| phillipcaesar said: http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.phptopic_id=25721552 As of next Monday, GameSpot will continue to rate games on a 1-to-10 scale. From then on, though, scores will be awarded solely in half-point increments (i.e. 8.0, 8.5, 9.0, etc.). The five aforementioned review components will be retired, although they will remain with reviews issued prior to June 25. In their place, GameSpot reviewers will award medals and demerits to each game based on said title's high points and shortcomings. The awards will come from a standardized pool akin to GameSpot Emblems, and will not be game-specific a la Xbox 360 Achievements. Examples of demerits include "Slideshow" for poor frame rate and the self-explanatory "Blatant In-Game Advertising." For more on the new GameSpot review system, check out the Letter from the Editor on Jeff Gerstmann's blog. Could this be somewhat attributed to the continuing popularity of casual games, what effect will this have and will other sites follow suit? |
As a guess ...
There are two forms of reviews which are very annoying; "Amazingly fun game, nearly perfect all around; score 7.5 out of 10" and "Repetative and boring game, full of generic game elements, 9.5/10" ...
To a certain extent I think this is (in part) from the popularity of the DS and Wii because scoring these games based on graphics (as compared to their competition) causes problems.
