EDGE ranks the top 100 greatest games (2017 edition)

[JakDaSnack]

VGPolyglot said:

JakDaSnack said:

To give you an example, I prefer uncharted 2 over 3/4.  I enjoyed the story more, I feel like the pacing was much better in 2.  I feel like the "improvements" in 3/4 took away from the experience rather than improve it.  I could go on, but this is one way to judge a game which is by its contents.  If you got a panel of like 20 members, you could go through various games and judge them all by the contents.  Not by their influence, or personal experience, but by objectively looking at the contents of games and determining which one is superior.

So, that is it considered to be objectivity by consensus/appealing to authority then? A game is superior because those in the industry deem is superior? Because unless they base it on performance measures like number of polygons, resolution or framerate, how else could that be framed?

It's one way to determine a list, yes.  Resolution or polygon count gets tricky, especially when you get into mods.  Reviews can be tricky as well, because not every game has been reviewed the same way.  So ultimately finding a panel of members that you trust, with a basic set of rules for judging games is probably the best way to go.  If you want to get really accurate, then focus on just one genre at a time.