Tendo City

Looks cool, but from the guys that made Mario pinball? That game got really bad reviews...

Is that Nintendo Power?

Anyway... we'll see. Perhaps they could improve, with a second game... and Mario Pinball didn't so much get really bad reviews as it got mediocre ones, I thought.

Looks pretty cool.

A Black Falcon Wrote:Is that Nintendo Power?

Anyway... we'll see. Perhaps they could improve, with a second game... and Mario Pinball didn't so much get really bad reviews as it got mediocre ones, I thought.

You forget, if a game doesn't get a 9 or higher it's considered shit these days.

The scale goes something like this:

10 - Perfect
9 - Good
8 - Maybe a rental
7 - Shit
6 - Even more shit
5 - Shitastic
4 - OMG this game is shit
3 - LOLOLOLOL
2 - I'd rather have syphilis
1 - Just kill me

Sadly true, Smoke...

Yes that is true.

There are several ways of looking at scores... there's that way, or there's the way like school grades (10 is awesome and really rare, 9 is great, 8 is good, 7 is alright, 6 is passing but flawed, 5 or below isn't good), or there's "five is average" (does anyone use this scoring system anymore?)... it's sad, though, that everyone seems to use that "anything below a nine is awful" system these days. It's absurd.

The way I see it, anything below a 7 isn't particularly worth my time, as videogames are quite expensive. Unless it's something that I really want. Games that score 7 and above are ones that I pay attention to.

That's silly. The score doesn't mean much of anything... unless it's someone who completely agrees with you, it's just their opinion. What matters is how much YOU would like it... and scores don't always reflect that, if it's a game that they don't like but you would. Yes, the score matters too... but the analysis of its qualitites, so you can tell if you'd like it, is probably more important.

Though, of course, some of it depends on the reviewer -- how good are they at seperating 'what I like' from 'objective reviewing'? Most don't seem to do too well.

Let me try to explain this better. Since I know about a lot of the games coming out, I've already decided on games that I want. Of course there are some games that come out that I don't hear about. If games such as those get a score above a 7, I'm much more likely to look more closely at them than if they recieved LESS than a 7. Unless it seems like something I might like and I think the reviewer is just being hard, in which case I'll head to Gamerankings.com and see what it got there.

The problem is that you can't trust the numerical score. Usually the written review gives you a much better idea of what the game is about and if you'll like it. Sometimes the numerical score doesn't even match the written review very well! *glances at IGN*

Definitely. Looking at the score too much for your impression of the review is a mistake.