Madaxeman101 said:
gta didnt deserve ten because it could have been improved by having planes in it
Hahaha, oh my goodness. The level of entertainment these days.
I don't have a great deal to say on the whole number rating system, except that doing it out of a 100 makes more sense to me. I find the Steam ratings to be pretty good. And I know, I know... you could just include decimal points, and say Bioshock got an 8.7 ... but 87 just seems more... accurate. Sort've like how 6:45am sounds earlier than quarter to seven in the morning. If you're with me on that one at all?
The biggest problem these days is that people are so freakin' hard to please. Most of them... ie, most of
you have absolutely no idea what amount of effort and research went into the games they play and they will pick at any little thing, especially things that they just 'personally' didn't like. But this in itself isn't something that can be resolved. The developers can't keep you up to date with every little thing that goes on, they can't include you in their briefings to discuss what can and can't be done, what's feasilbe and what simply has to be there.
Not to say of course that even the developers are always completely happy with their works, deadlines are a mother-trucker and devs have to focus on the core of it all to begin with, they need something that at the very least portrays an accurate representation of what they wanted to achieve. Some developers have the luxury to state a release date of "when it's ready"... but then people still ***** and moan, shit... you'd probably knock a point off the score for deadlines being put back. It's just "want want want want" with the majority, If I didn't need the career in games I'd wish everything would just stop so that everyone of you would actually appreciate what you've got.
Buuut at the same time, we are paying money for a product and I can certainly understand some peoples views when they're not best impressed. It seems that nobody is aware of the refund policy though. If you don't like a game, take it back! Get your money back! It's the perfect way to get your point across, and it will force the developers to turn around to the publishers and say "see, we fucking told you, the deadline was too tight, we had to skimp on too much"
Holy hell where am I going with this?
Ratings... ah yes ratings. I honestly believe more games should get 10/10. Quite simply because nothing is ever perfect (as mentioned previously, and will probably be mentioned again, and again). And having just a few rare gems land in the 100% mark implies that they are. Screw all this talk about flaws too, if you find 23 things that you like, and 1 thing that you consider a 'flaw' why does the flaw hold more value? Boo friggin' hoo you couldn't fly planes in the new GTA (which I like, as the planes in the other one sucked to fly around)... but you could steal cars, boats, kill people, shoot stuff, drive around an open world etc etc etc etc etc. It's definitely still a GTA game.
Naturally, in an ideal world we wouldn't have number ratings. But they exist purely for the simplicity of implying a games merit to those quite unaware and not entirely bothered about it all really. They're for your parents, or for non-gamer friends to use as a simple scale as to what would make a good gift for someone who does like to game. They're for the developers and publishers, a quick pat on the back or a slap across the face. They are not for the likes of you and I. Discard the information and go by what you know, trust in Yahtzee or gameplay footage, trust in the story or trust in the screen shots.
