Why I don't like reviews that much I didn't say blakc and white reviews are possible (unless you look at certain graphic aspects.)Mathew952 said:
No Game ever deserves 10/10... Do you agree?
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Read the beginning of the review section in a gaming magazine. They generally say that a 10/10 isn't perfect, mearly as close to it as is (believed) possible at the time of the review.
Not...really. 100% does imply a better game than 10/10, since 100% is essentially 100/100; but still not the perfect game. Besides, no company would want their game to be called the perfect game since that would mean there would be no need for sequels.AngryMan said:
Absolutely, no game is ever prefect,
But, relatively speaking, you can make a game that executes perfectly what it was meant to do, so to me it's up to the reviewer's choice. Like saying, Mass Multitude Army Killer lives up to the name and has flawless controls and execution, so you could give it a ten, but fails to do anything new, it's just a really really polished version of what's come before, so it gets a 9. Reviewer's choice.
Oh, and Tetris is a perfect game.
But, relatively speaking, you can make a game that executes perfectly what it was meant to do, so to me it's up to the reviewer's choice. Like saying, Mass Multitude Army Killer lives up to the name and has flawless controls and execution, so you could give it a ten, but fails to do anything new, it's just a really really polished version of what's come before, so it gets a 9. Reviewer's choice.
Oh, and Tetris is a perfect game.
If you have a 1-10 scale then some games have got to get 10 otherwise there's no point. The best movies get 5 stars, that doesn't mean it's a perfect film just a very very good one. There is no perfect game, but for those games that are of the very best in their genre and influence games for years to come a 10 is deserved.
i agree in that no game deserves a 10/10 except for COD4,i love it so much i've played it literally over 10 times
That should be the new system. If a games worth completing 10 times it's probably worth a ten.Insanity55 said:
Well there is no such thing as a perfect game so why shouldn't reviewers give 10/10 for a game? You can always assume that they've rounded up from 9.99999.
I don't believe numbers can represent what a game has to offer.
That being said, a 10/10 doesn't necessarily denote a perfect game, whatever that is. It's a critic's opinion that said game is cream of the crop. When critics were handing a 10/10 to Half-Life, they weren't saying it was the best game ever,(well, some of them weren't) but that it had more to offer, qualitatively, compared to other games of the generation.
A Stone Age cave painting isn't as sophisticated as the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but that cave painting was a pinnacle of art at the time. It was a 10/10 that seems primitive now, like comparing Super Mario Bros 3 to Bioshock.
When Halo:C/E was given 10/10, was it because it redefined the FPS genre? No, it just did it better than everyone else. The game wasn't perfect and I believe no game is. A 10/10 does not mean perfection, merely a high standard of gaming.
That being said, a 10/10 doesn't necessarily denote a perfect game, whatever that is. It's a critic's opinion that said game is cream of the crop. When critics were handing a 10/10 to Half-Life, they weren't saying it was the best game ever,(well, some of them weren't) but that it had more to offer, qualitatively, compared to other games of the generation.
A Stone Age cave painting isn't as sophisticated as the Sistine Chapel ceiling, but that cave painting was a pinnacle of art at the time. It was a 10/10 that seems primitive now, like comparing Super Mario Bros 3 to Bioshock.
When Halo:C/E was given 10/10, was it because it redefined the FPS genre? No, it just did it better than everyone else. The game wasn't perfect and I believe no game is. A 10/10 does not mean perfection, merely a high standard of gaming.
Amen! AMEN! I most definitely agree with that assessment. Although they do often give their honest opinions about bad games, they rarely give their honest opinions about games that are, simply put, not as great as they're said to be.Takatchi said:
Okay...um...this may sound kinda rude, but why exactly are you even talking about GTA IV and MGS 4 when they're some of the prime examples that sparked this discussion in the first place?xtreme_phoenix said:
fuck scores all they do is cause complaints among internet forums by people who somehow turn this into a decimal problem. so yeah i hate scores
Err, frankly: Yes I do agree. Mainly for most of the points listed above. I also think mydogisblue is right and I am starting to think this thread is going to go round and round and round and round and round...
I agree with Yahtzee and say a review and opinion of a game shouldn't try to be placed into a score out of 10, 5 or whatever.
But in the boundaries of the original post, I agree that no game with a single flaw should be given maximum marks, maximum marks denotes perfection, if there is a flaw its not perfect
But in the boundaries of the original post, I agree that no game with a single flaw should be given maximum marks, maximum marks denotes perfection, if there is a flaw its not perfect