People pay too much attention to Metacritic scores, says creator of Shadows of the Damned and No More Heroes
Translated with AI from the Russian original.
Game designer and Grasshopper Manufacture CEO Goichi Suda shared his thoughts on why games have lost their originality.
Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, Goichi “Suda51” Suda stated that people pay far too much attention to Metacritic scores, and that is partly why games in recent years have completely lost all originality.
Goichi-san believes that developers and publishers do not want to risk low scores on the aggregator, preferring to stick to well-tested strategies when developing their projects.
“Everyone pays too much attention and worries too much about Metacritic scores. It has reached a point where there is almost a set formula: if you want a high Metacritic score, this is how you make the game.”
“Personally, I don’t really care about Metacritic scores. I don’t even follow them that closely. For us, what matters is putting out the games we want to make and seeing people play them.”
Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, an updated version of the original Shadows of the Damned, will be released on October 31.
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