-Eurogamer 5 / 5

-IGN 9 / 10

-Game Rant 8 / 10

-PC Gamer 86 / 100

-TheGamer 3.5 / 5

-GamesRadar+ 5 / 5

-GameSpot 9 / 10

-Hardcore Gamer 4 / 5

  • Coelacanth@feddit.nu
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    20 days ago

    I uh… what? I mean, sure, some reviews are bought etc but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a superb game average 1/10 in reviews. Did I misunderstand you?

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      20 days ago

      Reviewers almost never give 1/10, the lowest I’ve seen recently is 5/10. And anything below 8 should be seen as the reviewer not liking it.

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        20 days ago

        Of course, but if a game’s quality was typically inversely proportional to the review scores, wouldn’t that mean 10/10 reviewed stuff like Elden Ring and BG3 was garbage and the truly great games averaged 1-3/10? I’m just confused by the statement.

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          20 days ago

          Look past enemy and look at the sentiment: scores from big name reviewers aren’t a good metric for whether you’ll like a game. Statements don’t all need to be taken literally.

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            There’s a big difference between “not correlated” and “inversely related” though. The latter is very deliberately saying that good scores are a bad thing.