Why GameSpot scores are so low

Is it that IGN grades high or GS grades low

GOW3 IGN 9.3 GS 9

MLB: The Show IGN 8.9 GS 8

ME2 IGN 9.6 GS 9

Heavy Rain IGN 8.9 GS 8.5

What grading system in more relavent, because I own the Show, and it is much better than last year and it got an 8, which I totally disagree with

Do you thinkthat these games just arent goodor that they dished out a bunch of high scores last year and are making up for that

Thoughts?

I do feel that gamespot is being harder on games this year, but thats not necessarily a bad thing.

Well for one GS uses .5 increments as opposed to IGNs .1 increments. That and scores are basically numbers pulled out of your ass.

Is it that IGN grades high or GS grades low

GOW3 IGN 9.3 GS 9

MLB: The Show IGN 8.9 GS 8

ME2 IGN 9.6 GS 9

Heavy Rain IGN 8.9 GS 8.5

What grading system in more relavent, because I own the Show, and it is much better than last year and it got an 8, which I totally disagree with

Do you thinkthat these games just arent goodor(really?) that they dished out a bunch of high scores last year and are making up for that

Thoughts?

BubbaRay12

i think the scores are lower

for forms i use game spot for scores i use game informer

ign is terrible alot of reviews dont seem quite fair......

MAYBE ITS JUST OPINIONATED

Well for one GS uses .5 increments as opposed to IGNs .1 increments. That and scores are basically numbers pulled out of your ass.emorainbo

Any answer other than this is incorrect.

IGN over rates a lot of games. A 9.0+ from them is taken with a grain of salt.SaltyMeatballs

IGN over rates a lot of games. A 9.0+ from them is taken with a grain of salt.SaltyMeatballs

IGN over rates a lot of games. A 9.0+ from them is taken with a grain of salt.SaltyMeatballs

Well for one GS uses .5 increments as opposed to IGNs .1 increments. That and scores are basically numbers pulled out of your ass.

emorainbo

I do agree that gamespot is incredibly strict lately with there scores it seems, but tbh with you I use giantbomb for most of my review purposes. there has not been a single game yetthat I have disagreed in the least with there score.

No. I think they are just being more wise. Last year they were handing out AAAs to games that didn't deserve it.

Because they feel like giving out those scores?

Honestly. I think GS gas been to generous recently =/. Even with their new (well was new) crapped out 0.5 increment system.

Probably because there are ALOT of big games coming out this year and if they keep giving 9 to most of the would probably hurt they're rep in reviewing and be hard for buyers to choose between games so they need to be as wise as possible in reviewing last year they gave AAA to alot of games it felt like AAA would just come up on the next upcoming big game and it started to seem 9/10 didn't seem to matter that much.

You do realize that those are all good scores?

i think its good most games get to high scores nowadays to the point where many peoples mindsets are if the game aint a 8.5+ it is a flop

though they tend to really score halo games to high:roll:

don't trust reviewers. gta 4 was hyped the greatest game of all time based on reviews, far from it (deserved and 8.0) ff13 seems to be getting universal hate, yet im really enjoying it. also uncharted 1 is my second favorite game this gen behind mgs4.

IGN tends to rate games too high. As for GS, I think it's because 2010 is looking to be an awesome year but this gen is almost 5 years old and standards have change. In other words, reviewers are harder to impress to give out another AAA-AAAA game.

gs tends to review games late. They take their time and experience the whole thing. Early reviews tend to be overly generous. I think there are some shady dealings there too. Something like, the gaming company will give the reviewers who agree to be nice to the game play it firstGunSmith1_basic

I guess Gamespot just has higher standards?

I stopped taking GS reviews serious when the best reviewers left the site about 2 years ago.

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]IGN over rates a lot of games. A 9.0+ from them is taken with a grain of salt.emorainbo

IGN utterly suck. 9s up the ass, for anything and everything. GS I think are too inconsistant with their reviews(ODST is a 9? Fire Emblem is a 6?), but still better than IGN. locopatho

Gamespot should never have switched to the .5 rating system. The .1 system is better in every way, i'll never understand why they did that :?

I do feel that gamespot is being harder on games this year, but thats not necessarily a bad thing.

brennan7777

MAYBE ITS JUST OPINIONATED

BubbaRay12

In all seriousness, no **** Sherlock. A review is supposed to be a journalist's view or opinion on a piece of media, therefor it is actually a opinion. However usually the reviewer backs up his own opinions with evidence and interpretation.

Gamespot is slowly but steadily returning to the full scale scoring system, meaning they actually rate games from 1 to 10 rather than 5-10, which means a 7 is still good by all means and not average. Anyone agree with me?

The reviewing standards are so flawed these days.

Heavy Rain got a 9.0 on IGN TC. And GS is harsh, which is why I like them.

I hate the whole .5 rating increment. It's not too hard to guess what score they will give a game.

the only site i take seriously is metacritic, and if i want to watch a video review then gametrailers has the best

So 8 and 9 is considered low now is it? Geez.