This editorial over at gameplayer challenges media outlets to award 10/10 scores to the best of the best. Going as far to say that those who don't do a disservice to gamers and developers. The reasons given for this can be found within.
"Reviewing a game isn't about running through a checklist of points and adding up the ticked boxes at the end to define a score. It's about how much fun you had. Period. And 'fining' a game a .1 or something ridiculous because you saw pop-up once is the type of anal retardation that suggests that said reviewer has forgotten what made them a gamer to begin with – they were having fun."
The Super Credit exploit that players have been using will be patched by Arrowhead now that the devs are aware of its existence.
How would they know the difference between someone who purposely shut down their game and someone who crashed out?
And the shutting down of the game seems so tedious. Super Credits are really easy to get.
Sparking Zero is doing what Xenoverse won't.
Ben Sledge from TheGamer Writes "I’m already impressed with Supergiant’s commitment to improving body diversity in the Hades 2 technical test."
It is true that perfection will never be reached and, as such, it should not be expected in a title graded as ten. However, I still think game reviewers are too generous and most AAA games get their scores inflated through hype.
Because there's a Sh!tload of Cash in it for them from Micro$uck
I agree with this. Its a well written point but with every passing day it seems the gaming industry is becoming more serious. Gaming has become a huge entertainment media. Lets not forget that most reviewers are paid to do their job and most are going to try do it as professionally as they can.
By the standards of this article i would give a 10/10 to COD4, Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid 4, Bioshock, Mass Effect, Resistance Fall of Man and Zelda Twilight princess. Nobody can change my opinions on these games because they had me mesmorized each for their own reasons. They are also the games of this Gen that i'd give 10. I'm not going to go into past games.
My point is a personal 10 and professional 10 are very different things. Not everyone thinks the same.
Well-written article about a subject that's been bothering me lately. The only place I'd beg to differ with the author is in awarding GTA IV a 10. Let me explain. I HEAR the game was fun, for those whose systems could play it. But the fact that it wouldn't play on SO many consoles (PS3 AND 360) is unconscionable, especially for a big gaming house like Rockstar.
My PS3 froze after about 2 hours of gameplay, and no matter what I did, to include deleting the game files and reinstalling, I still couldn't keep it running. So I seek out the Support section of Rockstar's website, and all I can find is a lousy 9-step process I'm supposed to try in order to address the freezing. Needless to say, I tried the "solution," it didn't work, and I promptly returned the game to GameStop for a refund. Unbelievable!
Now I realize that game reviewers, at the time of their writing, couldn't have known that so many would have problems with the title. But they should all have published revised reviews AFTER discovering this widespread problem and the appalling way Rockstar failed to deal with the problem. It's absurd and misleading to see GTA IV sitting atop Metacritic's list with the highest game rating when it torched so many systems. No less than 35 different websites and publications gave it a PERFECT score. But NONE to date have revised their scores downward. Isn't it interesting that on the same site, gamers rated GTA IV with a 74. Quite a drop from the 98 the reviews averaged. Hmmm.
Rockstar, if you're listening, do the gaming world a favor: fire your entire quality control team, and start fresh with people who give a damn. Simply because I'm dedicated to open-world gaming, I'll give you one more try. But if you screw the pooch with your next title, I will begin a smear campaign against you like no other. Enough said.
10 doesn't have to mean perfect. 10 means awesome. I totally agree with that