Feedbackula - The Last of Us Rageapalooza!

it's ridiculous. in which ever sites you go there's a justice in scoring despite of being ps3 or x360, but in gamespot whenever i've come in this last year, everything goes to 360, uncharted 3 got a 9,although it deserved a 10, and the last of us which has taken a full score on every site has gotten an 8 here,

My problem wasn't with the score; it was with McShea's lazy ass 3 minute review.

y do they call it feedbackula? like, they called it that because it was halloween themed, now it mexican. wtf gamespot

Reviews should not be opinions but comparisons to other games in the same genre. If it where to be opinions someone could score a WOII game a 1 just because he is german and was offended by the content. This review is very unprofessional. If you are a well known site like gamespot you just can't do things like this. 

zzzz....

People got mad over this?  

Someone should have checked the final score of the review before putting it online. This is the best game I have played in years. Giving such a good game an 8/10 - is in my opinion an error.

Maybe with such a good game - Kevin Van Ord should have done the review...just saying

Jonny was at E3 i think that is why there is the delay. 

An 8 is great on gamespot's scale....  I don't understand the hate...?  He said the game is great.....

Come on... Give us another episode! What's the holdup? Is Danny O` Dwyer in charge of Feedbackula now?

Tacos!

True everyone has an opinion but whats then the use of a review site if it does not matches with consensus. If general opinion is that The last of us is a masterpiece than why the hell you need to make a mockery out it. If your review doesn't appeal to the masses then whats the worth of it. We go to review sites so we can get idea of how the game is. 

Now if you give GTA IV 2/10 because you thought it was shit would that be helpful ? Shame on you gamespot for mocking your readers, your staff acts like a crybaby

now that you mention it... you do have stupid hair johnny.

Where the hell is the next episode? I want to laugh!

Apparently, giving a great game a great review score is "what's wrong with the industry"!?

According to this logic, great review scores are the reason why: MS are screwing up so badly, EA is the devil; and why gamers absolutely hate each other over which console they own??

So how do we fix this problem? Give great games bad scores, or don't score games at all??

One person said the game is "clearly above 9,  waaay above average".

Do they realise that 5 out of 10 is supposed to be the average. Therefore 8 out of 10 is still waaaaaay above average.

I give this episode an 8/10. But it's still a masterpiece. 

It's clearly true though, Gamespot are obviously hired by Microsoft to give Playstation exclusives less than perfect scores.....except for Metal Gear Solid 4.....  But then that's just one compared to the number of Xbox exclusives they've give perfect scores to which is.....well none.  Only other game to get 10/10 on Gamespot is GTA IV which is cross-platform.  But then Gears of War got 9.6 when Uncharted 2 only got 9.5 so clearly you must be on the payroll!  Don't get why people want to quote the reviews of other websites either.  Do they expect Gamespot just to copy the scores from another website?!  If so what's the point!  8/10 is still great score and a game worth getting.  Can't give an opinion myself as I've yet t get the game but I wonder how many people who are slating the review have actually played it?!

Love this show and the video of Johnny on the chair was hilarious. I don't think anyone was suprised about this weeks topic!

lol this is the best thing on this website.  

spin little chair, spin little chair. Can't get enough of this show

plz do at least 2 shows a week

8 is good, but what is questionable here is GS's consistency.

Think of it, most CoD games have got 8.5 or above. Regardless same ol' same ol'. All Halo games (except Halo 2) are 9.0 or above. Is AI that perfect in them? Is every one that original compared to previous one?

I don't know if there is platform bias here at GS, but there certainly looks like there is developer/publisher related bias, or simple reviewer's bias toward specific genres or franchises.

Thing is, "pro" reviewing web site should have more objective, rather than subjective reviews. Score should be based on game elements - story, visuals, game mechanics (AI, physics...), sound (music, voice acting, effects), originality, replay value etc. etc., and each category should be scored separately, while sum of all scores should make game score.

As it is, the score is just too... generic. More of a personal opinion than thorough review.

I'd be curious to know if reviewer has actually finished the game before reviewing it.

8 is not bad at all... 

I'm quite happy to see that a new AAA+ title didn't automatically get a 9 or a 10 like most titles have garnered lately.  That trend is kinda pissing me off, and I'm glad to see one of your reviewers stepping through the political bullshit that is the gaming industry now, to tell people what's really up.

