Metacritic Vows To Curb Unfair User Reviews

05 Nov 2008 at 12:08:31 by Andy Alderson

Games review site, Metacritic, has hit back at users who post biased reviews prior to a game's release.

In a footnote on Metacritic's Gears of War 2 page, games editor Marc Doyle urges users to focus only on the Metascore (based on media reviews).

"My advice for our faithful users is to focus your attention on the Metascore for this game and not the thousands of user votes, most of which have been submitted before said users have played the game," writes Doyle. "This is a gaming community, and if people want to stuff the ballot box, there's not much I can do at this point. When we upgrade the registration requirements for participation on the site in the near future, this type of thing won't happen. We'll post the full legitimate user reviews upon the game's release. As always, thanks for using the site."

Gears of War 2 currently sports a user rating of 3.5/1, despite earning a Metascore of 94/100.

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