| thismeintiel said: If distracting frame rate drops aren't part of a score, even if fans say you can barely notice them (which means for the average gamer, it will be noticeable), then I guess games shouldn't be rated on any technical aspects at all. Shitty graphics? Who cares. Bugs galore? Who cares. Input lag? Phh. I had fun with the game, so I'm giving it a perfect (or damn near it) 10. Can't have it both ways, yet fans and reviewers try. |
Because this isn't a Mister Universe contest. There you have several categories to be evaluated and each one has a score that's weighted to the end result. If you are perfect in all, but end up getting a 4/10 in one, you're probably done. That's why a lot of people disagree with the results of those competitions, they don't understand how a single mistake can impact the result so badly.
Game reviews are like movie reviews, they look at the full picture to get a subjective score. The objective of those medias is to entertain you. If a game that runs at 20 fps gave you the time of your gaming life, why should it score lower than a basically average game?
Skyrim is a buggy mess. You can make a list of RPGs that are way more stable and are also good. But Skyrim was a massively fun game that people could sink hundreds of hours easily. Most RPGS won't give you 10% of that fun.
