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mornelithe said:
sundin13 said:


Thats a bit BS....the person who writes the review gets sole dominion over what the final score means. If you think that they are using the score incorrectly, then feel free to object to their system, but do not misrepresent the review to artificially inflate their opinion on the percieved worth of the game...

No, they don't.  They can't just redefine already established words.  Sorry, that's just incorrect and stupid.  If the games below average, give it a fucking 40, why is that a problem?   We've let it go on for long enough, exemplified by how Metacritic has a different scale for Good/Bad between movies and games.  Other people can accept it, but I'll always point it out as idiotic.  Because it is.  We have numbers for below average on a 0-100 scale, and that's 49 and below.


Like I said, take it up with their system, but don't misrepresent their opinion by pretending that a 5 is average when that just isn't true for the vast majority of sites. I agree that the system should change, but until it does, you are just lying to yourself if you think that a 6 is considered to be above average

EDIT: Made my wording in the second sentence more clear