ZenfoldorVGI said:
daydream said:
Hey, new user, first post...
Seriously, what's with people bitching about Edge's scoring system? Irrespective of the scores other magazines decide to award, Edge's system is entirely fair. A game rated five-out-of-ten has scored in the middle of the ratings system, thus can be construed as AVERAGE. A 6 is better than average, a 7 is quite impressive, an 8 even better, a 9 utterly outstanding and a 10 revolutionary in that a 10 implies near perfection.
Is Brawl nearly perfect? No, of course it isn't - its online feature set is significantly gimped for a start. Nonetheless, it's an incredibly good game, hence a 9.
A Phoenix Games title (*shudder*), comparatively, would be worthy of a 1 because it is atrocious. Between those two extremes we have 5s and 6s - mediocrity. "Not bad" titles.
I really don't see what the fuss is here. It's American publications overly gushing with praise that bastardise the scoring system. You bitch about an average game receiving a 5 or a 6? "Whah, whah! Why didn't it get at least a seven?" Jesus... |
This guy works for Edge magazine. |
Eh, I agree with him. 1up uses the same scoring scale. 5 is average (although now called "C" judging by past reviews that they have changed to letters. 75 seems to be B.
Anyway, I appreciate that Edge is willing to be "harsh" even if I disagree with scores, such as GoW getting only a 7.
