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cuberandgamer on 06 January 2013

I like having a scale between 1-10



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DieAppleDie on 06 January 2013

bad (below 5)
average (5)
good (6)
very good (7-8)
amazing (9-10)



Cobretti2 on 06 January 2013
Wander_ said:

What bugs me the most is some of you guys buy a game based off its review, How many times you played a game that has a 80 or a 75 on a metacritic and enjoyed it more than a game that got a 90 i did ALOT, So to me reviews are Crap.

This. I would go as far to say that games even as low at 6 have been more enjoyable than some 90 games.

Wii is a good example where scores suffered the most this gen. automatically lost a point cause of gfx difference between 360/PS3 and then another point because the game didn't use traditional controls then it lost 2 points for the actual faults and personal dislikes in the game (FAIR enough). However towards the end of the gen most reviewers sort of accepted that they shoudl be rating Wii games based on the system's capabilities and nto the competitions lol.



 

 

theRepublic on 06 January 2013
Kantor said:

Secondly, I don't agree. It wouldn't reduce score inflation, because everything would still be concentrated at the top - most games are decent or better. 90% of games would get 3 stars or 4 stars and nobody benefits at all.

I disagree.  The 10 and 100 point scales have suffered from reviewers equating it with the school grading system.

  • 100 - Perfect
  • 99-90 - A
  • 89-80 - B
  • 79-70 - C
  • 69-60 - D
  • 59-0   - F
It is why you hardly never see score less than 60.  The 4 or 5 star scales do not have the same connotation, and is why you see reviewers much more likely to use the whole scale.


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