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irstupid on 27 October 2008
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ea,famousringo said:
irstupid said:
I'm actually glad to see (say its a great game) get a lower score.

Too many damn games these days all getting mid 9's. Getting a 9 or higher means nothing anymore. You have to make a really shitty game it seems to get anything lower.

Maybe they are trying to fix the rating system.

 

Perhaps review scores are over-inflated, but randomly marking some games harshly and other generously isn't going to address that problem. It's just going to confuse people who are looking for useful information while making reviews look unprofessional and inconsistant.

Well yea but they have to start sometime.  If they feel the game deserves a 7.9, but because of all the hype, advertising pay, ect that have swayed them unconsciously to score it like a 9.  What do they do when they realize it.  Do they give ths game a 8.7 or something and then the next time reviewing a good game they think is an 8, they give it a 8.4 and so on until they slowly bring down their review scores to what they believe they should be.

 

Or should they just start rating the correct way and just let people bitch for awhile until it blows away and you have a good review system.

 

The way reviewing is now is if it ain't a 9+ then it's  a shitty game, and thought of as a flop.  I personally think 7's should be thought of as a good review.