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outlawauron on 05 July 2008
Zucas said:
It actually happens because some sites work on the star system. And the closest you can go to perfect without getting there is a 4.5/5, or a 90%. And that's why usually they get dropped.

 

 A 4/5 would be an 80%.



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Torillian on 05 July 2008

gamerankings and metacritic have certain criteria that sites must meet, and if they meet them then they are included. This is how it should be, you can't just go kicking out site's scores because you disagree with most of the scores that site gives, or because you disagree with the site's policies. As long as no site gives a game a ridiculously low score that it obviously didn't deserve (like a 4.5 for MGS4) then they should be included.

May not agree with all the scores put in, but that's the way to make a fair averaged score.

@outlaw

true, but he's talking about a 4.5, which would indeed be a 90



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brute on 05 July 2008
outlawauron said:
Zucas said:
It actually happens because some sites work on the star system. And the closest you can go to perfect without getting there is a 4.5/5, or a 90%. And that's why usually they get dropped.

 

 A 4/5 would be an 80%.


hes talking about a 4.5/5 which =90 but the could give it a 4.75 so...

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Pretendo on 05 July 2008

Is Famitsu counted?



brute on 05 July 2008
Pretendo said:
Is Famitsu counted?

no,they are not counted

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HappySqurriel on 05 July 2008

From Gamerankings : http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/help.asp

Site Inclusion Policy
Q. What does it take to get a site included in the composite score of Game Rankings?
A. This is the most commonly asked question. The things we look for when adding a new site are:

  • At Least 300 archived reviews if they review multiple systems or 100 reviews if they concentrate on only one system or genre.
  • The site does at least 15 reviews a month.
  • The site is visually appealing and looks professional.
  • The site reviews a variety of titles.
  • The site has it's own domain name and is not hosted on GeoCities or another free server.
  • The reviews need to be well written.
  • The site conducts itself in a professional manner.

    • Although these sites are not well known but they have been around for quite awhile.

    There are several reasons why smaller sites tend to lower review scores:

    1. They buy their own games, don't get any swag, and do not get marketing money directly from publishers. In other words they have nothing to lose by giving their completely honest opinion.
    2. They are often started by people who are 'fed-up' with the standard approach to videogame reviews and want to give a different view on the same games
    3. They like the attention being overly harsh on games gets them.


    brute on 05 July 2008

    ^do you really think they read all the reviews to see if there well written?



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    flames_of on 05 July 2008
    HappySqurriel said:

    From Gamerankings : http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/help.asp

    Site Inclusion Policy
    Q. What does it take to get a site included in the composite score of Game Rankings?
    A. This is the most commonly asked question. The things we look for when adding a new site are:

  • At Least 300 archived reviews if they review multiple systems or 100 reviews if they concentrate on only one system or genre.
  • The site does at least 15 reviews a month.
  • The site is visually appealing and looks professional.
  • The site reviews a variety of titles.
  • The site has it's own domain name and is not hosted on GeoCities or another free server.
  • The reviews need to be well written.
  • The site conducts itself in a professional manner.

    • Although these sites are not well known but they have been around for quite awhile.

    There are several reasons why smaller sites tend to lower review scores:

    1. They buy their own games, don't get any swag, and do not get marketing money directly from publishers. In other words they have nothing to lose by giving their completely honest opinion.
    2. They are often started by people who are 'fed-up' with the standard approach to videogame reviews and want to give a different view on the same games
    3. They like the attention being overly harsh on games gets them.

    Exactly why the smaller guys are important...

    Anyways... It's all opinion, how can you take one opinion as being more respectable than another?
    Bias for the loss maybe?

     



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    brute on 05 July 2008

    ^but some of them give lower scores purposely just so they can get traffic



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    Gnizmo on 05 July 2008
    brute said:
    ^but some of them give lower scores purposely just so they can get traffic

     Some of the bigger sites do that as well. It hardly seems like a good idea to throw out all reviews because some are not fully level. The idea behind the sites is to get such a widespread of opinions that the final score is as close to accurate and without bias as possible. Eliminating sites arbitrarily is counter to that goal.



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