Clair Obscur's Metacritic Dominance Threatened By 2008 DS Game
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- The 2008 Nintendo DS game Cory in the House is rapidly climbing Metacritic’s user ratings and is poised to surpass Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 as the top user-rated video game.
- Cory in the House has developed a cult meme status since 2013, with past campaigns on 4chan and Reddit boosting its user review scores despite poor critical reception.
- Recently, Cory in the House’s user score on Metacritic rose to 9.4, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33’s score dipped to 9.5, partly due to a surge of perfect scores for Cory in the House and some low ratings for Clair Obscur.
- The renewed interest appears organic, driven
