Posted December 14, 2012
20.12.12 code: http://codepad.org/lzjYJxmD
I've written a Python script to receive quick access to GameSpot scores, because they are much more useful than GOG's inflationary stars.
It won't always work, since it opens GameSpot's pages according to a certain pattern. You'll have to type in the complete title, e. g. starcraft: brood war with or without colons. It's not case-sensitive. Again: it's not 100% reliable! GameSpot might redirect it to some weird niche page and you'll receive a wrong score. That's the reason, why a complete title is so important.
Examples:
master of orion ii battle at antares
instead of
master of orion ii
commandos behind enemy lines
instead of
commandos
Here's an example for the output:
By typing !quit the program will close.
Please state the title: inquisitor
Metacritic Score: 62
User Score: 7.1
Please state the title: legend of grimrock
GameSpot Score: 8.0
Metacritic Score: 82
User Score: 8.3
Please state the title: geneforge
User Score: 8.2
Please state the title: torchlight
GameSpot Score: 8.0
Metacritic Score: 83
User Score: 8.4
Please state the title: the real texas
Metacritic Score: 81
User Score: 7.0
Please state the title: !quit
Feel free to alter the ugly peace of code to make it more efficient or add features like number of user votes and number of external critics and so forth.
I've written a Python script to receive quick access to GameSpot scores, because they are much more useful than GOG's inflationary stars.
It won't always work, since it opens GameSpot's pages according to a certain pattern. You'll have to type in the complete title, e. g. starcraft: brood war with or without colons. It's not case-sensitive. Again: it's not 100% reliable! GameSpot might redirect it to some weird niche page and you'll receive a wrong score. That's the reason, why a complete title is so important.
Examples:
master of orion ii battle at antares
instead of
master of orion ii
commandos behind enemy lines
instead of
commandos
Here's an example for the output:
By typing !quit the program will close.
Please state the title: inquisitor
Metacritic Score: 62
User Score: 7.1
Please state the title: legend of grimrock
GameSpot Score: 8.0
Metacritic Score: 82
User Score: 8.3
Please state the title: geneforge
User Score: 8.2
Please state the title: torchlight
GameSpot Score: 8.0
Metacritic Score: 83
User Score: 8.4
Please state the title: the real texas
Metacritic Score: 81
User Score: 7.0
Please state the title: !quit
Post edited December 20, 2012 by Perscienter