VGPolyglot said:
Nope, assigning scores to games is completely arbitrary in the first place, as there is no standard metric at all for what the numbers entail. You may not agree with the 4/10 score, but that doesn't mean that it's invalid. |
The arbitrary scoring of a game and having a standard metric of scoring a game are not mutually exclusive. A lack of standard metric opens the door to high variance, which isn't a good thing. It can be a problem if two reviews offer very similar opinions, but give a game numerically different scores. At that point, it's meaningless to even have numerical scores if they are less informative than the written reviews. This is not to say the number is more important than what is written, but if you want to involve numbers, then the numbers need to be more informative. Maintaining a more consistent standard will help achieve that goal.
