| dobby985 said: The rating system is a complete joke. Games are judged on the scale of 6-10 and 9/10 is simply a seal of approval for gamers and not a accurate review score. |
Basically. At this point the review system is so bloated it's broken. Kind of reminds me of grindy MMOs where they start out with managable stats and by the 5th expasion it's +50,000 to every stat and just a giant fucking mess. Even a 90+ isn't a guarentee of a good game anymore. I don't know anyone personally that thought GTA4 deserved the 98% overall it got.
Maybe the definition should include some negatives, like "if your game ends up filling up the used game rack 2 weeks after release, or there are more used than new copies 1 month after release, then it doesn't qualify as AAA"
That's definitely something really weird about this generation--all the sales are massively front loaded yet all you have to do is wait 2 weeks and you can get the game used at 1/2 price.
3rd Party Wall of Shame
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/forums/index.php?topic=30478.msg581036#msg581036
