Marvel Spider Man 2 | Review Thread

[ethomaz]

the support article was updated just 5 months ago

also Metacritic has really weird score translations for when IndieWire did score games, for example Metroid Dread got a B which somehow translates to a 75? Returnal’s A is a 100, Demon’s Souls Remake’s A- is a 91, and Persona 5 Striker’s got a B+ which is a 83

none of those scores make sense, I don’t know of any grading system where a B would be a 75/100… (especially one that clearly uses +/- qualifiers, also if B+ exists then how is an A (not A+) a 100?)

Yes and the Metacritic list non scored review that makes the support having outdated info.

About the site scores the Metacritic probably uses a 13 score choices.

100 A
91 A-
83 B+
75 B
67 B-
59 C+
50 C
42 C-
34 D+
26 D
18 D-
9 E+
1 E

Probably there are some round in the middle of them to +1 or -1 to match the E being 1.
It is weird but that is the math behind the scores.

Edit - Because the IndieWare submits the grade (A to E) and not the number (1 to 100)... Metacritic do the conversion with a similar table I posted.

 

[Johnic]

lol, so they randomly threw out a score. Not dodgy at all.

 

[solidsnake_1]

Something is fishy here .

 

[ethomaz]

BTW.

The highest 90 (the most close to 90.49) is:
343. Spelunky.

The lowest 90 (the most close to 89.51) is:
474. Marvel's Spider-man 2

That means Spider is very close to 89.
The all time 475. Dead Space is already at 89 (so the average is lower than 89.50).

I don't believe a single 83 dropped it from 91 to close to be 89.
There are more reviews added... yesterday it was 125 I believe today it has 129.

 

[Evilms]

Maybe it's time to stop relaying this metacritic crap for futur games.

Opencritic is more coherent and much less dubious.

 

[Puff]

I don't believe a single 83 dropped it from 91 to close to be 89.
There are more reviews added... yesterday it was 125 I believe today it has 129.

Only these ones were added yesterday

 

[ethomaz]

Only these ones were added yesterday

Probably GamesBeat has more weight than NME/IndieWare and others publications.
That is the only way to explain it.

 

[Johnic]

Maybe it's time to stop relaying this metacritic crap for futur games.

Opencritic is more coherent and much less dubious.

Yeah, definitely smells fishy. Bring it up on twitter, maybe. At least get it some visibility.

@ethomaz

I think that could be true. From what I remember, some sites influence the score more than others. A 9 from GameSpot is not the same as a 9 from some random site.

 

[Evilms]

 

[ethomaz]

I think that could be true. From what I remember, some sites influence the score more than others. A 9 from GameSpot is not the same as a 9 from some random site.

It is the only way to it have dropped that much with 3 adds being one 100 and the others two 83 and 80.
The weight in the GamesBeat or IndieWare is higher than others publications.
I don't believe it is IndieWare.
So maybe GamesBeat is in the same league as IGN, Edge, etc... or a tier lower but still higher than most publications.

 

[ethomaz]

This is a very old study (the site changed the URL so I'm using the waybackmachine).

Full Sail study attempts to shed light on Metacritic's weighting system

The website Metacritic weights the scores of different video game critics and publications when calculating its aggregate 'metascore' for any particular title.

web.archive.org

Remember that was a Study made by Gamasutra which Metacitic debunked sayingt he weights are wrong but not denying there is weight.
This study was made comparing several games.

Sadly it was very old and a lot of publications nowdays are not there.

I'm guessing GamesBeat has a 1.25x weight while the NME has 0.25x or 0.50 weight.


