Metacritic alert! Please remove PA ASAP before user kill it!

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  1. infuscoletum

    infuscoletum Active Member

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    Re: Metacritic alert! Please remove PA ASAP before user kill

    I just put in my pound of flesh.

    I'm surprised that the price on steam hasn't kept these people away, or at least at bay. I really hope this doesn't ruin what an awesome core thing is going down here.

    Do steam purchasers have access to the backers/alpha forums?
    infuscoletum, June 14, 2013
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  2. ucsgolan

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    I think that giving good score is as uncool as giving zero score, since PA is not "Ready" to receive any critique.
    ucsgolan, June 14, 2013
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  3. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Re: Metacritic alert! Please remove PA ASAP before user kill

    It helps to show how pointless the current rating on metacritic are. A ton of 0s and a ton of 10s looks like the critics page is just bad. A ton of 0s alone however might look like the game is actually bad. So better add your 10 to make sure that metacritic itself looks bad ;D
    cola_colin, June 14, 2013
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  4. ace63

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    Sigh - I am actually making an account right now to vote it up...
    ace63, June 14, 2013
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  5. banthor

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    Actually registered at metacritic to even the score out....

    At the time of this writing there were only 115 ratings resulting in a score of 4.7. It takes no mathematician to figure out what our community could do.

    I hope metacritic resets the ratings and disables them until release date is reached.

    Actually they should make it so, that users can only rate titles that are actually released OR have at least 4 registered published ratings.
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    banthor, June 14, 2013
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  6. Loegi

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    I think they get the release information from gamefaqs which seems to be wrongly updated by ShadowDragon777.

    They should really not just allow wrong updates that fast like that. It's half a year off.
    Loegi, June 14, 2013
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    I wouldn't say that is a bad game... Hell, it isn't even finished. But those damm 90$. There is no other kickstarter game which after end its kickstarter still having SO HIGH price. I tried to get more people into the alpha, but that damm price freak them out.

    Uber will have to make a great price downgrade in the final release in order to compensate this. Not too many people will pay 90$ for a non-physical collector edition.

    Other games like Star Citizen or ARMA III offer a high quality product for much less, and make a discound for the support of the game in an early status.
    Kraqen, June 14, 2013
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  8. ephoscus

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    Star Citizen is even in Alpha so can't be compared & ARMA III isn't in Alpha either, it's a frankly a finished game with DLC to come...

    & that's the point, people on steam "expect" a finished game, even if you tell them it's Alpha, they don't understand what that really means.

    The steam access was given partly because we backers asked for it. I suspect it was to support us, not the mass unwashed horde on steam.
    ephoscus, June 14, 2013
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  9. smallcpu

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    Um, you do know that beta access costs 60$ and the finished released game will only cost 40$?
    smallcpu, June 14, 2013
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  10. lordmd

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    I think they could make the last 1 or 2 weeks of Beta into Open Beta and sell the game for 30$ instead of 40$ to get people interested.

    Then they'd have their "hey it has to be cheaper while in Beta".

    Edit: Also who cares about Metacritics user Score? Isn't there later a differenct score from gaming websites and magazines that are more "professional ratings"?
    lordmd, June 14, 2013
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  11. cybran89

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    On the plus side, when I read some of those "reviews", I laughed so hard I fell out of my chair.
    Help vote on metacritic and even things out!
    cybran89, June 14, 2013
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  12. Katalliaan

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    lordmd, there is, but it's as meaningless as the user ratings because they try to compare ratings on different scales. 4/5, 8/10, 16/20, and 80% all are the same as fractions, but their meanings as ratings are very different.
    Katalliaan, June 14, 2013
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  13. Nelec

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    What a joke of a website. That page must be taken down. Arma III is tbd and is not allowing scores to be given.
    Nelec, June 14, 2013
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  14. rorschachphoenix

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    It is ridiculous to rate a game that is not finished.
    rorschachphoenix, June 14, 2013
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    I dont understand why its still possible to buy yourself into alpha or beta...
    Beta and Alpha should have only been for the backers!

    For me it feels like Uber took the chance to get more and more money.
    Bhaal, June 14, 2013
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  16. KNight

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    Yes, because letting them make a better game is absurd!

    DOWN WITH PRE-ORDERS![/sarcasm]

    Mike
    KNight, June 14, 2013
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  17. cola_colin

    cola_colin Moderator Alumni

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    Metacritic gives a 404 now. After 160 ratings that were 90% either 0 or 10 they took it down. Finally, I guess somebody at metacritic is sill reasonable more or less.
    cola_colin, June 14, 2013
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    Yeah, I got 404 aswell. good to know!
    felipec, June 14, 2013
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  19. ace63

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    Very nice of them - it was the right decision.
    ace63, June 14, 2013
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  20. thaplague

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    It's gone, now down with the steam forum: More bright minds there. :lol:
    thaplague, June 14, 2013
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