[General Discussion] Best review scale?

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Since when was 5 average? I always drew the line at 7... I wouldn't play alot of 5/10 games...

This was mentioned as a problem with the /10 system in the first post.

5 is average because it's halfway to 10. Or at least it should be, but for whatever reason, a lot of places now use 7 as average, like Gamespot. If 7 is average, then anything 5 and below is crap and interchangeable, and essentially your scale just goes from 5-10. And in that case, a /5 system is what it pretty much is.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by nuttyturnip

The problem with using 5 (out of 10) as an average is that most sites don't. I like the gamerankings.com links on some sites, that give you the average score from all of the review sites. If one site gives it a 5 and another gives it a 7.5, and in spirit they mean the same thing, it's going to drag down the overall score for a game. Personally, I prefer a percentage.

But even with percentages, you get people who review things with 50% as average, and other people who review things with 70% as average. Obviously, every source for reviews is going to have a different scale, and the best way to go about thing would be to learn the scale of the source you are viewing before trying to follow their advice. Or, actually read the article included with the number.

There's nowhere I can't reach.