“Numbers on Metacritic are not the main thing,” game designer Goichi Suda is convinced

Goichi Suda (No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned) is tired of the industry's obsession with Metacritic ratings. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry.biz, he shared his thoughts on this matter, and, I must say, his words make you think.

Suda admits that he himself sometimes looks at the ratings after the release:

But in general he tries to stay away from all the fuss about ratings. According to Suda, the industry is too obsessed with numbers:

Game designer believes that this is harmful to the creative process:

In the end, Suda emphasizes his position:

It seems , that for Suda, creative freedom and loyalty to her vision are much more important than the pursuit of high ratings.