First major review (Game Informer)

[blackceasar]

Re: First major review (Game Informer)

Since it became the average score when it comes to most reviews.

HQ games usually get at least a 9.something.

What if all the websites/magazines/message boards give all the baseball games that come out this year an 8.5/10 or 85/100 or whatever out of 5 would make an 8.5?? Are you just not gonna buy a baseball game this year then??? LOL :O

[nemesis04]

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Since T2 smacked a quote from GI on the cover calling it the "Most exciting baseball game of the year". I definately thought this game was getting at least a 9 rating! Interesting!!

[nemesis04]

Re: First major review (Game Informer)

Since T2 smacked a quote from GI on the cover calling it the "Most exciting baseball game of the year". I definately thought this game was getting at least a 9 rating! Interesting!!

[gurantsu]

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Game ratings are so out of whack its not even funny. On a 1 to 10 scale, a 5-6 is average. Yet if a game gets anything below an 8 people think it's garbage. It's almost like the 1-10 scale really starts at 7.

[gurantsu]

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Game ratings are so out of whack its not even funny. On a 1 to 10 scale, a 5-6 is average. Yet if a game gets anything below an 8 people think it's garbage. It's almost like the 1-10 scale really starts at 7.

[jmood88]

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What if all the websites/magazines/message boards give all the baseball games that come out this year an 8.5/10 or 85/100 or whatever out of 5 would make an 8.5?? Are you just not gonna buy a baseball game this year then??? LOL :O

Does anyone know when 8.5 became an average score?

[jmood88]

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What if all the websites/magazines/message boards give all the baseball games that come out this year an 8.5/10 or 85/100 or whatever out of 5 would make an 8.5?? Are you just not gonna buy a baseball game this year then??? LOL :O

Does anyone know when 8.5 became an average score?

[porkchop]

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Game Informer is a crappy magazine. Most video game magazines aren't worth much - heck, most video game reviews aren't worth much. Hil Goldstein did a good job at IGN with WSB 2k3, but blew it with espn 2k4. Half the major sites gave Fable an extremely high score, yet I finished that itty bitty "RPG" (more of an action game that you could fart in) in what seemed like twenty minutes.

[porkchop]

Re: First major review (Game Informer)

Game Informer is a crappy magazine. Most video game magazines aren't worth much - heck, most video game reviews aren't worth much. Hil Goldstein did a good job at IGN with WSB 2k3, but blew it with espn 2k4. Half the major sites gave Fable an extremely high score, yet I finished that itty bitty "RPG" (more of an action game that you could fart in) in what seemed like twenty minutes.

[kaydigi]

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The game they reveiwed is incomplete. Seeing as it takes a few weeks before a magazine is put to bed, imagine how old that copy is. Magazine reviews hold no weight.

[kaydigi]

Re: First major review (Game Informer)

The game they reveiwed is incomplete. Seeing as it takes a few weeks before a magazine is put to bed, imagine how old that copy is. Magazine reviews hold no weight.

[kaydigi]

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since when is and 8.5 out of a 10 low. what did you expect it to be 10 or a 9.5. An 8.5 is great in my book.

During X-mas season, all the high profile games get a score of 8.0 or up, even if the game is trash.

10 is to high of a scale to be reviewing anyway. Then most solid games would rank from 7 and UP. 7 for a $50 game sucks.

[kaydigi]

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since when is and 8.5 out of a 10 low. what did you expect it to be 10 or a 9.5. An 8.5 is great in my book.

During X-mas season, all the high profile games get a score of 8.0 or up, even if the game is trash.

10 is to high of a scale to be reviewing anyway. Then most solid games would rank from 7 and UP. 7 for a $50 game sucks.

[Pared]

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What if all the websites/magazines/message boards give all the baseball games that come out this year an 8.5/10 or 85/100 or whatever out of 5 would make an 8.5?? Are you just not gonna buy a baseball game this year then??? LOL :O

Since when did I say it's a factor in my purchasing decisions?

As far as I'm concerned, it's just another item to shoot the breeze about and help pass time until the game's are released.

If you rely on magazines to make decisions for you, well then... good luck with that.

[Pared]

Re: First major review (Game Informer)

What if all the websites/magazines/message boards give all the baseball games that come out this year an 8.5/10 or 85/100 or whatever out of 5 would make an 8.5?? Are you just not gonna buy a baseball game this year then??? LOL :O

Since when did I say it's a factor in my purchasing decisions?

As far as I'm concerned, it's just another item to shoot the breeze about and help pass time until the game's are released.

If you rely on magazines to make decisions for you, well then... good luck with that.