Re-Rating the Top 10 Games on Metacritic

[@bobbiechristine]

Mega dope conversation. Love keeping it honest with nostalgic classics.

[@LevelUpPod_]

Thanks Bobbie Christine!! :)

[@manasplainingmtg]

First time listener, found this through Murph - this was a great podcast! I actually loved how big/vast Hyrule Field felt when I played it as a kid, because it felt like I had so so much left to explore 💖Great show, sub'd!

[@TheEvilGlassRectangle]

How did y’all hone in on Metacritic’s top 10? As of the day this was posted, Metacritic’s 4-15 all have a 97.

[@LevelUpPod_]

We did fudge it very slightly - we went with the order they’re displayed on Metacritic (however it's determined?) for all of the 97s, except we swapped Prime in over GTA5 for number 10, just because it was a game we were much more familiar with.

[@nachogames6562]

Awesome stuff here! I want to share my personal scoring metric for games because I’d be interested in seeing how you guys rate things to a standard. I use a 5 category system, 1-10, to score a game out of 50. For most games the categories are: Engagement - How easy it is to pick up and sink time into. Do you want to keep playing? Or does it constantly give you opportunities and reasons to quit? Polish - everything from UI, to art style and aesthetic, to controls and graphical fidelity. Is it pleasing to look at and play, or are things overlooked? Story/World - Does it have an identity? Do you remember what happens in it? Is it a place you’d love to visit or live in? Or is it just interesting and memorable. Longevity - Has it left an impact on you? Do you keep going back to it and enjoying it? Has it left a legacy in the industry? Do you expect it will? Personal - just free points for how you feel personally about it. It may be sentimental or just something you loved despite all its flaws. That’s just how I do it. It helps me sort out games against each other to find what I value most. Great stuff again, keep it up!

[@LevelUpPod_]

It would be very interesting for us to think about this and developed our own (subjectively objective) review scores. We love your rubric, it’s got us thinking!

[@lunarlovespell]

maybe it’s just because im younger but ocarina doesn’t hold up for me, everything it does i find more enjoyable in breath of the wild but i do recognize its still really influential and whatnot

[@Stoneeeeemo]

i do not wanna come off as one of those rdr2 people but geez. 92 for metroid and 76 for rdr2? insane it's probably the opposite i'd rate it lol and rating a borderline unplayable game almost the same as possibly the most well written game of all time 😭 and also, i never got the hype with mario galaxy. it was... ok?

[@LevelUpPod_]

I’m ngl I think we were way too easy on Perfect Dark 😅

[@msrpmusic303]

I hate the recent RDR2 slander. It's an all-timer.