What Gamespot score was the biggest crime to gaming?

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#1 jetslalom
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A recent post made me think about MGS3 (ps2) getting an 8.7 here, and how it was probably the best one made and easily deserved a 9.5 or higher. what other scores were too low to be respectable?

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#2 Willy105
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Diddy Kong Racing.
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#3 KHAndAnime
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Mario Kart 64....6.4. I don't know if it was supposed to be some joke, but I'm not laughing.
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The original Age of Empires. :x
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#5 KHAndAnime
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...or Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3.
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#6 OreoMilkshake
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Mario Kart 64. Or Mario Kart 6.4 :(

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#7 dercoo
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I still have not gotten over R&CF:ToD "too much diversity in gameplay" review.

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#8 67gt500
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I was gonna say Twilight Princess, but I don't want to incite [another] riot around here...
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#9 Chutebox
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Mario Kart, MGS3, and R&C.

And based off other scores, I gotta throw Halo Wars in there.

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#10 chrisPperson
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R&C:Tools of Destruction and Mario Kart 64.
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#11 adv_tr00per
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GTAIV getting a 10? It was good, but a 10?!?!?!?!

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#12 Mogotoo
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Well, out of the games I have played and am able to give my own score to, probable Super Metroid. The review didn't even mention any significant flaws, yet the score given was 8.5. At least explain the deduction.

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#13 Sky-
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Twilight Princess. It should have been even lower. =\

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#14 tagyhag
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AOE, Halo Wars, Radiant Dawn, Assassin's Creed, Rune Factory Frontier ( :x )
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#15 n00bkid
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R&C. No doubt about it. I think i got modded twice in a week because of that score :P
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#16 kontejner44
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GTAIV getting a 10? It was good, but a 10?!?!?!?!

adv_tr00per

I can safetly say that it's not worth a 10, but it's not far from it.

MGS4 is a 10'er

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#17 Sky-
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The BIGGEST crime to humanity was when GameSpot decided to give Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction an 8.5 and 8.2, respectively. :x

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#18 Mogotoo
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GTAIV getting a 10? It was good, but a 10?!?!?!?!adv_tr00per
Agreed. No game with online multiplayer but no local multiplayer should get a 10. There's no justification for the lack of it.

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#19 funsohng
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Valkyria Chronicles and MGS3 (which was somewhat conpensated with subsistence review, but still)
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#20 Diviniuz
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The BIGGEST crime to humanity was when GameSpot decided to give Diablo II and Diablo II: Lord of Destruction an 8.5 and 8.2, respectively. :x

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Mario Kart 64. Or Mario Kart 6.4 :(

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#21 Samurai_Xavier
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Twilight Princess. It should have been even lower. =\

Sky-

Not really that big a deal considering Gamespot was one of the only sites that got it right.

The rest of the internet gave it high AAA GOTY scores (Gametrailers gave it GOTY and one of the top 10 games of the decade).

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#22 Hathesulacon
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MGS4 with the ten. Just NOO. Gta4, at the time it was freakin EPIC, but when theyre taking off points for glitches that can be patched in games like forza and mass effect GTA4 had a good bit o glitches, the gunplay was kind of ehh. IMO. and a number of other flaws that dont warrant a 10/10 flawless score. Now ME2...

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SoTC and the original MGS1 =/
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#24 farnham
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Zelda TP - 8.8

Tony Hawk 3 - 10

Halo ODST - 9.0

Gears of War 2 - 9.0

[QUOTE="Sky-"]

Twilight Princess. It should have been even lower. =\

Samurai_Xavier

Not really that big a deal considering Gamespot was one of the only sites that got it right.

The rest of the internet gave it high AAA GOTY scores (Gametrailers gave it GOTY and one of the top 10 games of the decade).

yeah its funny how Zelda TP got even higher scores then gears of war 1 and people still claim that the gamespot score was right (if you read the review.. gerstman complains about the wiimote speaker.. which is not part of the game but part of the wii hardware.. damn)

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#25 The_Capitalist
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GTA4. It really wasn't that great.

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Mario Kart 64, one of the best games of the franchise, it doesn't deserve that. As for high score, GTA4, it is good but its score isn't the appropriate.
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#27 Bigboi500
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Let's all say it together..."Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn". Such an embarrassment for the site that they had to edit out certain statements that was made fun of repeatedly.

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#28 Hahadouken
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I guess Twilight Princess was the most shocking, but really it only missed 9.0 by .1. Ratchet & Clank FTOD is probably the one that I disagree with the most.
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#29 kontejner44
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[QUOTE="Sky-"]

Twilight Princess. It should have been even lower. =\

Samurai_Xavier

Not really that big a deal considering Gamespot was one of the only sites that got it right.

The rest of the internet gave it high AAA GOTY scores (Gametrailers gave it GOTY and one of the top 10 games of the decade).

That's because it is from a gameplay standpoint. Bad story etc won't downgrade a masterpiece as much as GS did. Metascore 96/100.

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#30 farnham
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Let's all say it together..."Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn". Such an embarrassment for the site that they had to edit out certain statements that was made fun of repeatedly.

