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Friday, Aug 7, 2009

Is anyone else frustrated that Gamespot only ranks games in increments of .5? I wish they allowed users to still rank games in whatever increment they wanted.

Remember the days when you used to be able to define a great game from an average game? No longer does Gamespot allow that. Look at these three games for example: Animal Crossing City Folk, MySims Racing, and Madworld. All three of these games received a 7.5 from Gamespot, however it is clear MySims Racing should not have the same racing as Madworld or Animal Crossing City Folk.

Need more proof? Look at a few XBOX 360 games: Gears of War 2, Dead Space, Fallout 3, Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2, Sid Meiers Civilization Revolution, Call of Duty 4, and Assassins Creed. Does any one of those games stick out like a sore thumb to you?! Should Geometry Wars be ranked the same as any of those other great games who no doubt give the players better visuals, gameplay, and replay value?

Come on Gamespot, give us back the old rating system so we can determine waht games are great and what games are good. We know you get money from companies whose games you rate higher, however your new rating system does no justice to the gaming industry. I used to come to this site to look for good games, however these days you just have to go somewhere else to determine what games are good and what games are great and worth your money.

Category: Editorial
Posted by bgres077, 10:56pm
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you are wright.that is stupid
Posted Aug 8, 2009 12:52 am PT
Well, just because games are ranking the same, doesn't mean that they are the same as far as the game goes. They each have their flaws and Gamespot rated them accordingly. I think it is fine the way it is.
Posted Aug 8, 2009 8:54 am PT
Hank_101, you obviously weren't around when we had the old rating system. No one liked it when we changed over but Gamespot has never been much for listening to their users. If that was the case unions would have been revamped 2 years ago.
Posted Aug 8, 2009 9:21 am PT
I don't think it really matters. The score means little, compared to the review. The score is just the overall feeling towards the game, and it's easier to tack that into a 0.5 increment than a 0.1 increment. It really doesn't matter at all in the end.
Posted Aug 8, 2009 10:39 pm PT
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