BF3-8.5 Minecraft-8.5...

What's with the low scores recently? Zelda gets a 7.5 ?! Also how can you put a score like 8.5 to minecraft? And BF3 besides origin what's wrong with it?...Are they trying to be more mean with the scores or something?

How is 8.5 a low score?

How is 8.5 a low score?

Conno08

They all deserve higher.

How is 8.5, hell even 7.5, a low score?

TBH i dont think BF3 deserved higher and i think the review score was fair, but Minecraft is the closest to 10/10 of any game i have played this gen IMO. However thats my opinion just like those review scores are the the opinion of reviewer who reviewed it.

If Minecraft and BF3 where console ONLY games, but both games where exactly the same as how they are now, i believe both would have gotten a higher score from Gamespot reviewers though, thats my opinion too.

They all deserve higher.

HyperWarlock

That is a matter of perspective, personally I think high scores are given out far too easily these days. I would even say that Minecraft really isn't an 8.5 game at best I would give it 7.5. Now before you hang me I actually love minecraft and have sunk hundreds of hours into the game (still playing it today). However there are problems with the game and deficiencies in the gameplay which should be reflected in the reviews and the scores. I can't comment on Battlefield 3's score because I have never played it (not a fan of Origin) and I can't comment on Zelda's score because I don't play games on consoles.

People are focusing too much on numbers. Read the review instead.

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People are focusing too much on numbers. Read the review instead.

Am_Confucius

Those scores are about what I would give...

Zelda = 8/10

Minecraft = 8.5/10

BF3 = 9/10

Not much different then what they scored them.

Seems like a fair score for BF 3, it certaintly has its issues.

Remove the mindset "anything below 90% is crap" please.bonafidetk

This. I think there's a push from GS to start actually using more of the point scale.Mazoch

People are focusing too much on numbers. Read the review instead.

Am_Confucius

notch is a lazy developer riding his success, most of the modding community did a better job of his own game. as a retail product it could be so much more. it deserves no more than what it got.

It's just personal opinion. EYE: DC got some low scores but I say it's a 9.

Minecraft deserves an 8.5. It is an awesome game but it has some really annoying issues/bugs

Battlefield 3 is one of my favorite FPS games (BF is the best FPS series), but it deserves an 8.5 MAYBE a 9. It has some poor design choices, a meh campaign and some issues.

Skyward Sword deserves at least an 8.5. I am not done with the game, but a 7.5 is way too harsh. I have come to realize that SS is a game that will have many different user opinions. Most of the things I find "wrong" with it, are my opinion. I am leaning towards a 9, but it could vary a bit.

[QUOTE="bonafidetk"]Remove the mindset "anything below 90% is crap" please.Mazoch

I sure hope that's what is happen. The scale we've been using for the past few years of "10-9=Good, 8.5-8=Alright, and 7.5-0=Damn this game is ****!" is absolutely terrible.

The reviews are both good. They have good points and are fair. No amount of fanboyism should change that.

What's with the low scores recently? Zelda gets a 7.5 ?! Also how can you put a score like 8.5 to minecraft? And BF3 besides origin what's wrong with it?...Are they trying to be more mean with the scores or something?

HyperWarlock

Your math must be different from mine. Where I live, 8.5 is only 1.5 away from 10. :|

Scores seem to have shifted up on average by about a point and a half from 10 years ago on GS.

Gamespot is using a 10 point scale. Ideally we should think that any game with a score over 5 would at least be worth trying.
A score of 5 should mean that the game is average. A score of 8.5 should mean that the game is very good, but still suffers from some flaws.
If looking at the scores disturbs you too much, try concentrating on the actual review and ignore the numbers.

How is 8.5 a low score?

Conno08

when most games get 9+ 8.5 seems low, and even 7.5 seems totally mediocre, gamespot just dont have any kind of standards around games and tetris can actually score higher than skyrim and many games of the sort.

How is 8.5 a low score?

Conno08

8.5 is an incredible score.

the 10-point scale system is really losing its meaning. No thanks to people like the TC

Minecraft- 9.5

BF3-8.5

Zelda-8.5

[QUOTE="Conno08"]

How is 8.5 a low score?

HyperWarlock

They all deserve higher.

They deserve lower because my opinion dictates it.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't be sad in the least if Gamespot cut numbers from their rating altogether.

[QUOTE="Conno08"]

How is 8.5 a low score?

murekkep

Standards change and so has Gamespot's scoring methods. In the past year there's been a pretty strong push to back away from the heavy point inflation that's been happening this generation.

I think people have become too accustom to seeing any remotely good game getting a 9-10 rating from other websites. In my opinion, 8.5 is perfect for Battlefield 3. The online is fantastic, but the campain is among the most boring I've played in the FPS genre. If you're going to add an extra feature in your game then you should at least make it good rather simply throwing it in for the just sake of having one.

How is 8.5, hell even 7.5, a low score?

Phoenix534

I gave BF3 a 7.0 myself because the maps are horribly designed and offer little variety compared to BF2142's. Is it wrong to have opinions?

[QUOTE="HyperWarlock"]

[QUOTE="Conno08"]

How is 8.5 a low score?

Whiteblade999

They all deserve higher.

They deserve lower because my opinion dictates it.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't be sad in the least if Gamespot cut numbers from their rating altogether.

b-b-b-b-but then we'd have to read! :cry:

:P

[QUOTE="Whiteblade999"]

[QUOTE="HyperWarlock"]

They all deserve higher.

mrbojangles25

They deserve lower because my opinion dictates it.

In all seriousness, I wouldn't be sad in the least if Gamespot cut numbers from their rating altogether.

b-b-b-b-but then we'd have to read! :cry:

:P

Or they can do it like other websites, use things like A, A-, B, B-, etc.DanielDust

Something like that could work, though it could be simplified a bit more.
Like a "Unplayable" -> "Pretty bad" -> "Enjoyable" -> "Great" -> "Outstanding"

But I guess going that way still means 5 options... So why not 10 with a .5 system.
Eh. :P

Minecraft deserves a 6.0. It is not a very good game at all. However, that is because it is really not a game at all. The only "game" in it is the survival mechanics added in the adventurers patch. I find it more of a really fun sandbox editor than a game. shakmaster13

It's time for a collective "Who the hell cares?"

How about this, we ask reviewers to forget about thinking of a number and give any hyped game a 10 since that's what readers want? Hell, if X game got a 10 readers would ask it should have scored an 11.

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]Or they can do it like other websites, use things like A, A-, B, B-, etc.IcyToasters

Something like that could work, though it could be simplified a bit more.
Like a "Unplayable" -> "Pretty bad" -> "Enjoyable" -> "Great" -> "Outstanding"

But I guess going that way still means 5 options... So why not 10 with a .5 system.
Eh. :P

Then people would complain about Minecraft and all other games not getting an "outstanding" because "they deserved it"

[QUOTE="IcyToasters"]

Something like that could work, though it could be simplified a bit more.
Like a "Unplayable" -> "Pretty bad" -> "Enjoyable" -> "Great" -> "Outstanding"

But I guess going that way still means 5 options... So why not 10 with a .5 system.
Eh. :P

opaque3D

Then people would complain about Minecraft and all other games not getting an "outstanding" because "they deserved it"

;p

People are focusing too much on numbers. Read the review instead.

Am_Confucius