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to be fair.. that embarassment was overshadowed by the IGN review of the same game matt bozon compained that there is no mii support in fire emblem radiant dawn.. LOL
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#31 chrisPperson
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[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

Let's all say it together..."Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn". Such an embarrassment for the site that they had to edit out certain statements that was made fun of repeatedly.

farnham
to be fair.. that embarassment was overshadowed by the IGN review of the same game matt bozon compained that there is no mii support in fire emblem radiant dawn.. LOL

Oh wow, I better read the rest of that review. Thanks!
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GTA4 and MGS4 getting 10s. Seriously? They might be good games, but no that I know of is flawless.

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#33 Chutebox
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MGS4 with the ten. Just NOO. Gta4, at the time it was freakin EPIC, but when theyre taking off points for glitches that can be patched in games like forza and mass effect GTA4 had a good bit o glitches, the gunplay was kind of ehh. IMO. and a number of other flaws that dont warrant a 10/10 flawless score. Now ME2...

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It's been said 537634764 times, but 10/10 does not mean perfect.

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GTA4 and MGS4 getting 10s. Seriously? They might be good games, but no that I know of is flawless.

Vari3ty

Well, to be fair, a 10 doesn't mean the game is perfect.

CURSE YOU CHUTEBOX! Get out of muh head. :cry:

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#36 BZSIN
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THPS3

Mario Kart 64

MGS1

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#37 chrisPperson
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GTA4 and MGS4 getting 10s. Seriously? They might be good games, but no that I know of is flawless.

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10 doesn't mean "flawless". In case you haven't realized yet, no game is perfect.
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#38 The-Mosher
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Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3. It was alright, but I don't think it should have been a 10 (or even a AAA game for that matter).

Grand Theft Auto IV. Its a superb game, I'm not gonna lie about that. Though, there were a few things that kept me thinking that it shouldn't have been a 10.

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#39 SambaLele
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For me it's still the R&C:ToD review.

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#40 navyguy21
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Shenmue getting a 7.8..........i mean seriously Gamespot?

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MGS4 ----- 10.0 This has nothing to do with a fanboy or anything. I've played the game and found the controls clunky and the story telling to be self-indulgent and chunky. It was a good game, but a perfect one? No. Also the loading was just horrible. There were times when you'd load a section, watch a cut scene, walk across the screen and watch another cut scene. Just horrid. I'd have given it a ~8.0 due to the active camo being awesome.
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#42 Im_single
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Deus Ex, 8.2 for one of the most unique and deep FPS games of all time? For shame GS, for shame.
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#43 dragonfly110
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Diddy Kong Racing, Mario Kart 64 and basically every monster hunter review were all waaay lower then Id give the games.

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#44 jetslalom
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MGS4 deserved a 10, pure epic, and the controls are actually the best in the series and is part of what makes to special, if youve played the previous metal gears you know 4 is probably the best

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MGS4 ----- 10.0 This has nothing to do with a fanboy or anything. I've played the game and found the controls clunky and the story telling to be self-indulgent and chunky. It was a good game, but a perfect one? No. Also the loading was just horrible. There were times when you'd load a section, watch a cut scene, walk across the screen and watch another cut scene. Just horrid. I'd have given it a ~8.0 due to the active camo being awesome.mythrol

Take the game for what it is, an interactive movie. The Story resembles that of a Tarantino movie. Last time I checked Inglourious basterds was nominated for best picture, the point is that the sty.le works.

The gameplay is the last thing you can even begin to imagine being flawed. You're just bad at it.

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#46 mythrol
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MGS4 deserved a 10, pure epic, and the controls are actually the best in the series and is part of what makes to special, if youve played the previous metal gears you know 4 is probably the best

jetslalom
MGS is the best. And just because the controls are "the best in the series" doesn't mean they're good. I believe a game should be compared to the genre and not just it's own series.
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#47 mythrol
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[QUOTE="mythrol"]MGS4 ----- 10.0 This has nothing to do with a fanboy or anything. I've played the game and found the controls clunky and the story telling to be self-indulgent and chunky. It was a good game, but a perfect one? No. Also the loading was just horrible. There were times when you'd load a section, watch a cut scene, walk across the screen and watch another cut scene. Just horrid. I'd have given it a ~8.0 due to the active camo being awesome.kontejner44

Take the game for what it is, an interactive movie. The Story resembles that of a Tarantino movie. Last time I checked Inglourious basterds was nominated for best picture, the point is that the sty.le works.

The gameplay is the last thing you can even begin to imagine being flawed. You're just bad at it.

The story is anything but a Tarantino movie. His movies for outrageous as they are, make sense. MGS4 does not. Kojima is a self absorbed, egotist and believes he can craft only gold. He suffers from the same issues the FFXIII director / writers did. The pacing of MGS4 was horrible, the controls were lacking, and the story made no sense. And of course loading was just. . .ew. Even taking it for an interactive movie, I think Heavy Rain did a much better job of story telling. Active camo was awesome. Some of the weapon mod stuff was good. ~8.0 sure. 10.0? No chance.
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Probably MGS

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Well I don;t know about the biggest crime but, giving multiple Gamecube games 8.9 just enough so it will not be considered a great game really disturbs me.

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#50 ReaperV7
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gta4, tony hawk pro skater 3, and resistance: fall of man ( it should of gotten an 9.0)