With any other videogame, scoring an 8/10 would be considered glowing praise. According to Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski, however, that couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, according to him, anybody who dares giveGears of War 3a score of eight clearlyhatesit.
“Doing great, apart from a couple of haters,” Cliffy toldVG247,while talking about review scores. When asked to elaborate on the haters in question, he pointed toEurogamer’s 8/10 review.
“You know, I didn’t quite gather it. I don’t want to come across as defensive,” he defensively said. “How do I phrase this properly? When people ratedGear 2higher thanGears 3, it kind of upset me because I knowGears 3is a better game on every level.”
An 8/10 review foranygame should be considered a compliment, and for a developer to complain about that is to take somebody’s compliment and toss it back in their face. I find that unbelievably vulgar, and have to say that I am a little disappointed that a man who is currentlyswimminginperfect review scoresis getting upset because he didn’t get just ahandfulmore. The sheerspoiled greedof that attitude is staggering.
I just recentlywrote an articleabout how certain games are assumed to have a divine right to certain scores, and I’m pretty sad that Bleszinski is actively encouraging such an insipid attitude. I wish I could understand how someone gets so overwhelmingly entitled.
