Xenostar said:
HoloDust said:
I really don't care about MC, or the way big publications score their reviews.
I tend to rate games from 1-5 stars system in which:
0 stars = 0-5 (or 0-4)
1/2 star = 6-15 (or 5-14)
1 star = 16-25 (or 15-24)
1 1/2 star = 26-35 (or 25-34)
2 stars = 36-45 (or 35-44)
2 1/2 stars = 46-55 (or 45-54)
3 stars = 56-65 (or 55-64)
3 1/2 stars = 66-75 (or 65-74)
4 stars = 76-85 (or 75-84)
4 1/2 stars = 86-95 (or 85-94)
5 stars = 96-100 (or 95-100)
This is something I believe AdventureGamers.com reviewers are using (I might be wrong though, but that's how I've interpreted it) and I like that there's actual range for every half-step, instead of fixed X/10 or XX/100. In this system I'll consider all games with 3 stars or more, and occasionally even with 2 1/2 stars.
But in the end, reviews are mostly just personal opinions, there are plenty of games I love that have low(er) and plenty of those I think are bad that have very high scores. |
So you have a 10 star rating in reality, but you award half points instead.
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I guess you can use it as 10 star system as well, 5 star is just what's been usually used to give more weight to particular scores. More important aspect of star system for me is that it does not translate into singular score, but rather a range ( so 4 would be 75-84). Also, for some reason 4/5 feels much better than 8/10 or 80/100....I guess that's becuase star scale is treated more like movie scale then usual game reviews scale.
