10-Excellent
9-Great
8-Good
7-Decent
6-Mediocre
5-Inadequate
4-Bad
3-Very Bad
2-Very very bad
1-Very very very bad :P

10 - Game changer (The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Halo:CE, Goldeneye, many more)
9 - Super awesome (F-Zero GX, Super Mario Galaxy, Super Smash Bros Brawl)
8 - Awesome (Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III, Metro 2033)
7 - Great the first playthrough (Kameo: Elements of Power, Super Monkey Ball 3D)
6 - Enjoyable to some extend (Wario World, Halo 2 multiplayer map pack <---fucking ripoff!)
5 - Fun, but very simple (WarioWare Touched)
4 - Hardly enjoyable (Banjo-Pilot)
3 - Boring (Toy Story Racing/Racer/Something)
2 - Time waster (Angry Birds)
1 - Suicide urging (The Impossible Game)

I assume that a 9/10 game is one that is perfectly satisfying, lacking any real flaws (or its flaws are negated by its virtues), but one that doesn't really go above and beyond. Flaws put the game *below* a 9, and anything of true excellence nudges the game above. For me a 10/10 is truly timeless, the kinds of games that i know i'll remember forever, and are thus limited in number. Of course, sometimes i really love a game in spite of its flaws. For instance, Monster Hunter Tri is my favorite of 2010, above Galaxy 2, but i gave Galaxy 2 like a 9.6 or something, while Tri was an 8.5 since some of the monsters were rather broken (looking at you, Rathalos, Diablos, and the physics-defying Barrioth).

Mr Khan said: I assume that a 9/10 game is one that is perfectly satisfying, lacking any real flaws (or its flaws are negated by its virtues), but one that doesn't really go above and beyond. Flaws put the game *below* a 9, and anything of true excellence nudges the game above. For me a 10/10 is truly timeless, the kinds of games that i know i'll remember forever, and are thus limited in number. Of course, sometimes i really love a game in spite of its flaws. For instance, Monster Hunter Tri is my favorite of 2010, above Galaxy 2, but i gave Galaxy 2 like a 9.6 or something, while Tri was an 8.5 since some of the monsters were rather broken (looking at you, Rathalos, Diablos, and the physics-defying Barrioth).

I don't necessarily dedcuct points from a game because of it's flaws. I just make an overview of a game after I've finished it and measure the enjoyment I got out of it. A game like Shadow of the Collosus for example, had a lot of technical issues. But I'd still give it a 10/10 because the experience I got from it felt perfect.

I guess in a way, my scale isn't based on how close the game is to perfection, or a measure of quality. It's more just measure of how much I enjoyed it. A 10/10 from me wouldn't be a perfect game. A 10/10 would be a game that provided me with the most enjoyable experience I could imagine. And sometimes that can happen even with a few flaws. I guess I prefer rating games more subjectively than objectively.

I wing it usually

Jay520 said: Mr Khan said: I assume that a 9/10 game is one that is perfectly satisfying, lacking any real flaws (or its flaws are negated by its virtues), but one that doesn't really go above and beyond. Flaws put the game *below* a 9, and anything of true excellence nudges the game above. For me a 10/10 is truly timeless, the kinds of games that i know i'll remember forever, and are thus limited in number. Of course, sometimes i really love a game in spite of its flaws. For instance, Monster Hunter Tri is my favorite of 2010, above Galaxy 2, but i gave Galaxy 2 like a 9.6 or something, while Tri was an 8.5 since some of the monsters were rather broken (looking at you, Rathalos, Diablos, and the physics-defying Barrioth). I don't necessarily dedcuct points from a game because of it's flaws. I just make an overview of a game after I've finished it and measure the enjoyment I got out of it. A game like Shadow of the Collosus for example, had a lot of technical issues. But I'd still give it a 10/10 because the experience I got from it felt perfect. I guess in a way, my scale isn't based on how close the game is to perfection, or a measure of quality. It's more just measure of how much I enjoyed it. A 10/10 from me wouldn't be a perfect game. A 10/10 would be a game that provided me with the most enjoyable experience I could imagine. And sometimes that can happen even with a few flaws. I guess I prefer rating games more subjectively than objectively.

Oh, there's a fair amount of subjectivity in my system too. "Timelessness" is often impacted by the nostalgia factor, or simply because the game rubbed me the right way. What i do and don't consider flaws are set on a more or less subjective scale too (all the frustration with the monsters i named for MHTri meant that there were a few stretches where i wasn't having much fun at all with Monster Hunter, so though i loved it on the whole, the patches of severe frustration were "flaws.")

Because I'm lazy I'm going to just copy and paste my anime reviewing table from MAL. They are similar


10-Wonderful
8-Good
7- I don't even know...
6-Average
4-Watchable
2-Bobobo-boBo-bobo level good

I use a five point scale, because it is superior to your useless 10 point scale! >:D

a) In my zone of things I enjoy.
b) Not in my zone.

No matter how amazing the game is, if it doesn't fit my specific needs as a gamer with regards to music, story, gameplay, etc, then I won't even bother playing through it. During the 7th generation some of my friends tried to make me branch out of my "comfort zone" and I did, and every purchase turned into a disappointment (even the highest rated games). That's when I really realized what my comfort zone is all about. I can enjoy a 5/10 game in that zone a hellofa lot more than a 10/10 game outside of it.

10. Revolutionary / Master piece. (Civilization, Half-Life, Grim Fandango, Ico, SotC)
9. Best in genre, near perfection. (Dark souls, Okami, Zelda OOT, Portal 1-2)
8. Great, enjoyable all the way through. (Rayman Origins, Uncharted series, Batman AC)
7. Very good, you'll forgive the flaws if you love the subject. (SH Downpour, Dead space 2, Fallout NV)
6. Good but ultimately an empty experience. (Dirt 3, Motorstorm apocalypse, Folklore)
5. Bugs or control issues get in the way or simply boring (NFS shift 2, Harry Potter order of the phoenix)
4. Not entertaining for longer then half an hour (We Skii)
3. Can't get into it, not fun to play. (Full auto 2 battlelines, SH homecoming)
2. Dreadful, hurts the eyes. (NFS pro street)
1. Unplayable, doesn't work.

OP: I noticed that we have the same average score for out game collection! That's a pretty cool coincidence!