Why LoZ: OOT and Soul Calibur will ALWAYS be #1 and #2 on Gamerankings.com...

[TraderJake]

Mario Galaxy is no longer the best game of all-time...

How many times do I have to say that you can not confidently make any subjective comment regarding statistics? Everything subjective is just that... subjective. The best game is in the eye of the beholder.

[Tondog]

I should have said it's no longer the highest rated game of all-time on game rankings.

[Shimra]

Mario Galaxy is no longer the best game of all-time...

How many times do I have to say that you can not confidently make any subjective comment regarding statistics? Everything subjective is just that... subjective. The best game is in the eye of the beholder.

You´re just mad. Stats are always 100% factual.

[phoenix1967]

Just an observation. But I noticed that SMG dropped to #2 AFTER it got more than 31 reviews (the # that OOT has).

Looks like even with more reviews coming in, though, that it will hang on to #2.

[Shimra]

GTA IV is number 1 and 2 now. Is it really that good?

*haven't played it, and yeah we don't need to delve back into the stats vs. actuality topic again I'm just curious what you guys think*


Lol uhh, I accidently just reduced your karma Phoenix cause I never noticed what the smite and applaud buttons do so I tested it out, sorry about that. I'll applaud you as soon as possible to give you back that karma.

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Better.

[Tondog]

GTA IV is number 1 and 2 now. Is it really that good?

Well, for a short term answer, yes, but I still think it doesn't deserve 10s across the boards. There are still some glaring flaws with the game that make it a 9.7 or so at best. The thing is, for the moment, GTA is damn near perfect, especially compared against its predecessors and clones. In 10 years this definitely won't be the case because we'll look back on 4 like we currently look back on GTA 3 or any of the top-down games before it. Games that were extraordinarily groundbreaking and innovative for their time and exerted a ton of influence on the industry, but haven't aged too well. I'm sure that the GameRankings/MetaCritic score is going to go down gradually as more of the haters come out of the woodwork, much like what happened with Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4. However, I still think GTA 4 is going to wind up in the top 5.

[phoenix1967]

GTA4 is quite amazing. The sheer volume of things to do can be flat out overwhelming! Missions are appropriately balanced as far as difficulty, but some are just annoying in order to move the story forward (i.e. Chasing an El train for Manny...); but when you fail, sometimes Nico says it best for me: "Chasing a train? This is f*****' bulls***!" actually came out once. That said, you can do as much or as little as you feel like. But certain story points only come out if you continue to accomplish the missions for the primary characters.

I laugh when I see the new Saint's Row 2 trailers mocking the activities in GTA4, though. We'll see if SR2 can even hold a candle to it.

In short, GTA4 is definitely deserving of it's high scores. But as more ratings come in, the laws of averages are against it staying in the top 2.