Why? Gamescores below 5...

It baffles me to this day that developers release games that receive scores 5 and below. I notice that Damnation scored a woeful 3.5 and it made me think, why release a game that is so obviously terrible?

Not every game can be an 'instant classic' but you would think that developers know what gamers want, games that score at least 7.5 to 8 on all review sites.

Well its been a while since i looked at "score" because most of the time the person that write about the game only think about it from her / his point of view.

Anyway 5 is average right? And i think they are way to happy to giveout high scores to alot of games.

Why are crappy movies made? Why are bad albums released? Why are bad books written? Why are bad electronics sold?

Why are crappy movies made? Why are bad albums released? Why are bad books written? Why are bad electronics sold?

Legendaryscmt

Because some reviewers can be overly critical. Advent Rising got a 5.7 here on GameSpot, and it's probably near the top of my favorite games list. Some reviewers tend to give games that are just for fun lower scores because they aren't groundbreaking games. I don't look at the score usually, I look at the review content, and what other people think of the game. The score is basically meaningless at this point. Using the other rating system (the averages) at least made it seem more fair than an arbitrary number.muthsera666

Just because Advent Rising is near the top of your favorite games list, it doesn't mean it's remotely close to a good game, it's not like Advent Rising got decent scores elsewhere, it averaged sub 70% scores. The whole "I found the game fun and therefore the scores are wrong" is a subjective argument that isn't particularly compelling because often a lot of games are poorly designed and have gameplay that are badly executedcompared to other games on the market.It's like the many garbage 3D sonic games that have been out in recent years, I'm sure many people like them, but they're crap, one might still be able to have fun with such games but it doesn't make the games not crap.

[QUOTE="muthsera666"]Because some reviewers can be overly critical. Advent Rising got a 5.7 here on GameSpot, and it's probably near the top of my favorite games list. Some reviewers tend to give games that are just for fun lower scores because they aren't groundbreaking games. I don't look at the score usually, I look at the review content, and what other people think of the game. The score is basically meaningless at this point. Using the other rating system (the averages) at least made it seem more fair than an arbitrary number.EvilTaru

Just because Advent Rising is near the top of your favorite games list, it doesn't mean it's remotely close to a good game, it's not like Advent Rising got decent scores elsewhere, it averaged sub 70% scores. The whole "I found the game fun and therefore the scores are wrong" is a subjective argument that isn't particularly compelling because often a lot of games are poorly designed and have gameplay that are badly executed, it's like the many garbage 3D sonic games that have been out in recent years, I'm sure many people like them, but they're pretty much crap.

[QUOTE="EvilTaru"]

[QUOTE="muthsera666"]Because some reviewers can be overly critical. Advent Rising got a 5.7 here on GameSpot, and it's probably near the top of my favorite games list. Some reviewers tend to give games that are just for fun lower scores because they aren't groundbreaking games. I don't look at the score usually, I look at the review content, and what other people think of the game. The score is basically meaningless at this point. Using the other rating system (the averages) at least made it seem more fair than an arbitrary number.FishSquared

Just because Advent Rising is near the top of your favorite games list, it doesn't mean it's remotely close to a good game, it's not like Advent Rising got decent scores elsewhere, it averaged sub 70% scores. The whole "I found the game fun and therefore the scores are wrong" is a subjective argument that isn't particularly compelling because often a lot of games are poorly designed and have gameplay that are badly executed, it's like the many garbage 3D sonic games that have been out in recent years, I'm sure many people like them, but they're pretty much crap.

One can't play every single game, let alone buy every single game, reviews are pretty good indication of whether a game is good or not, when you have games that are scoring 5s and 6s everywhere then you're probably not missing much skipping it. It really depends on whether you would rather spend money blindly and buy a crap game or spend the same money ona critically acclaimed gamethat provides a significantly higher quality experience.

The score is basically meaningless at this point.muthsera666

Not really. I like to think of a score as being the hook which pulls me into reading the review of a game which in turn allows me to make an informed decision about whether or not I should buy the game or not. I findgame scores to be very useful.

[QUOTE="FishSquared"][QUOTE="EvilTaru"]

Just because Advent Rising is near the top of your favorite games list, it doesn't mean it's remotely close to a good game, it's not like Advent Rising got decent scores elsewhere, it averaged sub 70% scores. The whole "I found the game fun and therefore the scores are wrong" is a subjective argument that isn't particularly compelling because often a lot of games are poorly designed and have gameplay that are badly executed, it's like the many garbage 3D sonic games that have been out in recent years, I'm sure many people like them, but they're pretty much crap.

EvilTaru

One can't play every single game, let alone buy every single game, reviews are pretty good indication of whether a game is good or not, when you have games that are scoring 5s and 6s everywhere then you're probably not missing much skipping it. It really depends on whether you would rather spend money blindly and buy a crap game or spend the same money ona critically acclaimed gamethat provides a significantly higher quality experience.

Thank you for saying what needed to be said without that smug smiley you always have. :D

But yeah, I totally agree that in an ideal world, I wouldn't have to trust reviewers. However, in this ideal world, I have unlimited free time and enough money to purchase every single game that comes out from Infamous to that Animal Crossing DSi clock.

Like it or not, the best indication of wether or not you will like a game is the review scores. It's not the only way to predict if you will like a game, but reading the reviews will give you the best idea most of the time.

Because some reviewers can be overly critical. Advent Rising got a 5.7 here on GameSpot, and it's probably near the top of my favorite games list. Some reviewers tend to give games that are just for fun lower scores because they aren't groundbreaking games. I don't look at the score usually, I look at the review content, and what other people think of the game. The score is basically meaningless at this point. Using the other rating system (the averages) at least made it seem more fair than an arbitrary number.muthsera666

Video game journalists are corrupt to the bone. There's no point in taking their reviews seriously. I just rent the game before I buy it or hopefully there's a demo so I can try it out for free.