Edge gives The Conduit and Another Code: R 4/10

[theRepublic]

everdom said:

Zones said:

everdom said:
As i often say, Edge is the only magazine that actually rates games on a scale of 1-10, unlike all other outlets which seem to use the 5-10 scale.

That being said, havent played the conduit yet so i dont know whether or not to have a meltdown about this review :P

Basically, kudos to edge for making a point score mean a damn!

As I often say, this is bullshit!

Every single videogame site uses the 1-10 scale, but EDGE fans/fanboys are bringing this up every time EDGE underrates a game, because they want to justify their fanboyism.

IGN recently gave Damnation and Cross Edge 2.5/10 and 3.5/10 respectively, so what exactly is that 5-10 scale you are talking about?

Ok maybe i didnt explain it in the best way possible...

The mean score for edge reviews is around 5, with a normal distribution around that.

And just because people only expect to see games in the 5-10 range across the board doesnt mean edge has to go along with it, its a massive issue in the review world and at some point, due to score inflation, only games that get 90+ will be seen as worthwhilie.

Again im not agreeing with their review, i havent read it, i just agree with the scoring system edge uses!

That's not true.  The average score for an Edge review is 63.35%.  Yes that is harsher than most websites, but it is over 13 points away from a 5 out of 10.