Metacritic has made changes to its controversial developer ratings. In response to community concerns over the legitimacy of assigning an average career score based on an incomplete (and disproportionate) list of reviewed games, the site has removed the overall rating from its individual developer profiles.
Effective today, the entries will no longer feature a career ranking for each developer. They will, however, still list their credited games, associated aggregate review scores, as well as the best and worst reviewed games according to Metacritic's database.
Above: David Jaffe's profile before (top) and after (bottom) Metacritic's edits. Spot the difference.
In a message posted to the site today, Metacritic's games editor Marc Doyle acknowledged the score did not paint a complete picture of a developer's history, explaining:
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