Honestly, we need more reviewers willing to say fuck you to the devs and post what they want to about the games.

Also.. The part im having trouble with - 8/10 is a BAD review? last I checked 8/10 is still recommended to play, easily enjoy, blah blah blah.. 

I mean.. if they're gonna ream you guys for an 8.. Shouldn't people be FREAKING the fuck out about classic reviews like final fantasy 8 getting an 8? or Dissidia getting an 8?? There's so many GREAT games, that tons of us have enjoyed and bought still, even at a 7 or an 8 rating.. Honestly, this is just another trend of a bunch of self entitled gamers who think they know what they're talking about (read: can't even read/speak english obviously), and somehow think they're entitled to an opinion over someone who went to COLLEGE for the right opinionated comments :)  Do any of you bastards out there who can't spell have a college degree? thought so.

I just can't believe the kind of comments that some of these people made.. I haven't laughed this much in months.  Every time I think people can't honestly get more retarded, someone goes and posts things like this, where people are clearly a pile of fuckin' retards who surprise me at their ability to use a keyboard/mouse while breathing.  Hell, I'm surprised they can even breathe right.

Reviews are opinions, the opinion of the reviewer. If you score it higher then obviously that's your opinion that it's better. If 99% of people gave the game a 10/10, then that final 1% gave it whatever score because they didn't think the game was as good as a 10. Personally I think a 10 is impossible because there's always more that can be done, and again, there are the varying preferences with different people who want different aspects of the game. Something that might bump the score to a 10 might with another person be very bad for the game in their opinion and then they would knock the score down to an 8. 

Furthermore, last I checked Gamespot's reviews are based on what the Gamespot representative (the reviewer) thought about the game, not what the average score of other gamers reviews are. Hence why there are 4 review numbers for every game. Gamespot's, Metacritic, your rating (which only you see, I'd expect) and user's rating. Therefore, why would there be a reason for Gamespot to base their review on others when there's already a number to represent that? 

It is unfortunate that people can't seem to have opinions on the internet. Well, at least those that have an opinion that differ from everybody else's (aka, the sheep). 

It's a review people. It's an opinion. Deal with it.

I want to spin in my office chair like Johnny!

This must be the dumbest thing I've ever seen! Can I also be payed just to pick dumb comments and read them in a stupid way? Where's the "Feedback"? The show must be renamed to ReadCommentBackula! 

I love Feedbackula.  It is hilarious to hear all of the comments.  I used to read them, but thankfully, now I can listen to them while I touch myself.  

Realistically, an "8.5" for a "masterpiece" is a good score.  A 10/10 is perfect; also known as Jesus.  Average is a 5.  Get.A.******* grip people.  Besides, it is one person's opinion.

Thanks for the laughs, Feedbackula.

Why is Feedbackula sticking with the cowboy texmex theme?

This is freaking hilarious! Seriously the way they pick out the ones with terrible grammar and spelling. Or run-on sentences that go nowhere and vulgarity etc. I did laugh while watching this. Seriously people, learn sentence structure, punctuation and use spell check ? it helps your credibility ;)

Here?s the thing. Tom is entitled to his own opinion. While I?ve only played the demo I?d have to disagree with that opinion based on the fraction of the game I?ve played thus far. I?m not saying it necessarily deserves a 10/10, but for me it?s very close. Then again I?m a huge fan of the Uncharted series and Naughty Dog is one of my top 3 favorite developers behind Nintendo and Rare (the old Rare from the SNES/N64 days of course).

It comes down to what you personally hope for/want/expect from this game. If you?re someone like me who?s a big fan of the developer?s previous work and have been following the development of this game for over 2 years, you?d probably tend to take 60+ other people?s personal opinions and the meta score of 9.6 (or 96%) as a more accurate indicator of the game?s quality.

However, if you?re not a fan of survival horror, or perhaps not an Uncharted or Naughty Dog fan or you?re a raving Xbox or Nintendo fanboy that deep down hopes this game doesn?t live up to the hype, you probably skew more towards Tom?s score.

It is just one guy?s personal opinion after all.

Are you not entertained?