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Article #721147Re: "Fallout 4" - Metascore - 5.2
From: Spalls Hurgenson
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:12
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 14:12
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On Tue, 10 Nov 2015 20:27:59 +0300, "Andrew Rybenkov" <aryb...@gmail.com> wrote: >Awesome score! Honestly, that would seem an appropriate score: it's a middle-of-the-road game. All reviews indicate that it is not particularly innovative and its production values are "okay" (not bad, but not jaw-droppingly gorgeous either). Its gameplay has all the perks and all the flaws of earlier iterations of the series. It's /average/. Unfortunately, years of score-inflation means that people perceive anything less than a 7 out of 10 as a failure; 8 is considered "average" and a 5 would mean a game not even worth getting a second glance. But, in a perfect world (with spherical cows) I think 5.1 would be a fair score. Mind you, it's really too early to pay any attention to meta-critic user scores; both the fanboys and haters are out in full force and there's going to be some wide swings and deviations. Most of these people probably haven't even played the game, and none of them have played it very long (seeing as the game has been out less than 24 hours) so they are judging the book, as it were, by its cover. I have no doubt this score will trend upwards over the next few months.
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