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Hayame_Zero posted...

Yeah, if it's under a 6/10 or a 7/10 that's enough to take note on if it's purchased, but most people get too focused on either specific scores and/or how they relate to other games.

I still maintain that the shitshow with GameSpot's 8.8 Twilight Princess score never would have happened if they gave it a 9.0, which is even ridiculous since that point difference is too small to begin with.

I would never focus on a single review at all, and even if you look at only a single review the actuall pro and cons are more important than the score.

I mean, there is a review of Stellar Blade like this:

+ Combat is phenomenally fun and satisfying
+ Absolutely incredibly music and soundtrack
+ Stylish and slick animations
- Exploration is often unintuitive and tedious
- Re-used boss fights and encounters
- Poor story
- Two-dimensional characters

Total score: 6/10

Duh. Action game with "phenomally fun Combat", "incredible soundtrack", "slick animation".

6/10 would be a close to a waste of time for me, not "phenomally fun".

CARRRNE_ASADA posted...

Its as if reviews are based upon the quality of the games design rather than the subject. Kinda like people complaining when nintendogs got 40/40 from Famitsu just cause it was a cute ds game.

Honestly, I have a hard time to balance something like this myself.

What's the scope for a full score? Being the best in the genre (with no flaws), or in a wider sense?

With a 8/10 I would already say that it's a good game for fans of the genre, but wont be a hit for others. With a perfect score I would assume that it's a game able to reach and impress people even outside the genre.

And now we have Nintendogs in the center of all of it.