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CasanovaZelos posted...

I feel like video game review scores are written in the mindset of school grades - anything below a 6/10 is a failing grade, so who cares whether that failing grade is a 0 or a 5? So most just settle on the higher end, I think because we all know there are thousands of shovelware games that would populate those bottom ranks if we actually played everything. I think this is a silent assumption most video game reviewers acknowledge but a music publication might not.

Additionally, my 'worst game I have played in ages' would still be a solid 6/10 - it's a statement entirely based on the other games you have played.

So, I think most video game reviewers are viewing it as a scale of all video games, including the bad games they would never actually bother reviewing. Meanwhile, I imagine NME is only considering games of a certain level of competence in their scale.

This pretty much covers my thoughts on it.
I think it's fair to critique reviews when what they say about the game and the actual score don't line up. And this NME one definitely seems to fit that.