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[Mabster]

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Routine maintenance scheduled for Thursday. So be prepared for psn to be down tomorrow.

[Burns11]

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Planning on hibernating tonight?

[Mabster]

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Should have emoticoned my post. Last maintenance was preceded by downtime wasn't it?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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At this point, PSN goes down so often I am shocked when it is actually working.

[sbauer318]

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At this point, PSN goes down so often I am shocked when it is actually working.

Been way more stable than Xbox live for me. Been pleasantly surprised.

[ckarlic]

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At this point, PSN goes down so often I am shocked when it is actually working.

Oh Snap!! LOL




But hasnt been too bad IMO.

[SEGA_LOYAL_FAN]

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I just want hot shots golf to release this year.

[jvalverde88]

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Ever since it was released for free for PS+, I can't stop playing Rogue Legacy. So so fun.

[LingeringRegime]

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Eurogamer has officially dropped review scores.

This move has been long overdue imo.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-10-eurogamer-has-dropped-review-scores

Starting today with our review of The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D, Eurogamer is making the biggest change we've ever made to the way we review games. From now on, we will no longer be scoring games out of ten.

In place of scores, we'll have one-line summaries for every review, and a new recommendation system whereby some, but not all games will be considered Recommended, Essential or Avoid. As a result of these changes, we will no longer be listed on the review-aggregation site Metacritic.

We are also changing (or firming up) other areas of our reviews policy, with the intention of ensuring that we always review the same experience that you get when you buy a game. This means that we will only review from final retail versions and online games will be reviewed after they've launched.

So, why are we doing this? How does it work? What does it mean? Read on to find out. (There'll be an opportunity to ask me more about this change in a live question and answer session here on Eurogamer later today.)

Here is their Recommend Game Index (as of now)....

http://www.eurogamer.net/recommended-games

[Burns11]

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So, essentially, they went from an x out of ten review system to an x out of three review system? Based on their retroactive application, 8 or 9 are recommended and 10 is essential. So, instead of seeing a 7 and deciding for yourself what that means, they interpret it for you.

I don't get it to be honest, if someone is too lazy to read your review, they aren't going to read it if you don't put a score on there, they are just going to stop using you as a review source.

[ODogg]

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So, essentially, they went from an x out of ten review system to an x out of three review system? Based on their retroactive application, 8 or 9 are recommended and 10 is essential. So, instead of seeing a 7 and deciding for yourself what that means, they interpret it for you.

I don't get it to be honest, if someone is too lazy to read your review, they aren't going to read it if you don't put a score on there, they are just going to stop using you as a review source.

I agree, I think it's stupid

[Chef Matt]

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Apotheon is really good. I'm usually not into the indie games much but I love the art style and metroidvania gameplay. I'lll probably play this one through and find everything.

[DJ]

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Eurogamer has officially dropped review scores.

This move has been long overdue imo.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-10-eurogamer-has-dropped-review-scores

Here is their Recommend Game Index (as of now)....

http://www.eurogamer.net/recommended-games

So, essentially, they went from an x out of ten review system to an x out of three review system? Based on their retroactive application, 8 or 9 are recommended and 10 is essential. So, instead of seeing a 7 and deciding for yourself what that means, they interpret it for you.

I don't get it to be honest, if someone is too lazy to read your review, they aren't going to read it if you don't put a score on there, they are just going to stop using you as a review source.

I'm fine with them getting rid of review scores, but it is strange to then try and force every game you review into one of 3 categories.

Just write the review and let the people decide on their own if they should buy the game or not.

[23]

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Do reviews even matter? Not just with the emergence of youtube stuff but I notice people blow off whatever they dont want to hear, and cling to what they wanted to hear anyway.

Its really kind of odd.

[mestevo]

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If you drop scores I'll just skip to the last paragraph either way for the conclusion to see if there's a reason to read the rest of it - just like looking for a score. The no scores thing is just a popular thing to do these days to rebel against the metacritic mentality.