What Our Review Scores Mean
A brief explanation of The Escapist's five-star review scale.
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A brief explanation of The Escapist's five-star review scale.
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Oh God yes! I'd love for this site to gain that reputation. I've seen people dismiss this sites reviews in the past, but no more!I shall work tirelessly to have The Escapist counted among the most harsh -- but the most fair -- review outlets in the industry.
"The game made my PC come to live, eat my puppy, drink my beer and puke in my fridge before attempting to mate with the printer and enslave humanity. 0 stars.medv4380 said:The dreaded half start isn't the bottom.
The half start is 1 out of 10.
Zero stars is the bottom.
I'd define it as.
Unplayable. Game fails to install, or has game breaking bugs. The game might be perfectly fine, but the bugs prevent the critic, or player from ever finding out.
Yeah ... try telling that to Metacritic ...Teoes said:Hopefully this'll start to get it through certain skulls that 3.5 stars =/= 70%. This is not a linear scale in that sense. That they should read the text of the review rather than focusing solely on the number at the bottom.
..who am I kidding?
Well 70% isn't bad, it's pretty far above average.Teoes said:Hopefully this'll start to get it through certain skulls that 3.5 stars =/= 70%. This is not a linear scale in that sense. That they should read the text of the review rather than focusing solely on the number at the bottom.