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Kotaku

Press621 reviews on recordTrust score from 52 verdicts vs. playerswebsite ↗

81%
Recommends
81% right
Vs player sentiment
0.35
Ranks like players
52
Games compared

How this trust score was computed

This reviewer publishes verdicts, not numbers, so trust comes from their recommend/pan calls: call accuracy (50%): when they say buy, do players end up satisfied, and when they say skip, do players agree; alignment (25%): do their recommendations sort games the way players do; and player-side (25%): on games where press and players sharply disagreed, whose side were they on. The blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small histories can't peg the scale, and recent verdicts weigh more (2-year half-life).

81
Call accuracy (50%)
68
Alignment (25%)
34
Player-side (25%)

Controversy record: on 11 games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 4 times.

Computed 4m ago · full methodology →

Outlet vs. players

Each dot is a game both this outlet and players scored. The dashed line is perfect agreement: dots above it mean the outlet was more generous than players, below it more harsh.

Biggest disagreements with players

The receipts: games where this outlet's verdict landed furthest from player sentiment.

  1. +18Call of Duty®: Black Ops IIIrecommended · players 62 · Nov 2015
  2. +30Sid Meier's Civilization®: Beyond Earth™recommended · players 50 · Oct 2014
  3. +20Mortal Kombat Xrecommended · players 61 · Apr 2015
  4. +14Batman™: Arkham Knightrecommended · players 66 · Jun 2015
  5. +15MASSIVE CHALICErecommended · players 66 · Jun 2015

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