Weighting -- Critic/ Publication

Highest (1.5) -- Dark Zero
Highest (1.5) -- Digital Chumps
Highest (1.5) -- Digital Entertainment News
Highest (1.5) -- Extreme Gamer
Highest (1.5) -- Firing Squad
Highest (1.5) -- Game Almighty
Highest (1.5) -- Game Informer
Highest (1.5) -- GamePro
Highest (1.5) -- Gamers Europe
Highest (1.5) -- GameTrailers
Highest (1.5) -- GotNext
Highest (1.5) -- IGN
Highest (1.5) -- IGN AU
Highest (1.5) -- IGN UK
Highest (1.5) -- Just Adventure
Highest (1.5) -- Machinima
Highest (1.5) -- Planet Xbox 360
Highest (1.5) -- PlayStation Official Magazine UK
Highest (1.5) -- PlayStation Official Magazine US
Highest (1.5) -- Telegraph
Highest (1.5) -- The New York Times
Highest (1.5) -- TheSixthAxis
Highest (1.5) -- TotalPlayStation
Highest (1.5) -- VGPub
Highest (1.5) -- Videogameszone.de
Highest (1.5) -- Wired
Highest (1.5) -- Xboxic
Highest (1.5) -- Yahoo Games
Highest (1.5) -- ZTGames Domain

High (1.25) -- Absolute Games
High (1.25) -- ActionTrip
High (1.25) -- Adventure Gamers
High (1.25) -- Computer & Video Games
High (1.25) -- Console Gameworld
High (1.25) -- Da GameBoyz
High (1.25) -- Darkstation
High (1.25) -- Edge Magazine
High (1.25) -- EGM
High (1.25) -- EuroGamer Italy
High (1.25) -- EuroGamer Spain
High (1.25) -- G4 TV
High (1.25) -- Game Chronicles
High (1.25) -- GameDaily
High (1.25) -- Gameplayer
High (1.25) -- Gamer 2.0
High (1.25) -- Gamervision
High (1.25) -- Games Master UK
High (1.25) -- Gamespot
High (1.25) -- GameSpy
High (1.25) -- Gaming Age
High (1.25) -- Gaming Nexus
High (1.25) -- Maxi Consoles (Portugal)
High (1.25) -- Pelit
High (1.25) -- Play.tm
High (1.25) -- PlayStation Universe
High (1.25) -- PlayStation Official AU
High (1.25) -- PSM3 Magazine UK
High (1.25) -- PS Extreme
High (1.25) -- RPG Fan
High (1.25) -- Strategy Informer
High (1.25) -- Team Xbox
High (1.25) -- The Onion (AV Club)
High (1.25) -- Totally 360
High (1.25) -- WonderwallWeb
High (1.25) -- XGN

Medium (1.0) -- 1Up
Medium (1.0) -- CPU Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- Cubed3
Medium (1.0) -- Cynamite
Medium (1.0) -- D+Pad Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- DailyGame
Medium (1.0) -- Destructoid
Medium (1.0) -- Eurogamer
Medium (1.0) -- Everyeye.it
Medium (1.0) -- Game Revolution
Medium (1.0) -- Game Shark
Medium (1.0) -- Gameblog.fr
Medium (1.0) -- GameKult
Medium (1.0) -- Gamereactor Denmark
Medium (1.0) -- Gamers' Temple
Medium (1.0) -- GameShark
Medium (1.0) -- Gameblog.fr
Medium (1.0) -- GamesNation
Medium (1.0) -- GameStar
Medium (1.0) -- GameTap
Medium (1.0) -- Gaming Target
Medium (1.0) -- Gamereactor Sweden
Medium (1.0) -- The Guardian
Medium (1.0) -- Hardcore Gamer Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- HellBored
Medium (1.0) -- NiceGamers
Medium (1.0) -- Joystiq
Medium (1.0) -- Just RPG
Medium (1.0) -- Level 7.nu
Medium (1.0) -- Modojo
Medium (1.0) -- MondoXbox
Medium (1.0) -- Multiplayer.it
Medium (1.0) -- N-Europe
Medium (1.0) -- Netjak
Medium (1.0) -- NGamer Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo Life
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo Power
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendojo
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo World Report
Medium (1.0) -- NZGamer
Medium (1.0) -- Official Nintendo Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox 360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- PALGN
Medium (1.0) -- PC Format
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer (Germany)
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer UK
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- PC Powerplay
Medium (1.0) -- PGNx Media
Medium (1.0) -- Play Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- PlayStation LifeStyle
Medium (1.0) -- Pocketgamer UK
Medium (1.0) -- PT Games
Medium (1.0) -- Real Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- SpazioGames
Medium (1.0) -- Talk Xbox
Medium (1.0) -- The Escapist
Medium (1.0) -- Thunderbolt
Medium (1.0) -- Total VideoGames
Medium (1.0) -- Worth Playing
Medium (1.0) -- X360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox World Australia
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox360 Achievements
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox Addict

