silicon said:
Yakuzaice said:
Crashdown77 said:
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You can't look at a 10/10 as perfect. Especially on scales that are only out of 5 or 10. If a 10 is unachievable, then a 9 is essentially a perfect score. So then nothing can be a 9, etc etc. Just think about if scores were a thumbs up or down. Should everything be thumbs down because nothing is perfect?
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Honestly, I don't like review scores at all. I think reviews should just be text and people have to read them, it would be much more informative to us gamers. But what does 10/10 mean if not perfect? Giving a game a 10/10 sets a bad precedent. I will add a caveat, and you have a good point here. If the scale doesn't include tenths (e.g. 9.8 etc.), then the scale is broader and I would have to revise my opinion. But when a scale encompasses a 100 point scale (such as IGN's) then you can differentiate an amazing game (MGS was a 9.8) from a great game (a 9.4) from a well above average game (9.0) etc. So if you have only 1-2-3-4-5 to choose from, yes you could have a 5/5 score. I hope this makes sense, I tend to make a-z jumps in my head and not get the inbetween explained to anyone else.
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I agree that scales out of 100 such as IGN shouldn't be passing out many 10.0's if any. I'd say the problem exists within gaming reviews in general. Instead of general indications of quality, we try to turn an opinion into an exact score for a game. It would be one thing if all reviews were done by one person who could somehow be objective in every way, but that just isn't possible.
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Everyone has different tastes. Reviewers can point out glaring problems with the game and some mechanics which is good to someone curious about playing the game. But whether a game is fun or good or bad depends on personal taste. All you can do is find a reveiwer that you generally agree with and stick with their scores...
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Honestly, flame me if you want, but this is IGN for me.
