This week's scan of proportionate reactions to entertainment products includes condemnation for something almost universally acclaimed and a scalding appraisal of a football video game from EA Sports that is not named Madden.
UEFA Euro 2012
Released: April 24
Critic: Frazzi (Metacritic).
• "Lets also ignore the fact that Metacritic user reviews are often avenues for trolling."
• "Be smarter than me and not waste your money on this absolutely cynical release from EA. "
Score: 3.
Critic: uk_friday (Metacritic).
• "EA clearly have committed suicide with this product and heads should roll."
• "Players disappear from your squad during the tournament and new players arrive ... Did they miss the plane? Did they just go home and sulk?"
Score: 1.
Prototype 2
Released: April 24
Critic: Prototype 2 (Metacritic).
• "As I learned from Mass Effect 3's review, the ending is everything, have you seen this game's ending? the ending was terrible!!!"
• "It all builds up to a Final Epic Battle of simple quick-time events"
Score: 1.
Botanicula
Released: April 20
Critic: eastrazor (Metacritic).
• "**** **** **** ! Boring"
• "**** for kids !"
• "I fought that it will be funn or even hard but this is game for not too smart kids."
Score: 0.