Low (0.75) -- 360 Gamer Magazine UK
Low (0.75) -- 3DJuegos
Low (0.75) -- Ace Gamez
Low (0.75) -- Atomic Gamer
Low (0.75) -- BigPond GameArena
Low (0.75) -- Console Monster
Low (0.75) -- Deeko
Low (0.75) -- Eurogamer Portugal
Low (0.75) -- Game Focus
Low (0.75) -- Gameplanet
Low (0.75) -- Gamer Limit
Low (0.75) -- Gamer.nl
Low (0.75) -- Games Radar (in-house)
Low (0.75) -- Games TM
Low (0.75) -- Gamestyle
Low (0.75) -- GameZone
Low (0.75) -- Gaming Excellence
Low (0.75) -- Gaming Trend
Low (0.75) -- Impulse gamer
Low (0.75) -- Kombo
Low (0.75) -- MEGamers
Low (0.75) -- Metro Game Central
Low (0.75) -- MS Xbox World
Low (0.75) -- NTSC-uk
Low (0.75) -- PS Focus
Low (0.75) -- PSW Magazine UK
Low (0.75) -- Video Game Talk
Low (0.75) -- VideoGamer

Lower (0.5) -- Armchair Empire
Lower (0.5) -- Cheat Code Central
Lower (0.5) -- Game Over Online
Lower (0.5) -- Game Positive
Lower (0.5) -- Gamer's Hell
Lower (0.5) -- Gamereactor Sweden
Lower (0.5) -- Gamers.at
Lower (0.5) -- Giant Bomb
Lower (0.5) -- PS3bloggen.se
Lower (0.5) -- RPGamer
Lower (0.5) -- Vandal Online

Lowest (0.25) -- 9Lives
Lowest (0.25) -- Boomtown
Lowest (0.25) -- Computer Games Online RO
Lowest (0.25) -- GamerNode
Lowest (0.25) -- GamingXP
Lowest (0.25) -- IC-Games
Lowest (0.25) -- Insidegamer.nl
Lowest (0.25) -- Jolt Online Gaming
Lowest (0.25) -- Kikizo
Lowest (0.25) -- LEVEL
Lowest (0.25) -- Meritstation
Lowest (0.25) -- My Gamer
Lowest (0.25) -- Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK
Lowest (0.25) -- Play UK
Lowest (0.25) -- WHAM! Gaming

 

[Evilms]

This is a very old study (the site changed the URL so I'm using the waybackmachine).

Full Sail study attempts to shed light on Metacritic's weighting system

The website Metacritic weights the scores of different video game critics and publications when calculating its aggregate 'metascore' for any particular title.

web.archive.org

Remember that was a Study made by Gamasutra which Metacitic debunked sayingt he weights are wrong but not denying there is weight.
This study was made comparing several games.

Sadly it was very old and a lot of publications nowdays are not there.

I'm guessing GamesBeat has a 1.25x weight while the NME has 0.25x or 0.50 weight.


Weighting -- Critic/ Publication

Highest (1.5) -- Dark Zero
Highest (1.5) -- Digital Chumps
Highest (1.5) -- Digital Entertainment News
Highest (1.5) -- Extreme Gamer
Highest (1.5) -- Firing Squad
Highest (1.5) -- Game Almighty
Highest (1.5) -- Game Informer
Highest (1.5) -- GamePro
Highest (1.5) -- Gamers Europe
Highest (1.5) -- GameTrailers
Highest (1.5) -- GotNext
Highest (1.5) -- IGN
Highest (1.5) -- IGN AU
Highest (1.5) -- IGN UK
Highest (1.5) -- Just Adventure
Highest (1.5) -- Machinima
Highest (1.5) -- Planet Xbox 360
Highest (1.5) -- PlayStation Official Magazine UK
Highest (1.5) -- PlayStation Official Magazine US
Highest (1.5) -- Telegraph
Highest (1.5) -- The New York Times
Highest (1.5) -- TheSixthAxis
Highest (1.5) -- TotalPlayStation
Highest (1.5) -- VGPub
Highest (1.5) -- Videogameszone.de
Highest (1.5) -- Wired
Highest (1.5) -- Xboxic
Highest (1.5) -- Yahoo Games
Highest (1.5) -- ZTGames Domain

