OFFICIAL Gamespot or Gamerankings thread (read the question carefully)

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#1 Timesplitter14
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We have to decide wether we'll use GS scores or GR scores to see if a game flops. The GS score will still be used to see if the game flops SW but that's not what we all want to know. Now vote.

From now on the choice with the most votes (the logical one or the illogical one) will be the official one to rate a game no matter what people say. I accept ownage if the illogical option wins.

GS or GR to rate a GAME'S VALUE? (not only in SW)

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#2 lzorro
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Gamespot has final say it's important to take the reviews with a grain of salt and realize that the most important parts of the review are the words!!! The number is nothing more than a number it doesn't represent the game because it's impossible to assign a number to a word (except when it's a word like one, two, three, etc. :P)
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#3 spinecaton
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This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
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#5 Timesplitter14
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This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
spinecaton

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#6 spinecaton
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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
Timesplitter14

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I did, and you are just trying to make these forum more confusing then they should be. Keep it simple with GS scores.
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#7 Hoffgod
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To reuse a post I just made in a similar thread: No. If you're talking in terms of as a consumer, just taking GameRankings is foolish. Not everyone agrees with every review site. I know I couldn't care less what 1up or GamerDad have to say about games. But they count at GameRankings. IGN's 9.5 and GamerDad's 4/5 count equally. So find sites you do agree with, generally, and use them. If you're talking in terms of System Wars and dishing out "Ownage", then you need a standardized system. GameRankings is not standardized, as it is consistantly in flux. For example, WarioWare Smooth Moves had an A average right after GameSpot gave it a 9.1. Now, however, it's a solid AA game. If the hype is AA and a game keeps changing back from 80.1 and 79.9, then have they been owned or not? GameRankings is good for a general concensus, but the general concensus is useless in a case like this. Entertainment value only.
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#8 Omni-Slash
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:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....
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#9 hellsing321
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What is the point of this? We are still only going to use GS score in SW, so what does it matter outside of SW? We are free to choose which way we decide a games value outside of SW so this is useless.
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#10 Arnalion
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[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
spinecaton

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I did, and you are just trying to make these forum more confusing then they should be. Keep it simple with GS scores.

GS already displays Game Ranking's scores on all games...
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#11 osusfaith
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I don't understand your terming of "VALUE", that's way too subjective, and sounds like it will just be determined to avoid ownage going forward. Sure, the rules as they are now might not always go in your favor, but they give the choas that is system wars some kind of consistency.
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#12 massAttack2k
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This is a POLL on Gamespot...how do you think it might turn out? GS can come in and give 200 votes to itself if it wanted
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#13 Timesplitter14
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:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....Omni-Slash

It would be the same thing with IGN. We need to use the average

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#14 DaysAirlines
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#15 Nike_Air
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We have already decided this many times in the past ......

Gamespot , Gamespot , Gamespot


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[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....Timesplitter14

It would be the same thing with IGN. We need to use the average



Why? If you don't like how GS does thing, then why bother sticking around?
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#17 AA7
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Gamerankings, it is a much fairer system, there is no dispute here.
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[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....Timesplitter14

It would be the same thing with IGN. We need to use the average

why take into account all the Pro-PS3/Wii/Xbox360 scorers on the web?.......
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#19 wooooode
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Here at GS we use there scores, that is how it works.
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#20 cakeorrdeath
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Game Rankings does not take into account that the same scores can mean two totally different things in different publications. It also includes reviews scores from a whole host of publications which I would never dream of reading a review from. Then there is the problem of never knowing when a score is final. People may declare a game AAA and then a wekk later it could have dropped down into A catagory.
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#21 Timesplitter14
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[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]

[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....spinecaton

It would be the same thing with IGN. We need to use the average



Why? If you don't like how GS does thing, then why bother sticking around?

