Lets write legit reviews on metacritic.

[Payadopa]

I don't find Metacritic a legitimate source to begin with. There is no differentiation between professional reviews and player reviews. Aside from that, the whole structure is highly prone to abuse as seen with countless other games/ movies etc. .

[LunarRei]

I don't find Metacritic a legitimate source to begin with. There is no differentiation between professional reviews and player reviews. Aside from that, the whole structure is highly prone to abuse as seen with countless other games/ movies etc. .

That color... my eyes... the pain...!

On topic: I don't mind scores too much for at a glance ratings. I don't get to choose too many games to play nowadays but when I do get interested in something I'll generally look at the review scores (after some light reading and gameplay vids) to find out whether or not something might be as good as it looks.

If I see a large number of 9's and whatnot, it's probably pretty good and I'll get more info and read the reviews. If it is getting 6's and below, I'll probably read the reviews to find out why it is so disliked. It's the 6+ category that gets scary.

I first started caring with movies. I don't rely completely on Rotten Tomatoes, but I absolutely started paying attention after The Happening. I went in to that movie driven purely off the trailers. Afterwards I jumped on RT to validate my thoughts and I succeeded. Was something like 15%. Spot on.

Wisdom of the masses.