High (1.25) -- Absolute Games
High (1.25) -- ActionTrip
High (1.25) -- Adventure Gamers
High (1.25) -- Computer & Video Games
High (1.25) -- Console Gameworld
High (1.25) -- Da GameBoyz
High (1.25) -- Darkstation
High (1.25) -- Edge Magazine
High (1.25) -- EGM
High (1.25) -- EuroGamer Italy
High (1.25) -- EuroGamer Spain
High (1.25) -- G4 TV
High (1.25) -- Game Chronicles
High (1.25) -- GameDaily
High (1.25) -- Gameplayer
High (1.25) -- Gamer 2.0
High (1.25) -- Gamervision
High (1.25) -- Games Master UK
High (1.25) -- Gamespot
High (1.25) -- GameSpy
High (1.25) -- Gaming Age
High (1.25) -- Gaming Nexus
High (1.25) -- Maxi Consoles (Portugal)
High (1.25) -- Pelit
High (1.25) -- Play.tm
High (1.25) -- PlayStation Universe
High (1.25) -- PlayStation Official AU
High (1.25) -- PSM3 Magazine UK
High (1.25) -- PS Extreme
High (1.25) -- RPG Fan
High (1.25) -- Strategy Informer
High (1.25) -- Team Xbox
High (1.25) -- The Onion (AV Club)
High (1.25) -- Totally 360
High (1.25) -- WonderwallWeb
High (1.25) -- XGN

Medium (1.0) -- 1Up
Medium (1.0) -- CPU Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- Cubed3
Medium (1.0) -- Cynamite
Medium (1.0) -- D+Pad Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- DailyGame
Medium (1.0) -- Destructoid
Medium (1.0) -- Eurogamer
Medium (1.0) -- Everyeye.it
Medium (1.0) -- Game Revolution
Medium (1.0) -- Game Shark
Medium (1.0) -- Gameblog.fr
Medium (1.0) -- GameKult
Medium (1.0) -- Gamereactor Denmark
Medium (1.0) -- Gamers' Temple
Medium (1.0) -- GameShark
Medium (1.0) -- Gameblog.fr
Medium (1.0) -- GamesNation
Medium (1.0) -- GameStar
Medium (1.0) -- GameTap
Medium (1.0) -- Gaming Target
Medium (1.0) -- Gamereactor Sweden
Medium (1.0) -- The Guardian
Medium (1.0) -- Hardcore Gamer Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- HellBored
Medium (1.0) -- NiceGamers
Medium (1.0) -- Joystiq
Medium (1.0) -- Just RPG
Medium (1.0) -- Level 7.nu
Medium (1.0) -- Modojo
Medium (1.0) -- MondoXbox
Medium (1.0) -- Multiplayer.it
Medium (1.0) -- N-Europe
Medium (1.0) -- Netjak
Medium (1.0) -- NGamer Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo Life
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo Power
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendojo
Medium (1.0) -- Nintendo World Report
Medium (1.0) -- NZGamer
Medium (1.0) -- Official Nintendo Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox 360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- Official Xbox Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- PALGN
Medium (1.0) -- PC Format
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer (Germany)
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer UK
Medium (1.0) -- PC Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- PC Powerplay
Medium (1.0) -- PGNx Media
Medium (1.0) -- Play Magazine
Medium (1.0) -- PlayStation LifeStyle
Medium (1.0) -- Pocketgamer UK
Medium (1.0) -- PT Games
Medium (1.0) -- Real Gamer
Medium (1.0) -- SpazioGames
Medium (1.0) -- Talk Xbox
Medium (1.0) -- The Escapist
Medium (1.0) -- Thunderbolt
Medium (1.0) -- Total VideoGames
Medium (1.0) -- Worth Playing
Medium (1.0) -- X360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox World Australia
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox360 Achievements
Medium (1.0) -- Xbox Addict

