| forevercloud3000 said: That is my biggest issue with scoring in game reviews. What is the basis? I always think of a review like grading a paper in High School. 70% is a D-. |
People sometimes fail to understand that the grading, much like scoring and reviewers, isn't the same everywhere. A 5/10 would have let you pass high school from where I am, since it's an "average" score that also means you've successfully overcomed any paper you've handed in.
Also I find it very crazy that people somehow have to put the average at 7, precisely because all my life I've worked with 5 as the break point. It messes up the idea of a scale entirely, because that'd mean it is always tilted toward somewhere past 5. So while you think anything below a 7 must have a hidden agenda, I find it incredible that people cannot conceive in any way that a functional game that plays bad or boring in the eyes of the reviewer gets a 4.
While I cannot comment on the game itself, since I haven't played it, DigitallyDownloaded repeatedly says they've enjoyed previous Quantic Dream games, and they justify the score by saying that story-heavy, story-oriented games who have issues with their story should be reviewed more harshly on this department, since story is a huge deal in these games (and probably the reason for most to play them). If we apply math, their 2/5 star grading gets converted to a 4/10 in a 10-scale, without adding any further balance or grading aspect to it.
At the same time, I heavily disagree with Metacritic's obsession of putting games in the green area past the 75 score (something they don't do with movies, for example). Opencritic, on the other hand, has a much more commendable way to view it even if they still seem to position themselves above the 5/10 (a 6/10 in Opencriti is "fair", as far as I know). They also convert letter grades to numeric by default where F equals 0, not 7, as stated by their faq.
I really didn't mean to make a discussion about scores here, I just saw too many people complaining about the same and felt like giving my input. At the same time I don't really redirect my comment entirely to you, cloud, but since you were the last person to post I figured you'd be the best one to quote.
