Why is the Review System Broken?

[richardhutnik]

Strategyking92 said:

I believe a reviewing system should be as such:

Buy
Rent
Fans Only
Avoid.




It covers everything in the video game genre. With only 5 words you can sum up every score in the history of reviewing video games.

edit: and this way people couldn't bitch about .5 points off of a certain version because it would literally mean nothing in the categorization. This would also more often than naught remove any slight bias tward a late port.

Spill.com uses the following rating system:

* Better than Sex

* Full price

* Matinee

* Rental

* Some old BS

* FU (when it is beyond insulting)

 

So for videogames, you probably can go:
* Pre-Order

* Midnight pick up

* Day one purchase

* Price drop

* Budget bin

* Rental Only

* Avoid

 

I leave others to tweak this.  Also separate fans of genre vs not.