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NWN2 News: Rhomal Doesn't Like the Current Trend in Game Rating

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Dec 2, 2005.

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    No, nothing about content ratings. Rhomal from NWN2 News has posted an editorial in which he claims that reviews are skewed and giving examples from major game reviewing sites. Here's a snip:

    This got me thinking, looking at the major online PC gaming sites, I am hard pressed to recall more then a couple games within the recent past months that had a below average rating. Now unless we are going though a new golden age of PC gaming shouldn’t it be quite difficult to get a rating above 75%? More then 75% indicates to me a way above average game. A game with new ideas, a fresh approach to old ideas or just fantastic game play. A game in the top 25%, and especially top 10% (90%+ rating), should be reserved for the elite few in my opinion. And I am pretty sure I am not alone in thinking a 80%+ rating shouldn’t be handed out like candy.

    So I decided to do a little number crunching on 3 of the most popular online gaming/review sites to see if my perception, and the writer of the original article on the INQ, was on the mark or not. I found the results more shocking then I expected.

    Read the whole thing at NWN2 News.
     
    chevalier, Dec 2, 2005
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    Well, actually, although the numbers are quite high for the ratings, I do believe something else than the ruling dollar is responsible, though this doesn't put those online mags without blame (the scores are often indeed too high). It is that they only review a select part of what comes out. They don't review more than 50% of the titles that come out. Hence they spend their times on the most "promising" titles, which automatically leads to higher averages as the most suckiest games don't even get reviewed. I agree they don't have to write a three page long review of a bad game, but they should at least rate/review it.

    :yot: Let's hold a little prayer for Gen4, one of the game mags that actually had accurate reviews. May it's spirit guide us on the path of the gamer. :angel: :pope:

    (for those hard of understanding, the mag is no more)
     
    Meatdog, Dec 5, 2005
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