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Khuutra on 12 February 2010

Remember when 7 was considered "good"?

I do.



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Garnett on 12 February 2010
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:

C+ vs A+

 

Hmmm which one would you want on your report card?

70 is a C-, 100+ is A+

Well you want a C- or a A+ ?

 

Kids get punished for C- 



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theprof00 on 12 February 2010
Garnett said:
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:

C+ vs A+

 

Hmmm which one would you want on your report card?

70 is a C-, 100+ is A+

Well you want a C- or a A+ ?

 

Kids get punished for C- 

I guess the problem is that Edge doesn't use the letter grade score as their standard whereas the majority does. So while they don't mean to give it a 7 as we know it, they are still wrong because their average is 5, but the actual average of their game reviews has been 63. This basically means that every game they review should have 13 points added to their score to bring them in line with the rest of the world. So, the 7 becomes an 8.3, which is a good score.



A Bad Clown on 12 February 2010

You said it, with so many games getting 9s and above now a 7 seven is below average.



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RSEagle on 12 February 2010

If someone is going to be spending $60 on a video game, I don't blame them for wanting their purchase to be top-quality.



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Kantor on 12 February 2010
Squilliam said:
Kantor said:
Squilliam said:
Kantor said:
Squilliam said:
Kantor said:
Average means it isn't good.

Son, what would mommy think?

You aren't my father! Rainbird told me the truth!

I AM your father.

Well, Yourfather, you can't tell me what to do, because you're not Kratos, who is in fact my father.

Yourfather is a very nice name, though. Is it New Zealandian?

Kratos killed his family, including his kids. How the hell can you be his son when he killed them all?

Apparently, Rainbird was the woman in the bathhouse, and he's my mother.



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Squilliam on 12 February 2010
Kantor said:
Squilliam said:

Kratos killed his family, including his kids. How the hell can you be his son when he killed them all?

Apparently, Rainbird was the woman in the bathhouse, and he's my mother.

Thats NOT what Rainbird said to me!



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gansito on 12 February 2010

the fact that its overpriced at either $59.99 or $49.99



Almi on 12 February 2010
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:

C+ vs A+

 

Hmmm which one would you want on your report card?

70 is a C-, 100+ is A+

Well you want a C- or a A+ ?

 

Kids get punished for C-

I guess the problem is that Edge doesn't use the letter grade score as their standard whereas the majority does. So while they don't mean to give it a 7 as we know it, they are still wrong because their average is 5, but the actual average of their game reviews has been 63. This basically means that every game they review should have 13 points added to their score to bring them in line with the rest of the world. So, the 7 becomes an 8.3, which is a good score.

the funny thing is that a lot of sites are using a "letter" system, but score on a 1-100 scale (or 1-10), and score 75 (or 7/10) for average (C) games, while metacritic actually converts the letter scores completely different (C->50). and since the people that are upset about a 7/10 score are usually interested in the meta score... imo it's a complete mess

just stick to a handfull of reviewing sites that match your taste and actually read what they think about the games (<- i know it's useless to try to impart that message :P)



theprof00 on 12 February 2010
Almi said:
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:
theprof00 said:
Garnett said:

C+ vs A+

 

Hmmm which one would you want on your report card?

70 is a C-, 100+ is A+

Well you want a C- or a A+ ?

 

Kids get punished for C-

I guess the problem is that Edge doesn't use the letter grade score as their standard whereas the majority does. So while they don't mean to give it a 7 as we know it, they are still wrong because their average is 5, but the actual average of their game reviews has been 63. This basically means that every game they review should have 13 points added to their score to bring them in line with the rest of the world. So, the 7 becomes an 8.3, which is a good score.

the funny thing is that a lot of sites are using a "letter" system, but score on a 1-100 scale (or 1-10), and score 75 (or 7/10) for average (C) games, while metacritic actually converts the letter scores completely different (C->50). and since the people that are upset about a 7/10 score are usually interested in the meta score... imo it's a complete mess

just stick to a handfull of reviewing sites that match your taste and actually read what they think about the games (<- i know it's useless to try to impart that message :P)

haha does metacritic really call a C- a 50??? lol