The vgchartz ranking game--Fallout 3

[twesterm]

KylieDog said:

twesterm said:

Infinity said:
How could a 7 be average? 5.5 is the midpoint between 1 and 10. Half games should be below the midpoint and half should be above. 7 is in the top 30 percentile of all games. Yeah I know on Metacritic 75+ is a good game, 50-74 is average/mixed and below 50 is a bad game. But really the spread should be under 33 is bad, 34-67 is average, and 68+ is a good game.

How is a 70 average at schools?  It just is.

We're not talking statistical averages here, we're talking arbitrary numbers.

 

That makes no sense, if a school has a 70 average that is a statistical average.  Infinity is right in what he states.

No, just like in school, 70 is the arbitrary number they picked to be the "average".  If something is higher than a 70, it passes, if it's lower, it fails (or at least a D which in some wierd places it passes too but ignore that).  I guess the better world be the norm.

The actual average, as Infinity pointed out, is 50 but that just isn't the scale people use.  Any game 70 and above is passable, anything lower than that, and you start worring.  Things in the 60-69 range may still be alright if there's something in particular that appeals to you, but lower than, and it's probably just a bad game.