Mister VCS Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I like the site www.videogamecritic.net , but in my opinion some ratings are totally incorrect: Radar Lock D+, this technical masterpiece shoud get a B (an A would be average if the game has been fine-tuned) Dig Dug A-, it is a funny little game, but no A-title, B- is correct Solaris should get a higher rating than Starmaster! Solaris A, Starmaster B- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Hi there! Dig Dug A-, it is a funny little game, but no A-title, B- is correct Blasphemy!!! A+ nothing less! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Radar Lock D+, this technical masterpiece shoud get a B (an A would be average if the game has been fine-tuned) Agreed, D+ is IMO way too low too, it's at least B-. IMO the Videogamecritic likes the Atari 2600 to be simple, maybe that influences his ratings too much. Solaris and Radar Lock are quite complicated (by 2600 standards) so that's probably why he doesn't rate them as high as we would expect. But why don't you post your opinion (and arguments!) on his board too? He usually reacts if you have some good arguments and are not only complaining. Tell him your tips and tricks and most likely he will revise his review. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Ah, it's all about personal opinions. What one likes, another doesn't. At least that site gives a few lines for you to read in their reviews, unlike other reviews mentioned here lately.... I should have some new ones up myself in the next couple of weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Dig Dug A-, it is a funny little game, but no A-title, B- is correct Blasphemy!!! A+ nothing less! (B- + A+)/2 = ~A- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCmodeler Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 A+ nothing less! Did Dug is a fun game, but it's too easy. Even on the arcade version, you can go 10 levels without hardly trying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Hi there! Did Dug is a fun game, but it's too easy. Even on the arcade version, you can go 10 levels without hardly trying. Well, it's not about surviving, but trying to destroy as many enemies as possible with a single boulder Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Hi there! A+ nothing less! (B- + A+)/2 = ~A- Unacceptable. A "-" would indicate that there are flaws in the game. But it's just perfect! Greetings, Manuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Radar Lock D+, this technical masterpiece shoud get a B (an A would be average if the game has been fine-tuned) Agreed, D+ is IMO way too low too, it's at least B-. IMO the Videogamecritic likes the Atari 2600 to be simple, maybe that influences his ratings too much. Solaris and Radar Lock are quite complicated (by 2600 standards) so that's probably why he doesn't rate them as high as we would expect. But why don't you post your opinion (and arguments!) on his board too? He usually reacts if you have some good arguments and are not only complaining. Tell him your tips and tricks and most likely he will revise his review. Also, he keeps contradicting himself by calling some games "mindless and repetitive". I mean, he gave After Burner II for the Sega Genesis an F!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I don't agree with many of the ratings given games on Video Game Critic, but they are opinions and I respect them. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 I don't agree with many of the ratings given games on Video Game Critic, but they are opinions and I respect them. Yup, some ratings are not right (though none of the XYPE ones ), but at least he explains quite well why he doesn't like the games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 He does have good points on many of the games, but a lot of them are subjective. Some of the reasons he doesn't like certain games are what makes it appealing to some others, or at least don't bother some others. It isn't a bible, by any means, but he does at least try to be fair -- and he's been pretty spot on IMO with many of them. :-) Of course others I've had to say, "What?! Are you crazy?! That game was much better than that!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulEMoz Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 It's a fact that there will always be differences. He gave Super Cobra and Reactor an F, whereas I happen to really like both of those games. It just depends what you like really, it's easy to disagree with any review but that doesn't necessarily mean that review is wrong, just different to what you think. Fs though....damn, that's harsh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
povlok1 Posted December 22, 2003 Share Posted December 22, 2003 Gorf a C!! ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrozek Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I really don't appreciate you SOBs talking behind my back like this. I would much prefer if you talked trash on MY message board, which lately has been dying a slow death. Seriously though, the thing about my site is that I grade on a curve, meaning that the average should fall somewhere around a 'C'. On other sites, and especially in video game magazines, they give everything an A or a B, and as a result, their grades are worthless. I'm not even all about that. Just my 2 cents. PEACE OUT Dave www.videogamecritic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Well hell, Dave leaves his fourth message in a hear and a half. :-) But seriously... I personally have no issues with VGC; actually I tend to go there when looking up titles on AA 'cos your reviews tend to be more objective and less "I love Atari!" I love Atari too, but some games just suck. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 I really don't appreciate you SOBs talking behind my back like this. I would much prefer if you talked trash on MY message board, which lately has been dying a slow death. Seriously though, the thing about my site is that I grade on a curve, meaning that the average should fall somewhere around a 'C'. On other sites, and especially in video game magazines, they give everything an A or a B, and as a result, their grades are worthless. I'm not even all about that. Just my 2 cents. PEACE OUT Dave www.videogamecritic.net You're presenting opinions on games and people are questioning some of them. There's no harm in that. If it's any consolation, I go to your site before anyone else's whenever I want to find out more about a game and in most cases end up agreeing with you as to which games are good and which are not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 The main problem with rating games is that most people grade them based on current conditions. By this I mean they either give it a really high rating because of the "nostalgia" factor or they give it a really poor score because they're comparing it against all the games ever made and not just the ones available at the time. Take Football for instance. I think everyone here will agree that it sucks donkey balls (Bob if you're reading this, don't hold it against me!). However at the time it was a pretty decent game (and the only football game out there I might add). So how do you grade it? Do you give it a A because it was good at the time or an F because it sucks so bad now? Not to mention that there are much better football games out there, but do you compare it to them? Now take a game like Space Invaders. Just about everyone rates it highly because they have fond memories of it. However if you compare it to many of the other games in the Atari library you'll find that it's pretty average. How do you properly rate classic games? Even I don't have the answer. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Can one really call someone a son of a bitch, tell them to join his message board(which is by his own admission not a very fun place to be), and then say "just my 2 cents" like it's nothing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 How do you properly rate classic games? Even I don't have the answer. The way I approach it is I rate it the way I thought of it AT THE TIME. My young mind definitely had an opinion on each game.. so that's what I try to remember. That puts it in it's proper timeframe context... hopefully. Of course this runs into a problem when I didn't play a game back then.. like Pitfall 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Can one really call someone a son of a bitch, tell them to join his message board(which is by his own admission not a very fun place to be), and then say "just my 2 cents" like it's nothing?</talking_about_Dave_behind_his_back> Well, I would get pretty pissed too, if I had invested a hell lot of time into something which is meant to help other people and then some people who have done nothing similar start bitching behind my back instead of contacting me directly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highinfidelity Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 This 2-months late reaction is so ruffled that I don't even understand if I should take it seriously. Could you guys please explain to us english-as-a-foreign-language speakers what's going on? I couldn't see anyone bitchin' or insulting, almost every message ended with congratulations on the VGC effort or some philosophy about personal opinions... Was there something behind the lines? It's clear that if you want a website that agrees 100% with your opinions, you have to write it by yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrozek Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Guys, I was only trying to stir up the pot with my previous post. I never used the words SOB, and I actually enjoy reading posts about the site. I think I have a fair ratings system, but the problem is, those reviews have been written over a five-year period. The later ones are well written and detailed, but some of the older ones leave something to be desired. That said, I'm in the process of rewriting (or replacing) the weak reviews. I usually don't change the grades, but I feel that revisionism is a luxury I DO have. Let me know if you have any suggestions for improvement. Take it easy! Dave www.videogamecritic.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cootster Posted February 4, 2004 Share Posted February 4, 2004 Personally, I agree with the majority of your reviews . . . They've actually been a pretty good guide to the systems I don't know well, like the CV and INTV . . . That said: Dancing Plate a D? Why does everyone hate this game in general, other than that Zimag made it? It's a fun, simple, reasonably pretty game, IMO . . . Heck, someone at Sony must have liked it, it's on the EyeToy. Sorry, had to get that one in . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmrozek Posted February 5, 2004 Share Posted February 5, 2004 I have to disagree with you about Football. Sure, judging by graphics alone, it's pretty bad. In fact, to me and my friends it's affectionately known as "trash can" football. But the gameplay has held up remarkably well! If you play against a willing opponent, you'll have a good time and share a few laughs. It's one of those cases in which the whole exceeds the sum of its parts. I like it a lot. Now Homerun - THAT sucks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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