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[–] LaSaucisseMasquee@jlai.lu 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I wouldn’t trust OpenCritics to tell me if a game is really shit or not.

Starfield and Diablo 4 are rated “mighty” there and I find them rather “meh”.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Open Critic doesn't tell you anything, it just aggregates everyone's scores. If you don't like the scores then blame the critics.

[–] Skwerls@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problem is what passes as a critic is really really loose. Some of the reviews they get on there are pretty cringe.

[–] OscarRobin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I mean, isn't the point of OpenCritic to get as wide an opinion base as possible? Of course you'll have a bunch of weird ones in there, but you hypothetically get the best overall view of a game.