Low (0.75) -- 360 Gamer Magazine UK
Low (0.75) -- 3DJuegos
Low (0.75) -- Ace Gamez
Low (0.75) -- Atomic Gamer
Low (0.75) -- BigPond GameArena
Low (0.75) -- Console Monster
Low (0.75) -- Deeko
Low (0.75) -- Eurogamer Portugal
Low (0.75) -- Game Focus
Low (0.75) -- Gameplanet
Low (0.75) -- Gamer Limit
Low (0.75) -- Gamer.nl
Low (0.75) -- Games Radar (in-house)
Low (0.75) -- Games TM
Low (0.75) -- Gamestyle
Low (0.75) -- GameZone
Low (0.75) -- Gaming Excellence
Low (0.75) -- Gaming Trend
Low (0.75) -- Impulse gamer
Low (0.75) -- Kombo
Low (0.75) -- MEGamers
Low (0.75) -- Metro Game Central
Low (0.75) -- MS Xbox World
Low (0.75) -- NTSC-uk
Low (0.75) -- PS Focus
Low (0.75) -- PSW Magazine UK
Low (0.75) -- Video Game Talk
Low (0.75) -- VideoGamer

Lower (0.5) -- Armchair Empire
Lower (0.5) -- Cheat Code Central
Lower (0.5) -- Game Over Online
Lower (0.5) -- Game Positive
Lower (0.5) -- Gamer's Hell
Lower (0.5) -- Gamereactor Sweden
Lower (0.5) -- Gamers.at
Lower (0.5) -- Giant Bomb
Lower (0.5) -- PS3bloggen.se
Lower (0.5) -- RPGamer
Lower (0.5) -- Vandal Online

Lowest (0.25) -- 9Lives
Lowest (0.25) -- Boomtown
Lowest (0.25) -- Computer Games Online RO
Lowest (0.25) -- GamerNode
Lowest (0.25) -- GamingXP
Lowest (0.25) -- IC-Games
Lowest (0.25) -- Insidegamer.nl
Lowest (0.25) -- Jolt Online Gaming
Lowest (0.25) -- Kikizo
Lowest (0.25) -- LEVEL
Lowest (0.25) -- Meritstation
Lowest (0.25) -- My Gamer
Lowest (0.25) -- Official PlayStation 2 Magazine UK
Lowest (0.25) -- Play UK
Lowest (0.25) -- WHAM! Gaming

Dumb rating system.

 

[Deleted member 223]

I’ve already emailed them

This is the official email address: [email protected]

please all guys lets all try to contact Metacritic.

i've already emailed them tho. hopefully there's a way to fix it

[email protected]

Honest question - why would you go through the trouble of doing this?

 

[Puff]

Honest question - why would you go through the trouble of doing this?

 

[Darth Vader]

That is old and not true today anymore.
When reviewers don't submit a score they put it as non scored.
That happened when Eurogamer removed scores... so Metacritic listed these without scores as non scored.

I don't remember when Metacritic changed that.... but they started to list non scored reviews as non scored.
If you roll down the score you will find the non scored ones.

So they don't provide a score if a reviewers doesn't submit one... they will list it as non scored.

How is this old?

 

[Puff]

Indiwire’s review:

“Sony’s Brilliant Video Game Sequel Understands Spidey Better Than the MCU Ever Has”

“so intelligently conceived and absurdly well-polished that it often seems revolutionary just by dint of how spectacular it feels to play, this blockbuster follow-up to 2018’s “Spider-Man” — and 2020’s Miles Morales-centered spinoff — soars above so much of its competition because of how relentlessly it confronts you with the fact that virtually no one could be Spider-Man. Or maybe it’s because the game pretty much allows you to fly around New York from the moment it starts. That’s pretty cool, too.”

“this massive steel playground is also home to one of the most purely enjoyable open-world games ever made”

“ Thanks to the fluidity of the controls, the addictiveness of the sidequests, and the ecstasy of the various combat and traversal mechanics that “Spider-Man 2” either refines or introduces into the franchise, anything you actually choose to do as Spider-Man comes at the temporary expense of 10 other things you might wish you were doing at the same time.”

“ The bliss of actually wanting to do everything available to you perfectly aligns with the moral compass of a superhero who accepts his privilege as an obligation.”

“ It’s a game about the agonies of striking the right work/life balance, and it’s such an addictive time-suck that Spider-Man’s problem soon becomes your own.”

