Rest assured, I'm not here to whine about the Destructoid  score. I haven't read the full review and I'll probably get the game before the end of the year no matter what. But reading the reactions on here to some of RE6 reviews, I found myself stuck between two points of view.

On one hand, there's the notion that a score of 3 out of 10 should be reserved for an unplayable mess of a game, with important game design flaws, with little to no redeeming quality whatsoever. On the other hand, there's the whole "games are art" business. If you're someone who's buying into that theory then why not score games like other art forms like movies and music?

Reviews of those two types of enternainment are much more swingy than those for games (reviews span a greater range even for highly acclaimed movies/CDs) but it's my understanding that in those reviews the "enjoyment factor" weights a whole lot more than any other factor. So why should games be any different? Shouldn't a reviewer who didn't get any enjoyment out of a game like say, Resident Evil 6, be allowed to give it a score that reflects that fact?

Edit: I've used Resident Evil 6 as an example here since it's what sparked my reflexion, but I'm not necessarily looking for opinions on that particular game. I'm more interested in talking about how you feel about scoring games on how much you enjoy them (rather than technical virtues).

I thought a 3 out of 10 meant that a game was something like 30% perfectly made and 70% abysmally made. If most of the game is painful or not fun to play through, then why not give it a 3 out of 10?

I think any less than a 5 means the game is unplayable.

@bold (Quoted for truth). Sadly this industry works with terrible biases, and as a whole needs a complete overhaul. If a movie is of high quality but there is an aspect the reviewer didn't like, then 6+ out of 10 is expected, anything lower than that is trolling I believe. 5 and less is reserved for games that are of obviously low quality, are cheap, or are broken.

All I can say is that I don't care about reviews for any material I can buy. I believe that costumers are the ones who must make their own opinion based on previews, and trailers (gameplay trailers in case of games); and demonstrations. Reviews will always be biased whether they do it intentionally or not, because it will always be directed towards what the reviewer prefers. The only person who can determine if something can be enjoyable for you, is yourself and no one else.

Having said that; I am buying RE6 the moment the US PS Store gets updated today, because I enjoyed both demos, and every gameplay trailer I have seen. The game is not the standard 3rd person shooter. You need some time to get used to the gameplay mechanics, but once you get acquainted with them it is really enjoyable. Just because Capcom tried to do something different, it does not mean it sucks. It gets better the more you play it, and with a friend it is a blast.

Hopefully, people will give it some chance before they treat it like crap.

The game is frustrating but a 3/10 is to low

That depends on the reviewer preferences.  I have played games rated 3/10, 4/10; and I have had a really enjoyable time with them.  God Hand was amazing and yet it was treated like crap, that is why I dont care about reviews, and you should try to do the same.

And those games should never have gotten lower than a 5 =D.

lol.   Well, as I said it depends on the reviewer, if you were the reviewer you would have rate it higher; but if the dude, that reviewed it was the customer, he would have still hated the game, even though it is a 7.5-8/10 according to you. XD.    I just pay attention to demos and gameplay trailers in order to buy a game.  Reviews are always doing to be biased toward the reviewer likings, so in the end the only person who can determine if a game is enjoyable for you is yourself.   For example, a similar case of "player perspective" is Uncharted.  Uncharted 2 has more perfect scores than Uncharted 3, but for me Uncharted 3 is better in every possible way. 

The sad thing is that people listens to reviews like they were so kind of irrefutable truth, and that makes sometimes a game to sell like crap, when it deserves better :(

The main problem is that reviewers are incosistent and use a scale of 1-10 in the wrong way.