@OneWingedAngel I can see you like to follow the thread closely. I was asked to explain why I would not give a perfect if you would care to read previous comments.
When I said casual gamer I meant someone just giving a game a rating on the fly. i.e. someone who does not want to or does not have the time to write why they gave the game a ten. Which brings me back to the point the the 0.5 difference is too vague.
A perfect can not be given simply because no game is perfect. A 10 may be given by a casual gamer but for a reviewer to give a 10 it is unacceptable as he/she has to be completely unbiased and look for every conceivable fault in a game. However even casual gamers sometimes give too many 10's. For instance I remember looking at someones profie page and seeing about 15 10 ratings on it out of about 30 or 40 odd games.
[QUOTE="King9999"]I think games should be able to get a 10 out of 10, but 10 should not imply that the game is "perfect." Maybe numerical scores should not be used...at least with letter grades, people understand that you can earn an A+, but it doesn't mean you scored 100%. Good point about the lettering. Although I still think that no game should get 10/10. Which implies 100%. Although with the new rating system going in 0.5 steps, it's a bit more difficult to be precise about a game. Especially good games.
Interesting theory. To tell you the truth I would not put it past the military to try and recruit by the most devious means so video games should pose an easy challenge for them. Although one has to remember that between 80% and 90% of the world is completely and utterly stupid, regardless of education so in their case, they are easily influenced by video games. For instance most of the people you see on GameSpot have not really been influenced in a bad way by video games unless you can call being a couch potato bad. Although how many other gamers are out there who you don't hear about? Quite a few. This I leave as food for thought.
I admit I have not seen the change from "perfect" to "prime" but if you think about it GamSpot probably changed it for the exact same reasons that i brought up in this topic i.e. that no game can be realistically be regarded as perfect.
Thanks guys for the feedback. I think I would also have to agree with two of those comments, one that it is relatively ok if it is your personal opinion to give a game a ten although as a reviewer it should be regarded as unacceptable. And two that even people giving personal opinions give out tens far too easily sometimes.
I don't suppose I am the only one to go through player reviews of games and found a tenner in there somewhere. I don't know bout you but in my opinion no game should ever get a 10 as there is no game yet and maybe not ever that wil be "perfect" which is what GameSpot describes a ten as. Anyways, anyone else care to voice their opinion on this issue?
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