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Jay520 on 29 January 2012
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Wagram said:
Jay520 said:
NotStan said:
10/10 highest possible score, how can games that you don't deem as "perfect" get the HIGHEST POSSIBLE score?

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Surely if the game is GOOD in almost EVERY way, not perfect, but VERY good it ranges somewhere in the region of 9-9.9 not a 10.

For example, I'd give SoTC a 10 even with it's technical issues. Even with it's technical issues, the incredible experience that I was left with would still warrant a 10/10. Or another game, Hitman: Blood Money. I'd give that a 10/10 too. I know the shooting mechanics are weak, the game freezes up on me, etc. But that still wouldn't erase the fact that the fun I had with the overall game is unparalled by anything I could have imagined.

Scores don't have to be objective measures of quality. They usually aren't, to be honest. A lot of times, they just represent a player's personal love of the game. So, a 10/10 probably doesn't represent absolute quality. It probably just represents the highest level of enjoyment that they could ask for.

I have to disagree. Games need to be reviewed based on every aspect. Technical issues, fun, quality, story, gameplay, music, etc.

I think this is also why this generation 7/10 became the new 5/10. Scores are so heavily inflated.


We'll have to agree to disagree then. I'd never deduct a game's overall score because of something so unimportant like music or story, unless it's so blatantly bad that it's annoying. If you think story & music are important, than story & music will effect your score. But if your like me, and you only care about the overall experience, then you probably won't care about that.

Like I said, plenty of people here are reviewing their games more subjectively, and I do too. There's nothing wrong with that. The only people that need to worry about being objective are professional reviewers. And even with professional reviewers, there's still a great deal of subjectivity.

I hear people talking about how the 5/10 score used to be average, but whenever I think back to past generations, I can never find any 5/10 game that was considered average. The average back then seemed to be 6-7/10 also.

We'll just have to agree to disagree. You want to be more objective. I want to be more subjective. You care about the quality of every individual component. I only care about the overall experience I was left with.