[Satire] Jim Sterling Gives Mario Odyssey A.......... 7!

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hudsoniscool said:

Farsala said:

I agree there is a huge difference in a 5 Star or even 4 Star system then a 10 point scale.  Rotten Tomatoes is also very different from Metacritic. Metacritic can be very misleading at times.

A 5 star rating system, a 1-10 and 1-100 should all be viewed the same because they are translated to metacritic the same.

I'm not sure how it's handled on Metacritic, but I (mostly) see this as what star system translates into:

no star = 00-05; ½ = 06-15; ★ = 16-25; ★½ = 26-35; ★★ = 36-45; ★★½ = 46-55; ★★★ = 56-65; ★★★½ = 66-75; ★★★★ = 76-85; ★★★★½ = 86-95; ★★★★★ = 96-100

Alternatively:

no star = 00-04; ½ = 05-14; ★ = 15-24; ★½ = 25-34; ★★ = 35-44; ★★½ = 45-54; ★★★ = 55-64; ★★★½ = 65-74; ★★★★ = 75-84; ★★★★½ = 85-94; ★★★★★ = 95-100

As a P&C adventure fan, I frequent Adventuregamers.com since late 90s and they use 5 star system - when I see ★★★½ that is definitely something that is on my radar, and often I'll play ★★★ - sometimes I'll even try out ★★½ game. So, at least in my head, 5 star system is much more balanced than 0-10 or 00-100.