Seece said:
Different sites have different stances. Some award games 10/10 just for being brilliant games, some award them rarely for truly brilliant games, some never give them out because 10 is perfection and will never be reachable. |
Yeh but we are reviewing games, not setting up philosophical debates. Yes, perfection is never reachable. We can never know the perfect circle.
But is giving a game 10/10 really that big of a deal? No. We're talking about a person's opinnion. To say a site will NEVER give a perfect score tells me there is a problem with its review system. I see this as a problem that is very similar to sites that hand out perfect scores all the time. What we should try and do is find the right balance between the two. Don't hand out 10's all the time, but don't resent them either.
I was waiting for MGS4 ever since the third game came out. The entire (main) series has consisted of nothing but near perfect games.
If I had to rate them I'd say:
MGS - 9.5
MGS2 - 9.6
MGS3 - 9.5
Now what happens when MGS4 is not only as good as all these games, but completely blows them out of the water in every possible aspect?
The Music is the greatest in the series.
The gameplay is the best I've ever played - of any series. The s heer amount of content is redicolous. There are so many different ways of doing everything now.
The story is the best I have ever seen in a video game and perfectly ends Snake's character arc. It also features several very memorable characters and also sets up a perfect sequel for Raiden.
The graphics destroyed everything on consoles during it's time and are obviousley the best in the series.
If I were assigned to review a game like this, I would have to give it a 10. Anything lower would involve denial and lying to myself. IGN has only given two perfect scores in the last DECADE, and one of them was MGS4. Nothing wrong with that.
