AAAA reviewed games are overrated.

I'm personally of the opinion that NO GAME should ever get a perfect review. There's always something more a game can do. I'm not saying that reviewers have to find every little flaw and cry about it, but I just think calling a game perfect is stupid. GTA4, that was a great game, but it's gameplay still was filled with problems. It was a major step up over the previous games, and it's multiplayer really didn't have the lasting appeal that I thought it would. MGS4, was also a great game, but it too had some minor gameplay flaws. These flaws are nothing worth making a big deal out of, I just think games can always be better. Am I the only one that feels this way about AAAA reviews? I wasn't meaning to bash any of the games I just mentioned, I liked both of them, but I don't think they deserved 10s.

According to Gamespot THPS3 is better than every Halo game, every Blizzard game, every Metal Gear game, every Rare game and pretty much every other game ever.

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According to Gamespot THPS3 is better than every Halo game, every Blizzard game, every Metal Gear game, every Rare game and pretty much every other game ever.

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Big_Red_Button

being overrated is overrated.

Honestlythe only true 10/10 I'll respect is Zelda:OoT.

• 10 = prime
• 10 =/= perfect

Every game given a ten is overrated. Even Ocarina of Time.

Also, the reason why Tony Hawk 3 has a better score than some newer games is because it's better for its time. If you compare them now, the newer game is better, obviously.

Edit:

• 10 = prime
• 10 =/= perfect

Nike_Air

Wow... you just won this topic. That blew my mind.

When even bother having a scoring system if it's impossible for any game to get the top score? This argument doesn't and has never made any sense.

10 isn't perfection though..

Its simply a score thats better then 9.5..

They did get a 10, but this is strictly the opinion of 1 reviewer from 1 website. Noone said us gamers have to feel the same way, and many of us don't. Like the above poster said, look at a multitude of reviews to get a better idea.

According to Gamespot THPS3 is better than every Halo game, every Blizzard game, every Metal Gear game, every Rare game and pretty much every other game ever.

THPS3

Big_Red_Button

I probably like a much larger percentage of games that score in the 8s better than games that score in the 9s. MGS4, The Halos, Gears, God of wars, a lot of the Final Fantasy games, none of them are really that great. A couple of them are down right boring.

When even having a scoring system if it's impossible for any game to get the top score? This argument doesn't and has never made any sense. Silent-Hal

I'm personally of the opinion that NO GAME should ever get a perfect review. There's always something more a game can do. I'm not saying that reviewers have to find every little flaw and cry about it, but I just think calling a game perfect is stupid. GTA4, that was a great game, but it's gameplay still was filled with problems. It was a major step up over the previous games, and it's multiplayer really didn't have the lasting appeal that I thought it would. MGS4, was also a great game, but it too had some minor gameplay flaws. These flaws are nothing worth making a big deal out of, I just think games can always be better. Am I the only one that feels this way about AAAA reviews? I wasn't meaning to bash any of the games I just mentioned, I liked both of them, but I don't think they deserved 10s.

RobbRipken

1. 10/10 on Gamespot is not "perfect"
2. No game ever strives to be "perfect"
3. When you have a rating system, you design it so that you will utilize all the scores at one point, regardless of their meaning
4. If you don't use all the scores in a system, and say that "no game can be perfect" you create a paradox in which the highest score, having become unattainable literally becomes useless; thus, making the second highest score (in GS's case, a 9.5/10), the "highest" on the scale, which in turn should fall under the same regulations as the 10, meaning that since no game is "perfect," then having it achieve the "highest" score, it too becomes useless. Repeating this logic down the chain until you reach 1.0/10 and it too is removed due to being the "best" possible score.

If you don't give anything your highest possible score, at least once in a while, you create a paradox that undermines the entire meaning of your scoring system. Gamespot's scores are the opinions of those particular reviewers. They are not an objective fact that determines the quality of a game... but merely the amount of enjoyment a reviewer got from a game. You aren't required to agree with them, nor are you not entitled to your own opinion. Just remember, since no game is perfect, and 10/10, 100/100, or A+ does not mean "pefect," but "the best of the best for that particular point in time," you don't need to complain about games getting 10/10's, whether you agree with them or not.

Honestly the only true 10/10 I'll respect is Zelda:OoT.

Cait__Sith

QFT!!

MGS4 is in no way overrated and is easily one of the best games ever made. I'd argue that its just as good as OoT

[QUOTE="Panther501"]

MGS4 is in no way overrated and is easily one of the best games ever made. I'd argue that its just as good as OoT

Stringerboy

But it has pacing issues and a poorly written/acted plot. So it doesn't deserve a 10 :?

opinion much?

brennan7777

Final Fantasy 9 isn't overrated ;)siLVURcross

These flaws are nothing worth making a big deal out of, I just think games can always be better.

RobbRipken

there you go. the flaws you talk about in a AAAA game do not detract from what makes the game great which is why they do not take it away from the score.

i actually think more games deserve AAAA, such as CoD4 and ES: Oblivion, simply because they offer such immersive gameplay experiences...

Every game given a ten is overrated. Even Ocarina of Time.

Also, the reason why Tony Hawk 3 has a better score than some newer games is because it's better for its time. If you compare them now, the newer game is better, obviously.

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[QUOTE="Nike_Air"]

• 10 = prime
• 10 =/= perfect

awssk8er716

Wow... you just won this topic. That blew my mind.

Just because tony hawk 3 got a 10 doesnt mean that its better than every other game that didnt get one.... Tony hawk set out to do a certain goal and achieved it pretty much flawlessly, that was a near perfect skating game for the time it came out. Thats how you review a game you base it off of how well the goal of the game devs. was achieved, you cant compare tony hawk to other games.

Before, I respected a lot of AAAA games...now since GTAIV and Metal Gear Solid 4 got it, it hasn't seemed the same.

MGS4 was NOT overrated. GTA4 was though. Some games shouldn't have gotten a ten.... Tony... Hawk.... But I guess at the time that game was pretty spectacular