The VGChartz Ranking Game -- Uncharted 3 -- Results!

[NotStan]

Khuutra said:

NotStan said:
9.9 means a point has been deducted for whatever flaw has been found, 10 would mean that no flaws were found - the game is flawless. Giving a game a maximum score and then proceeding to say that the game is not perfect is a contradiction in itself. What if the game is absolutely perfect, without any flaws? (Highly unlikely, but it's a hypothesis) does that mean that it will get 11/10? Because its completely perfect does that mean that it deserves same score as a game that has faults? If there is room for improvement, you reflect that in a score, the whole scoring system has really gone to shit this generation, other than the last few VGC reviews I struggle to find any worth reading on the Internet, as most are either moneyhatted or the score is altered to get more traffic, because it doesn't fall in line with the review.

This is not a defensible position.

On a five-point system, do you hold that nothing should ever get higher than 4/5? After all, 5/5 is a perfect score, right?

Or let's take that a step further, even. In a system with a binary scale (Good and Bad), should nothing ever be rated positively?

That's what your argument implies, if nothing deserves a "perfect" score. Maximum scores do not mean flawless games.

Obviously it doesn't work on those examples as the spectrum of value is limited, but when the decimals are possible, with potential 100 different score that can be given, mentioning flaws and STILL giving it a 100/100 is contradiction in itself.

With the 5 point scoring system, there is a drastic difference between 4 and 5, a game can be 4.5 and round up to 5, in that case imperfect games can still achieve the 5, as rounding down would be unfair, however as I said before in an essentially 100/100 system, I don't understand how that can work legitimately, when people mention flaws in the game.