Scores are very useful, you could check out a game that you normally wouldn't have bothered with if it scored high and be careful with thosed that bombed. I personally go with what I like but I will check out a high scorer. If there is no score, there are games you wouldn't even bother reading the review for but the score could get you to check it out and a sentence that sums it up wont do that. If you go to the review section you see the scores and they might get your attention nothing else would.
Here in SW we need scores, no one is going to agree around here. A game is released on one systems and the fanboys of the other systems will say it's garbage but a score ends the argument. Now, you just need to post the score and that's it. Some will still try to argue that is overated or underated etc... but at the end the score is final. Yeah, it's silly that a small differece is pointed out like 9.8 and 9.9 but that's part of SW and those who don't like it could always leave.
You also pointed out as to why we need scores. If you say GTA 4 is an 8.5 others will argue, but instead of going back and forth, we just post the 10 and call it a day. If someone said Galaxy is a good game everyone would agree but good is a 7.0 around here but these games are superb and there is a difference betwen good, great and superb etc... So the score ends all kind of arguments, which game is good or not, which gmae is better or not and who has the better line up. You don't have to agree with the score (or that this game is better than that game or what not) but around here the score is final and there is no reason to argue against it.
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