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Viper1 on 23 May 2008
rocketpig said:
Viper1 said:
Hard on games? Hell no they aren't.

A 5.0 should be average. When was the last time a media outlet held to that standard? Today a 7.5 is average.

Which actually makes sense if you think about it. 70% is a "C" grade. I don't mind the numbers (I would eliminate them if possible but that will never happen), just how they're used. Waaaaay too many "B"s getting thrown around at mediocre games and way too many games hitting A-/B+ levels with serious bugs inherent in the gameplay.


The aphanumberic grading scale is flawed because the coursework is designed so that 50% of the population should score 75%, not 50%.  

 

What has happened to our media industry is publisher advertising.   Long time back a 50 was OK but as publishers expressed more interest in funding via advertising, those outlets began slightly raising their scores in their favor.   Other media outlets had no choice but to follow pace for fear of appearing too tough on reviews and losing publisher ad support.

It's poliferated to the point now it would be impossible to reverse without its own disruption.

 



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rocketpig on 23 May 2008
Viper1 said:
rocketpig said:
Viper1 said:
Hard on games? Hell no they aren't.

A 5.0 should be average. When was the last time a media outlet held to that standard? Today a 7.5 is average.

Which actually makes sense if you think about it. 70% is a "C" grade. I don't mind the numbers (I would eliminate them if possible but that will never happen), just how they're used. Waaaaay too many "B"s getting thrown around at mediocre games and way too many games hitting A-/B+ levels with serious bugs inherent in the gameplay.


The aphanumberic grading scale is flawed because the coursework is designed so that 50% of the population should score 75%, not 50%.

 

What has happened to our media industry is publisher advertising. Long time back a 50 was OK but as publishers expressed more interest in funding via advertising, those outlets began slightly raising their scores in their favor. Other media outlets had no choice but to follow pace for fear of appearing too tough on reviews and losing publisher ad support.

It's poliferated to the point now it would be impossible to reverse without its own disruption.

 


I completely agree but there are ways to make the alphanumeric system work. Since we can't get rid of it, if reviewers actually stuck to the idea that 70%=completely average, we would at least have consistency. The problem I see is that many of them consider 75-80% average and that leaves far too little room to properly distinguish the good from the great from the revolutionary.




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thekitchensink on 23 May 2008

Kingdom Hearts got an 8.2 from Gamespot when they were seen as a reputable site. Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee got a 7.9. Both fantastic games. According to them, Sonic and the Secret Rings is only 6% and 3% lower than them.

Review sites suck now. If a highly anticipated game 'only' gets a 9/10, it brings the score waaaaay down.



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kushal3337@wii on 26 May 2008

A little depends on what they like. I just feel like a few games should get a little better score like MK Wii.



                       

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Rock_on_2008 on 26 May 2008

Today's critics with the exception of a few reviewers are usually fair and reasonable. While some games get over inflated review scores. Most reviews are reasonable.

I would only buy a game with an average review score of 90% or higher and has to be the genres I like. Games between 75% to 89.9% I would rent or buy the game if I liked it I would buy it second hand. Anything below 75% to me is not even worth looking at.