Explain how you rate games and your reasoning behind the scoring.

[HoloDust]

Veknoid_Outcast said:

HoloDust said:

Yeah, technically 5 star with halfsteps and X/10 are completely interchangeable, but star systems not only has tiers of a sort (with each star representing one), but to me it also feels more intuitive. I've played lot of P&C adventure games rated 3 stars on Adventure Gamers (back in days when those scores meant something, and 4^1/2 and 5 stars were not handed out as lightly as these days) and even occasional 2^1/2 game, if I saw something interesting in review about it. Can't say I'd play many 50/100 and 60/100 games.

So, is it fair to say that the allure of the star system is more that it represents a time when score inflation wasn't such a problem? Because then it starts to make sense. Otherwise, I remain very confused.

I can't speak for the others, but for me that's the part of it - these days on Adventure Gamers, 4, 4^1/2 and 5 stars are handed very generously and you hardly ever see game rated under 3 stars - which is ridiculous. This was much, much different in golden age of P&C adventure games, when full scale was used, unlike how it is now (well, that, unfortunately, has been going on for many years). So, in my head it's very clear what 3 stars means, and that is not (although technically it is) same as 60/100 on Meta, given how idiotic that scoring scale has become in practicality ditching half a scale (which would be fixed to a degree if Meta used same scale for games as they do for for films).

I understand if it confuses you, but here's an example:

I rated BotW

Is that perceptively same for you as:

7/10

or

I think this conundrum might have much to do with that yellow for 70 on META meaning "Mixed Reviews"

Compare that to

also on META, but for films/TV/music, which is same score, but falls into "Generally favorable" category