Chrono_Cross wrote:

I'm not sure who said "universally hated" as I can't find what post I said that in ( I don't think I did), but universally is a big word meaning a big thing. I said majority and the GameFaqs board is a great example of this.

@DarkKnight

Looking at the first page of a dead board only indicates that the people who loved the game are still around along with hard headed haters. The user reviews are a great indication of my point.

The majority of people who played it, thoroughly disliked Other M.

CanisWolfred wrote:

...Anything else that's not GameFAQs. Seriously. I've been to a lot of forums. They still take the freakin' cake.

DarkKnight wrote:

Chrono_Cross wrote:

The reader review average is 6.7/10 out of 82 reviews. That is also worth noting.

Not exactly flourishing with praise.

Not exactly flourishing with hate. A decidedly average, mediocre, lukewarm score, in fact.

Agreed. If it was, like an average 3.2, I'd see it, but a 6.7? That's pretty good for a game that's supposedly "divisive"...

CanisWolfred wrote:

...Anything else that's not GameFAQs.

Chrono_Cross wrote:

I'm not sure who said "universally hated" as I can't find what post I said that in ( I don't think I did), but universally is a big word meaning a big thing. I said majority and the GameFaqs board is a great example of this.

@DarkKnight

Looking at the first page of a dead board only indicates that the people who loved the game are still around along with hard headed haters. The user reviews are a great indication of my point.

The majority of people who played it, thoroughly disliked Other M.

moomoo wrote:

The majority of people who bought the game aren't on message boards. They play it, think what they think on it, and move on. It's pretty hard to honestly say that more than 50% of people disliked a video game when we only have the paltry responces of a few thosand at best.

However, when user reviews are at 6.7 (meaning better than mediocre) then it's pretty hard to say that it's hated by the general gaming community.

moomoo wrote:

Chrono_Cross wrote:

I'm not sure who said "universally hated" as I can't find what post I said that in ( I don't think I did), but universally is a big word meaning a big thing. I said majority and the GameFaqs board is a great example of this.

@DarkKnight

Looking at the first page of a dead board only indicates that the people who loved the game are still around along with hard headed haters. The user reviews are a great indication of my point.

The majority of people who played it, thoroughly disliked Other M.

The majority of people who bought the game aren't on message boards. They play it, think what they think on it, and move on. It's pretty hard to honestly say that more than 50% of people disliked a video game when we only have the paltry responces of a few thosand at best.

However, when user reviews are at 6.7 (meaning better than mediocre) then it's pretty hard to say that it's hated by the general gaming community.

kkslider5552000 wrote:

tl;dr version of the thread, people defending Metroid Other M without looking at valid reasons people hate it are equally as stupid as people assuming it objectively is all that awful beyond the story

DarkKnight wrote:

kkslider5552000 wrote:

tl;dr version of the thread, people defending Metroid Other M without looking at valid reasons people hate it are equally as stupid as people assuming it objectively is all that awful beyond the story

I think you might have a point in there but the lack of punctuation is making it hard for me to understand it.

DarkKnight wrote:

Using the score you provided, it doesn't look like the majority thoroughly disliked it.

Austroid wrote:

All of this comes back to the fact that a game doesn't need to have a 1.0 score, or be glitchy, or have bad graphics, etc. to be considered among the worst games ever made.

Austroid wrote:

All of this comes back to the fact that a game doesn't need to have a 1.0 score, or be glitchy, or have bad graphics, etc. to be considered among the worst games ever made.

Chrono_Cross wrote:

Not everyone posted their opinion in a review format, though. I counted 33 reviews that were above a 7/10. I rounded the 6.7 up to a 7 and went on from there. So a little under 2/3 of those dedicated gamers, wrote a review of an average score or lower.

Now the reception in its entirety is a whole different story. We would have to read every topic and take notes of every type of response in order to get the answer we're looking for. I'm not sure about you, but that doesn't sound fun.

Austroid wrote:

Chrono_Cross wrote:

Not everyone posted their opinion in a review format, though. I counted 33 reviews that were above a 7/10. I rounded the 6.7 up to a 7 and went on from there. So a little under 2/3 of those dedicated gamers, wrote a review of an average score or lower.

Now the reception in its entirety is a whole different story. We would have to read every topic and take notes of every type of response in order to get the answer we're looking for. I'm not sure about you, but that doesn't sound fun.

There's also the possibility of people that make puppet accounts in order to rank something up. One reason I hate any form of voting on the internet.

Chrono_Cross wrote:

DarkKnight wrote:

Using the score you provided, it doesn't look like the majority thoroughly disliked it.

Not everyone posted their opinion in a review format, though. I counted 33 reviews that were above a 7/10. I rounded the 6.7 up to a 7 and went on from there. So a little under 2/3 of those dedicated gamers, wrote a review of an average score or lower.

Now the reception in its entirety is a whole different story. We would have to read every topic and take notes of every type of response in order to get the answer we're looking for. I'm not sure about you, but that doesn't sound fun.

Austroid wrote:

All of this comes back to the fact that a game doesn't need to have a 1.0 score, or be glitchy, or have bad graphics, etc. to be considered among the worst games ever made.

Right. You and I (and many others), found Other M to be very disappointing and poorly developed. So much that we find it to be a terrible game. That's it. lol