Lair, a different opinion after EGM's review?

[twesterm]

z64dan said:

marc said:

kber81 said:

@ twesterm

If you feel better with this silly 5,5 - good for you. Have a nice day. I'm not telling this game is outstanding 10/10 production but 5.5 is a joke. You can trust only this one review because it suits you but reality is different.

I think the real issue is that most people disagree over what a 5.0 means. 5 is actually the midpoint of the scale which means that unless we are curving the scale (common but very bad practice) a 5 SHOULD represent an average game and most games should fall into that range +/- 1 point. Unfortunately we have been taught to see a 5 as a failure and so we disregard what the scale really means and instead base our scores on school grading.

When I see a 5.5 it just means that the game is slightly above average but no where near great. A 7.0 would be something truly good and worth getting while anything 8.0 and up is phenomenal. At least that is how I try to scale things when I review but the point is reviews are not using a standardized scaling system. One persons 5.5 may very well be another persons 7.5. The real meat of a review is in the text itself not in the arbitrarily and unprofessionally contrived scoring scale being used.

I see the 0-10 scale the same way I see 0-100 grades for schoolwork. If you get a 70 (7.0), you pass, but not well. A 50 (5.0) is failing. A 90 (9.0) is wonderful.

 That would work is that's how EGM used their scale but it isn't.  For EGM, a 5 is a 70% and that's how they grade things.