Changes to VGChartz

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RolStoppable said:

Ka-pi96 said:

I dunno, just doesn't seem worth reading without a score. If people don't care about the content when there is a score I doubt that will suddenly change, you'll probably just get less people looking at the reviews in the first place.

Although to be fair I've only actually read 2 of the Gamrreview reviews so far, so it's not as if I'm a regular review reader or anything

No score means that it's an incomplete review. Something that is incomplete is not worth reading. As a reader, you don't just want an answer to the question "Is the game good?", you want to know "How good is it?", so if there is positive text with no score, it could be anything from a 7 to a 10 on a scale of 10.

Now add a scenario where you as a reader have to decide between two games because of whatever constraint in your life; deciding what to buy becomes a needlessly long procedure when you are dealing with reviews that have no scores. That's probably the point where you decide to go to a place with proper reviews.

But what if the reviewer values some aspects more than you do? Or what if he's annoyed by things you don't mind? In both cases, the final numerical score will not reflect how you'd personally enjoy the game. With a pros and cons list, you can easily assess if the pros are really valuable to you and if the cons are true deal breakers for your taste.