As I grew up buying and playing games I would always read reviews and put a lot of emphasis on the numerical score. If a game got a horrible rating, I probably wouldn't even bother reading the actual review.
However, in recent years this has changed for me and thankfully it did. I've enjoyed countless games with less than stellar number ratings over the past years.
The numbers just seem extremely arbitrary. What made me think of this is trying to decide what I would give my favorite game of all time, Xenogears if I had to give it a number score. No, it isn't a 10. The game is phenomenal yes, but it has some issues and problems. I might give it a 9.0 or maybe a 9.2 if I was feeling generous.
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time got perfect 10 ratings and I agree with them. Then I realized that despite me scoring a game 10/10 it is still not my favorite game of all time. My favorite scored lower. How is this possible? I believe the reason is because certain elements of Xenogears such as the story are so phenomenal that flaws in the game can be easily overlooked.
The whole system is flawed. Also, if something is rated 10, then something better comes along it just makes the numerical ratings seem off.
However, in recent years this has changed for me and thankfully it did. I've enjoyed countless games with less than stellar number ratings over the past years.
The numbers just seem extremely arbitrary. What made me think of this is trying to decide what I would give my favorite game of all time, Xenogears if I had to give it a number score. No, it isn't a 10. The game is phenomenal yes, but it has some issues and problems. I might give it a 9.0 or maybe a 9.2 if I was feeling generous.
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time got perfect 10 ratings and I agree with them. Then I realized that despite me scoring a game 10/10 it is still not my favorite game of all time. My favorite scored lower. How is this possible? I believe the reason is because certain elements of Xenogears such as the story are so phenomenal that flaws in the game can be easily overlooked.
The whole system is flawed. Also, if something is rated 10, then something better comes along it just makes the numerical ratings seem off.