Because it's the biggest forum by far and there's lots of information in here. I just think it's sad that it could be way better

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[QUOTE="spinecaton"]This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
Timesplitter14

read the question

stupid question with the "(not only in SW)" part
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#23 DGZeus
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I'll say it one more time when it was the lemmings getting all the crap in here for all the flops back in 2001-2004 and they wanted to use GR all the cows in here shot the idea down. Funny how times change.
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#24 cjnwo4life
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It doesn't matter what they think! Some of you are going nuts because of what a reviewer said. Who cares, unless the game gets a 5 you shouldn't worry. Get the game if you have interest or not. You do have free will, use it.
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#25 -Feath-
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What website we on..Gamespot. Go to Gameranking forums if you want to use their scores. And another thing, i tend not to care about a score of a game for 'ownage'. If you didnt know a game 'flopped', you wouldnt have lowered expectations for the game, and enjoy it more. Stop caring, start playing. (before anyone asks why am i visiting this website then, its the community.)
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#26 Timesplitter14
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[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
OGTiago

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stupid question with the "(not only in SW)" part

But that my question. In SW, we keep the GS score cuz we're on GS. But in Real life, what should we use to rate a game? Only GS?

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#27 wiistation360
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because of Motorstorm,we should use gameranking?we'll use gameranking if halo 3 flops
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#28 magus-21
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GameRankings is the more logical choice, IMO.
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#30 spinecaton
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[QUOTE="OGTiago"][QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]

[QUOTE="spinecaton"]This has been done many many times, we use GS scores because we are on GS forum. If you don't like it, go somewhere else!
Timesplitter14

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stupid question with the "(not only in SW)" part

But that my question. In SW, we keep the GS score cuz we're on GS. But in Real life, what should we use to rate a game? Only GS?



Use whatever your little heart desires buddy, I am not going to tell you what to use in real life.
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[QUOTE="Jandurin"]In real life, I use whatever scores to determine what I buy. Shoot, sometimes I base whether or not I buy a game on how much my stomach is gurgling.



What contitutes a AAA gurgle?
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dont try to start a revolution and change the laws. casey ban this guy.
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#34 spinecaton
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[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"][QUOTE="Jandurin"]In real life, I use whatever scores to determine what I buy. Shoot, sometimes I base whether or not I buy a game on how much my stomach is gurgling.



What contitutes a AAA gurgle?



A five second burp
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#35 Timesplitter14
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because of Motorstorm,we should use gameranking?we'll use gameranking if halo 3 flopswiistation360

Yes. We should've used GR for Zelda TP, Crackdown, LP, RFoM.... all the games

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#37 Tylendal
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Gamerankings. Don't see how you can get more fair than all the scores averaged.
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[QUOTE="Timesplitter14"]

[QUOTE="Omni-Slash"]:roll:...this'ed be like going on IGN and saying GS's ratings are the one that matters.........if you're game didn;t score well deal....it'll all come back full circle eventually.....spinecaton

It would be the same thing with IGN. We need to use the average



Why? If you don't like how GS does thing, then why bother sticking around?

Quality. I personally prefer IGN reviews, but I can't stand the IGN forums. I refuse to pay to be an Insider and the basic forums are trash. And the GameRankings forums are just as bad, if not worse. Say what you want about the reviews, GameSpot has the best major forum on the web. That's why I'm here.
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For the actual value, and in the eyes of the consumer, gameranking is the best (which i voted) because averages tend to be better. GS scores are the ones to determine whether a game flops or not though (in SW), and it should stay that way.
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Must we go through this every time a game flops?
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#42 hellsing321
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If we are talking about what we do in real life I don't even go by gamerankings. I play the game myself and develop my own opinion on it. See how that works?
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#43 Tylendal
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For the actual value, and in the eyes of the consumer, gameranking is the best (which i voted) because averages tend to be better. GS scores are the ones to determine whether a game flops or not though (in SW), and it should stay that way.Pangster007
You can't beat averages. I know I'm going to get flamed for this, but take TP for example. Gamespot was the only site out of dozens that gave it a score lower than 9. You cannot deny that Gamespot would not have the most accurate review. Averages are always better.
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#44 VladTheImpaler
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Man you sure are making a lot of posts about this topic.  We are in a gamepot forum so naturally we would use Gamespots reviews.
Which review do you most have a problem with?  Let me guess is it a ps3 Game?
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#45 Timesplitter14
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Man you sure are making a lot of posts about this topic.  We are in a gamepot forum so naturally we would use Gamespots reviews.
Which review do you most have a problem with?  Let me guess is it a ps3 Game?VladTheImpaler

All the game that flopped cuz of GS (motorstorm, crackdown, zelda)