Gab on 09 October 2009
| Kantor said: Because they use a scale that makes sense when nobody else's does. So, an Edge 7 is seen as "This game sucks, don't buy it", while it's actually more of a "this is very good, give it a try if it interests you". They also have some very controversial opinions. Halo 3 is a 10, but BioShock is a 7? Their text reviews are very good. But they just pick the number out of nowhere. This being the internet, people only care about the number. So, people hate them. |
I don't really agree with the statement that they just pcik the number out of nowhere, but the rest is spot on, people only care about the number at the end. There has been discussions for years whether the magazine should only do reviews with no scores, and that is not a bad idea.
But the main thing is that their scores are where they should be but where most aren't, as you say a 7 is considered crap everywhere else but in EDGE that means it is a good game. As it should be, it is a 7 out of ten! I'm not sure about the english term, but the score curve should have a big bump on it between 3 and 7 (or 4 and 6), not on the 7-9 range.
