Infamous 7/10 from Eurogamer (UK)

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forevercloud3000 said:

BrayanA said:

forevercloud3000 said:
@Bryan

Resistance FOM:6/10(COMPLETELY off)
Uncharted: a 9.0 (Close, but still off, it was getting some pretty low ones so they thought to spice it up with a high note)
MGS4:80(a game that should have been closer to 10)
Killzone:9(a game that should have been closer to 10)
Heavenly Sword: a 7/10(A game that was close to 8-8.5)
LBP:9.5(Wierd ones like I stated where they give the most appropriate score)

And I am talking of Reviewers and from what I've seen from player consensus. And Eurogamer is not the ONLY reviewing site guilty of this.

Hahahaha. This was funny.

So ... "Uncharted: a 9.0 (Close, but still off)". Man GameSpot and Playstation: The Official Magazine gave it 8.0 and you still mourn that it is still off????

"MGS4:80(a game that should have been closer to 10)
Killzone:9(a game that should have been closer to 10)"

Sorry to disturb you, but both are closer to 9 on average. What a game is closer "in your eyes" nobody care about, except you!

The only offshoot I can see is Resistance FOM. 6/10 is just ... stupid. All other are no more then 1/10 lower or better then average.

BTW 7/10 for Eurogamer means that the game is good. They don't give 10 left and right like G4 TV.

 

What I said prior is that they seem to lean more towards what gets them more attention. This can lean in PS3's favor as well as against it.

.5 or less is a close margin. 1.0+ is a distance. Especially for sites that only give out whole numbers which will be averaged with sites that give out decimals.

 

Why does it matter if it's a distance from other reviews? Each review is written by someone who has certain tastes, likes and dislikes, and tendancies for or against certain genres. The fact that they don't align with their peers doesn't necessarily mean that they are lowballing or overrating a game, it means they have a differing opinion. Their ability to rationalize their opinion regardless of stance is important. Reviewers aren't bound by other reviewers, they are free to score it higher or lower based on their experiences.

If anything, you should blame sites like metacritic that compare aggregate scores that removes the substance in favour of a neat and tidy number.

Kind of an aside, but if you think a site does nothing but lowball games you think are great... ignore them. Find a few particular reviewers or a site that aligns with your tastes and go to them for reviews. No site or reviewer can be everything to everybody.