Words Of Wisdom said:
You know the answer to that. If you don't I shall take up collections in the Brawl thread for a 10 lb. Tuna fish. ^_^
I don't really like point scores. When I read a written review, I'm looking for fun aspects of the game and less fun aspects. When it comes down to a star/number, I'm looking for an answer to the question "Is this game worth my time?" The more numbers you put out, the harder it is to get that answer. I don't know how big the difference between an 82 and an 84 is. I don't even think any reviewer out there could qualify that. In reality, I could probably only go with 4 stars: Avoid, Rent then Not Buy, Rent then Maybe Buy, and Buy. The 5th is there to round it off and to mark the truly exceptional games. |
That's why my scale is weighted honestly. You can see where everything is... and if need be i can list detail by detail what gained it points and what lost it points so it can be quantified. Sure it wouldn't neccesairly be standard... but everyone can see the work and decide what works and what doesn't.
It's a completely transparant system where you know what everything comes from.
Downside is it takes a long time.
That and it's hard to figure out Genres sometimes.
For example I can't tell if Killer 7 is a shooter or an on rails shooter. On the one hand, you only move foward, on the otherhand.... you pick your movement.
Great game though. I don't know why everyone thinks the controls were so bad. The aiming can be a pain sometimes but i honestly think that enhances the game more then hurts it because of the "horror" aspects of it.
I don't think i've had more of a consistantly shocking expierence then suddenly realizing I missed an invisible cyberpunk suicide zombie bomber seconds before he lets off a Jokeresque laugh blowing up right in my characters face.
