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 Member 1049 Level 33.00 Mar 2006 
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A half point reduction? What? There are two fundamental problems with game reviews and both have to do with the whole point system. The decimal system and inflated scores.
Let's take a look at a small sample of games pc.ign reviewed last month. F.E.A.R. Extraction Point - 7.6 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 - 7.5 The Sims 2 Pets - 7.4 The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - 7.2 World Series of Poker: Tournament of Champions Card - 7.2 Championship Manager 2007 - 7.1 Let's see, 2 expansion packs, 4 full games. 6 entirely different genres yet IGN is trying to tell us on an objective basis that Tiger Woods is 0.4 better than Championship Manager. That's bullshit. Do movies go through this shit? "Oh well such and suches acting was a bit wooden in that scene so this movie is 0.3 worse than this documentary" No. And we all know that this shit get's even more ridiculous at the top end of the spectrum. The Godfather and Spirited Away are both masterpiece movies. Whethor you prefer one over the other comes down to personal taste. Five stars apiece. Metal Gear Solid and Soul Caliber are both masterpiece games. Whethor you prefer one over the other comes down to personal taste. Nup sorry, IGN says Soul Caliber is 10.0 and Metal Gear Solid 9.8. You can't argue with 0.2. The other probelm is that games that arn't any fun and fail at most things get a score like 6.5. Again, that's fucking bullshit. If the game FAILS at being fun then it deserves a FAIL mark, ie. something below 5. A score like 6.5 implys that 6 or 7 out of every ten things in teh game are good! That's not true. They're shit. Give it the score it deserves. Most amazing jew boots |
Member 1049 Level 33.00 Mar 2006
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Aspect scores are bullshit too. Do other media have to go through this rubbish? No.
There's nowhere I can't reach. |
Member 1049 Level 33.00 Mar 2006
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Sure. People need to stop treating 10/10 like some kind of holy number.
I mean, take Advance Wars. What can you possibly fault about that game? Nothing, it's perfect, 10/10. This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it. |
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