Rocketpig's article on GTA4

[TheRealMafoo]

I didn't like the article either. Not because I am violently apposed to what RocketPig said, but as to why he said it.

His article, along with dozens of others, spawned from GTA getting a bunch of 10's from review sites. Virtually everyone across the board thinks the game is 9.5 material, but a 10 "shakes the foundation of gaming reviews". The difference between 9.5 and 10, is, well, .5. All of this because of .5?

So this game ranked higher then any other game in history. Who gives a rats ass? The fact that no matter what kind of gamer you are, you think a 9.5 is about right, proves it might be the best game of all time right there. Other games in the arena of perfect scores has demographic audiences that think they are meh. GTA4 doesn't. While a lot don't think it's a 10 game, across all demographics, every group thinks it's a great game. That I think is an accomplishment never before achieved, and should warrant some praise in its own right.

Anyway, I didn't post to defend GTA4, I posed because I disagree with RocketPig saying the review systems are broken because he didn't like the review. RocketPig will probably come back and talk about all the other reasons why he thinks the system is broken, and not equate it to this game, but in the end, that's what it really comes down to.

I whole hardly think that if you sat 100,000 random gamers down, and had them play any Tim Shafer game, and play GTA4, and then asked them what one of those games is more fun, you would get an overwhelmingly slanted number in favor of GTA4.

The state of gamers might be in question, but if the above statement is true (and I think it is), then the reviews are accurate, as all they are designed to do is help you determine what games are more fun, so you can better decide what to purchase.. They do that very well in the current system, and need no overhaul in my opinion.