Is Gamspots Expectations going down or what?

Is it me or is gamespots expectations going way down. I mean look at the scores this year. I mean look, 2 games got 10s, and multiple others got 9.5s!

IMO, no game should ever be perfect, unless it is perfect. With gamespot giving GTA4 and MGS4 a 10, its basically saying you should find nothing wrogn at all i neither ofthose games. But look at GTA4 for example, look at all the complaints!

Also, giving games like Braid a 9.5? So gamespot isgiving Mario ripoffs almost 10s now? WTF.

also agree that it's the industry in general...while it was a good year for gaming overall, there are alot of games this year that, when looked back with hindsight in a year, were ridiculously overscored. WindedSailor

Same here. Whatever got a 10 on GameSpot, for instance :P. 10 should almost never be used. Hell, even I wouldn't rate my top game ever a perfect 10!

Is it me or is gamespots expectations going way down. I mean look at the scores this year. I mean look, 2 games got 10s, and multiple others got 9.5s!

IMO, no game should ever be perfect, unless it is perfect. With gamespot giving GTA4 and MGS4 a 10, its basically saying you should find nothing wrogn at all i neither ofthose games. But look at GTA4 for example, look at all the complaints!

Also, giving games like Braid a 9.5? So gamespot isgiving Mario ripoffs almost 10s now? WTF.

Yep. IMO, no game should be rated 10. TheFragcat

OMG they really have to let us bypass cutscenes..they are soooooo annoying....

like geez..who needs to watch a log-on screen going on and on ....i think everyone is just getting lazy or rushed...and putting games out before they are ready..duh...

id rather wait for a high quality game...then find a zillion glitches in one..and then download patches for months afterward....then toss the darn cd away cause the glitches drive u crazy lol

No, just their intelligence.

You know something's wrong when they expect multiplayer out of King's Bounty: The Legend.... a TBRPG. :|

Yep. IMO, no game should be rated 10. TheFragcat

A 3 point rating system would be better.

GameSpot is going to make stupid decisions forever. I've gotten used to it over the years.

I think the absolute worst thing was when they gave Dead Rising best action adventure over Twilight Princess. Good grief.

GameSpot is going to make stupid decisions forever. I've gotten used to it over the years.

I think the absolute worst thing was when they gave Dead Rising best action adventure over Twilight Princess. Good grief.

I defintly have to agree with "No game is perfect" because I love MGS4 but I think the flaw for ME is that like you only have 5 Minutes to play the game then a 1 hour cut scene.b3yondstupidity

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GameSpot is going to make stupid decisions forever. I've gotten used to it over the years.

I think the absolute worst thing was when they gave Dead Rising best action adventure over Twilight Princess. Good grief.

Dill-Man

Not really considering just about every Zelda game besides Wind Waker and Majora's Mask are the same thing. Sure they're still great games but they just feel...to similar for games that aren't really "sequels".

Well, if everyone starts giving out low scores then games are a little bit less appealing to the non-gaming crazies that end up playing everything anyways.Lostboy1224

it's been 7 months and we are still discussing this 10 score issue. When is it gonna stop? When? *****!!!S0lidSnake

Ditto...With the new score scale either you can have a hundred quality titles all scored at 9.0, which would be even less satisfying, or you can have a bunch of games getting 9.5s and 10s because they are the best of their genre. I prefer the latter, though I do miss the old scoring scale slightly, only because it seemed like it was harder for people to find flaws with it even though it was equally as flawed. There is no right way to impose numerical scores on games or even most forms of entertainment, it isn't math and there can never truly be any objective manner of doing it as much as some people would like. The old scoring scale was just better at holding a veil of objectivity.

(That concludes my wannabe Skylock like post)

[QUOTE="TheFragcat"]Yep. IMO, no game should be rated 10. Gammit10

A 10 score means Prime, not perfect.

Basically, it's impossible for a game to be perfect. Games always have flaws, and even when a game wouldn't have flaws, that doesn't mean it's the best game out there.

A 10 score is to be seen as a game that stands out so much above the 9.5 games that it shouldn't be in the same tier. This year two games did this, which are both amazing in their own right. I wouldn't have wanted to see them getting a 9.5 because I too think they deserve more than that. Wanting only games that have been handed to you by god himself to get a 10 basically means we push the entire rating system down .5 point, and GTA 4 and MGS 4 would've gotten a 9.5, and the second highest rated game would get a 9. If that soothes your mind, then subtract every score with .5 and you can live happily ever after.