“ While that balance continues to defy what’s possible in even a mega-budgeted AAA game like this one, Insomniac manages to achieve it in virtually every other regard. Combat is a treat from start to finish”

“ Everything blends together with a rare sense of purpose”

“ A quantum leap forward for its franchise”

 

[AshHunter216]

Apparently, the metacritic ranking system has been glitchy since the website was redesigned.

 

[Darth Vader]

First, make a claim pretending you know it all:

Actually the reviewer submit the score he wants to Metacritic.
That is how you submit a review.

Even if you don't have a score in your article you can give one when submitting to Metacritic.

Then, be thoroughly debunked:

that’s not what Metacritic themselves say

https://metacritichelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/14478499933079-How-do-you-compute-METASCORES-

Then you try and claim official information (where have I seen this before in the past few days) is outdated / incorrect:

That is old and not true today anymore.
When reviewers don't submit a score they put it as non scored.
That happened when Eurogamer removed scores... so Metacritic listed these without scores as non scored.

I don't remember when Metacritic changed that.... but they started to list non scored reviews as non scored.
If you roll down the score you will find the non scored ones.

So they don't provide a score if a reviewers doesn't submit one... they will list it as non scored.

Get thoroughly destroyed again by someone with a functional brain that actually comes up with what is likely the most reasonable answer:

the support article was updated just 5 months ago

also Metacritic has really weird score translations for when IndieWire did score games, for example Metroid Dread got a B which somehow translates to a 75? Returnal’s A is a 100, Demon’s Souls Remake’s A- is a 91, and Persona 5 Striker’s got a B+ which is a 83

none of those scores make sense, I don’t know of any grading system where a B would be a 75/100… (especially one that clearly uses +/- qualifiers, also if B+ exists then how is an A (not A+) a 100?)

edit: also if it’s submitted by the reviewer, why do ALL of IndieWire’s letter grades end up with the same score? every single B+ is listed as an 83, on that note Spider-Man: Miles Morales got a B+ and based on the 83 that they’ve listed Spider-Man 2 is it can be extrapolated that if IndieWire did score it it’d have gotten a B+ (at least Metacritic seems to believe so)

The option? To continue discrediting official, recently updated info, while confirming what the user before said and, by consequence, confirming that it's pretty much not the website, but Metacritic themselves, that decides the score (based on the criterion established before):

Yes and the Metacritic list non scored review that makes the support having outdated info.

About the site scores the Metacritic probably uses a 13 score choices.

100 A
91 A-
83 B+
75 B
67 B-
59 C+
50 C
42 C-
34 D+
26 D
18 D-
9 E+
1 E

Probably there are some round in the middle of them to +1 or -1 to match the E being 1.
It is weird but that is the math behind the scores.

 

[ethomaz]

How is this old?

Man.

Non scored reviews on Metacritic stay non scored... that is how it is from some years (maybe decade?) already... before that Metacritic indeed added scores to non scored reviews.
That FAQ line is old from when Metacritic used to give scores based in what they read for non scored reviews.
That is not how it works nowdays.

C'mon.

Edit - Well evidence to shut up you again.

Eurogamer when they choose not give scores anymore.

Eurogamer when changed to give scores again.

Understood now?
The FAQ is old.

 

[ethomaz]

First, make a claim pretending you know it all:


Then, be thoroughly debunked:


Then you try and claim official information (where have I seen this before in the past few days) is outdated / incorrect:


Get thoroughly destroyed again by someone with a functional brain that actually comes up with what is likely the most reasonable answer:


The option? To continue discrediting official, recently updated info, while confirming what the user before said and, by consequence, confirming that it's pretty much not the website, but Metacritic themselves, that decides the score (based on the criterion established before):

That is what it is

Metacritic doesn't add scores to reviews (that is a fact you can look yourself).
The FAQ says the opposite so the only explanation is that it is copy/paste from when they did that (yes they did in the past)... the FAQ is old is another fact that you can look yourself.
The scores I listed are how they convert the A to E scale with + and -... it is another well fact you can check yourself.

The site needs to submit a score (that is open... it is not a number but a text form... so it can be A to E, 1-10, 1-100, 1-5, etc... each site has it own grade system)... Metacritic convert to 1-100 scale.

The posts you quoted are in the same context and complement each other.
I wonder if logic is not your best friend.