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| Khuutra said: A 3.5 isn't the same thing as a seven. It's a middle-of-the-road review, just like a 5 from IGN. |
A 3.5 isn't the same thing as a 5. It might be a seven but it depends if they start from 0 or 1.0 for their lowest possible score. If they do start at 0, then actually a 3.5 is exactly a seven. If they start at 1 instead, a 3.0 would be the equivalent of 5.0. So a 3.5 would be more like somewhere be between 6.0 and 7.0 if starting their rating at 1.0.
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I believe its best to rely on official Nintendo magazine / website sources than these multi platform sites. It seems like they're now holding all the same grudge against WII games. Not I disagree with everything they review because a lot of WII games are shovelware titles. Though some titles get low scores while its totally irrelevant.
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coasterlove said:
A 3.5 isn't the same thing as a 5. It might be a seven but it depends if they start from 0 or 1.0 for their lowest possible score. If they do start at 0, then actually a 3.5 is exactly a seven. If they start at 1 instead, a 3.0 would be the equivalent of 5.0. So a 3.5 would be more like somewhere be between 6.0 and 7.0 if starting their rating at 1.0. |
Mathematical equivalency is not the same thing as trying to convey the same meaning with the same score. Assuming they start at 1, a 3 is perfectly average, and a 7 is about the mean/median score for IGN.
Khuutra said:
Mathematical equivalency is not the same thing as trying to convey the same meaning with the same score. Assuming they start at 1, a 3 is perfectly average, and a 7 is about the mean/median score for IGN. |
A score of seven shouldn't be considered anything but a fairly positive score. If a 7 means that a game is just average, then it takes away the meaning of 8.0 and to some extent, even a 9.0. 5.o or at most 6.0 should mean average. Also, I doubt that a 7.0 is the mean or median score for IGN. I see fairly often games getting bad reviews from them.
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And this is why a number score is an inherently stupid idea.
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At any rate, a 3,5 star rating from gamepro usually means that the game isn't great but decent/good. Plus, i've been hearing that other sites are giving better scores as well.
The waggle fest that the reviewer mentioned really raised my doubts about this reviews realiability, since there have been tons of previews that stated that while it may be easier to just waggle your way through the game, the controls allow you to smoothly and with precision deal out combos.
Seems to me that the reviewer didn't really try to do anything with the game. And this is starting to become standard procedure for the IGN staff.
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coasterlove said:
A score of seven shouldn't be considered anything but a fairly positive score. If a 7 means that a game is just average, then it takes away the meaning of 8.0 and to some extent, even a 9.0. 5.o or at most 6.0 should mean average. Also, I doubt that a 7.0 is the mean or median score for IGN. I see fairly often games getting bad reviews from them. |
IGN's average score, according to gamestats (which is owned by IGN), is 6.9.
I agree that numbered scores are meaningless.
Bet if this game got an eight from IGN, it'd be no problem with their scoring.
But when a game gets low, we have to cry foul on IGN's scoring methodology.
I would also venture to assume if the overall score is higher than the average score of the five categories, this thread wouldn't exist.
I actually enjoy that it isn't all cut and clean, because certain categories should hold more weight depending on the game in different reviews. If we were to use the same scale across all games and platforms, by default, wouldn't every PS360 game win in presentation, graphics, and sound? If we're going to be fair, and average, we need to be average across the board, and not judge Wii graphics by Wii merits, but by overall merits. If this were the case, and it went on average, Wii games would all have horrible scores, but (thankfully) it's not, every game on every console has some form of discretion so that games don't get reviewed based on other merits out of it's control.
I say all that to say, the whole not adding up to an average thing makes the most sense, as every game has a fair shot of getting a good score, no matter what system, or game-type it is. This game just happens to not be fun and have lasting appeal according to the review, and for the gametype that it is, it should have both. >_>
I cannot figure out the point in even giving an overall score when it in no way reflects the overall score of the different areas that they just scored. Why can the average score be a 6.9, and the overall score be a 5.3. This is just very confusing to me. This is not a game I am interested in, but it looks a little better to me than a 5.3. I think the 6.9 average would have been a little closer imo.
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