Horizon Zero Dawn Review Thread 89 OC (86 reviews), 89 MC (108 reviews)

[Dr. Pezus]

If it was only that edge review left to add and no others it would definitely finish on 89. If any 90 was added it would make it there, and we know how big edge's weighting is

Actually I don't think they have that much weight. Less than ign at least.

[Xevross]

Actually I don't think they have that much weight. Less than ign at least.

Tbh I don't know how much weight they have, I just know that their weighting is higher than average and people make a big deal of it.

[Xevross]

Huh, a 90 just got added and it didn't move a single place in the all time ranks. Maybe that place has a low weighting or there's so many reviews that a 90 will barely do anything, or maybe it didn't update yet. I really want that 89

[darkknightkryta]

Are there any big review sites left?

Ours?  

[Legend]

Ours?  

We should get back into doing stuff like that.

[darkknightkryta]

We should get back into doing stuff like that.

Wasn't NeverDies doing the reviews?

[Legend]

Wasn't NeverDies doing the reviews?

Was.

He's horrible at posting here. Always goes to some stupid other small forum instead.

[darkknightkryta]

Was.

He's horrible at posting here. Always goes to some stupid other small forum instead.

That basket!

[Xevross]

The dream is dead

[Raven]

This game is amazing. Can't wait to get home and play more.

[ethomaz]

Actually I don't think they have that much weight. Less than ign at least.

I think IGN and Edge are in the top tier weigh.

FFXV was at 83 and with Edge 7/10 it downgraded to 81.

Edge will definitely up it to 89 if no sub 88 review be added.

[Xevross]

I think IGN and Edge are in the top tier weigh.

FFXV was at 83 and with Edge 7/10 it downgraded to 81.

Edge will definitely up it to 89 if no sub 88 review be added.

A 65 was added  

[Legend]

A 65 was added  

These low review scores are so stupid. Either they're just bad reviews wanting to be unique, or they show how pointless review aggregation is when every reviewer has a different approach to scoring.

[the-pi-guy]

These low review scores are so stupid. Either they're just bad reviews wanting to be unique, or they show how pointless review aggregation is when every reviewer has a different approach to scoring.

The author of the 65 even commented that 65 was above average.  They use the whole scale unlike other reviewers.  

Considering that, the 65 should be interpreted differently than other 65's.  But of course that doesn't really happen very well.  
Especially when Metacritic is set up to interpret specific game scores certain ways.  
One of the lower reviews were complaining about holes in the story.  And I'm just thinking okay I haven't played the game, but that doesn't sound like a hole in the story.  That sounds like a realistic thing that could happen....  

[darkknightkryta]

The author of the 65 even commented that 65 was above average.  They use the whole scale unlike other reviewers.  

Considering that, the 65 should be interpreted differently than other 65's.  But of course that doesn't really happen very well.  
Especially when Metacritic is set up to interpret specific game scores certain ways.  
One of the lower reviews were complaining about holes in the story.  And I'm just thinking okay I haven't played the game, but that doesn't sound like a hole in the story.  That sounds like a realistic thing that could happen....  

Is that really justifiable though?  I can see why you would rate a game like Golden Axe Beast Rider a 5/10.  Since it's pretty average and repetitive, but it's not some kind of horrible game, but I can even see why would give something like that a 7/10.  Using 5/10 as the medium for games like Golden Axe, then saying Horizon deserves a 6.5/10 tells me it's just marginally better, as opposed to be godlike better (Which it is).