Friday, Oct 16, 2009
I seem to have been given a new emblem: "For the connoisseur of fine games.
Those with good taste are judicious about what games they add to their impressive collections, and would be reluctant to pollute their rows and rows of classics with anything approaching average quality. Ask these fine individuals for advice on what to buy next, because chances are, you won't go wrong by following their guidance."
Cool.
That brings me on to ratings and scores. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm rather picky as to what new games I do buy. I like to think I've got some sort of gamer intuition when seeing screenshots or videos of a game during its various stages of production. That intuition has rarely let me down, and the final review scores reflect that the game is average at best. Though there have of course been exceptions, which I won't list here.
Other people are more than happy playing average or even below average games. If they get enjoyment out of them, then so be it. But whenever I see scores of 6/10 or even 7/10 (an average overall score I mean, not from just one reviewer), I get put-off from investing in that game. But obviously one persons 6/10 game will be another persons 8/10 game - who is really right in the end? I think the lowest scoring game I've got in my current collection is Genji on the PS2 - which got about 7/10 from Gamespot if I'm not mistaken. I would personally give Genji an 8/10.
Anyhoo... Yeah.
Those with good taste are judicious about what games they add to their impressive collections, and would be reluctant to pollute their rows and rows of classics with anything approaching average quality. Ask these fine individuals for advice on what to buy next, because chances are, you won't go wrong by following their guidance."
Cool.
That brings me on to ratings and scores. I don't know about everyone else, but I'm rather picky as to what new games I do buy. I like to think I've got some sort of gamer intuition when seeing screenshots or videos of a game during its various stages of production. That intuition has rarely let me down, and the final review scores reflect that the game is average at best. Though there have of course been exceptions, which I won't list here.
Other people are more than happy playing average or even below average games. If they get enjoyment out of them, then so be it. But whenever I see scores of 6/10 or even 7/10 (an average overall score I mean, not from just one reviewer), I get put-off from investing in that game. But obviously one persons 6/10 game will be another persons 8/10 game - who is really right in the end? I think the lowest scoring game I've got in my current collection is Genji on the PS2 - which got about 7/10 from Gamespot if I'm not mistaken. I would personally give Genji an 8/10.
Anyhoo... Yeah.
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Posted Oct 17, 2009 2:07 pm PT
@Roman_Irishman ~ mmm ... define "something that blows" ![]()
Posted Oct 17, 2009 5:16 pm PT
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