 03/01/2006, 6:57pm PST
The problem with scores. by Jerry Whorebach 02/28/2006, 8:50pm PST
Re: The problem with scores. by I need clarification 02/28/2006, 9:27pm PST
Re: The problem with scores. by Fullofkittens 02/28/2006, 11:42pm PST
What DO you do? by Really? 03/01/2006, 1:46am PST
Wow, "Really?" demands I stop being a pussy and (finally!!) admit what I do. >:[ NT by I need clarification 03/01/2006, 11:50am PST
WHAT'S THE HOLDUP NT by Creexul :( 03/02/2006, 7:04am PST
I herd the cows that give the milk that dilutes the tea that David Jaffe drinks. by I need clarification 03/03/2006, 4:36am PST
I wouldn't misspell "designer." :( NT by I need clarification 03/03/2006, 4:03pm PST
You edited my post to make me look stupid. NT by I need clarification 03/03/2006, 6:50pm PST
I mean make YOU look stupid >:[ NT by I need clarification 03/03/2006, 6:52pm PST
You know who else thinks reviewers suck? Marc Ecko. by Fussbett 03/01/2006, 3:33am PST
Re: You know who else thinks reviewers suck? Marc Ecko. by corax 03/01/2006, 11:39pm PST
More free-associative rambling on the subject of scores by Tony 03/02/2006, 2:42am PST
Text is okay as long as I don't have to read it. by Jerry Whorebach 03/03/2006, 2:49am PST
Hey, good point by Tony 03/03/2006, 3:34am PST
Re: Tom Chick takes swing at Game Rankings, falls over. by Souffle of Pain 03/02/2006, 9:38pm PST
The only people more wrong than Tom Chick by FABIO 03/02/2006, 10:54pm PST
At least Troika tried (and failed) to make another Fallout. NT by Bioware hasn't even done that :( 03/03/2006, 2:53am PST
No clever verbal twist (also, Erik!) by Tom Chick 03/03/2006, 12:54pm PST
Haha awesome. by Fussbett 03/03/2006, 7:11pm PST
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