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Here is an interesting user submitted article about video game review scores and how he thinks the system should change.

Personally, I didn't like the idea when I started reading but after finishing it, I believe his idea is a pretty good one.
 
He brings up a good point about his little paint chart though.

Generally, for anyone following a site's reviwes like Gamespot or Gamefaqs, etc, anything less then an 8 is viewed as "not that good".

He also brought up a huge point about Twilight Princess. Zelda is among the most popular series on the planet (not sure if it surpasses Final Fantasy or not), and when it recieved an 8.8, I swear the fanboys and girls were ready to come after the reviewer with pitchforks and torches. All because the reviwer didn't tag on an extra .7 points, as I'm pretty sure the fanbase wouldn't have settled for anything less then a 9.5 at the time.
 
I think a game review system based on numbers is totally wack altogether. As Gabe from Penny Arcade said, all you really want to know is whether it's worth playing or not. If you see your friend playing a new game that you were interested in and you ask them "how is it?" a response like "7.5" doesn't really mean anything. Rather, if your friend says "it's fun" then you know it's probably worth renting. If they say "it's really fun" you might want to consider buying it. And if they say "not very good" you might just skip it altogether.

I suppose the purpose of a numbered system is to try and quantify how much fun a game is, and also to create a scale with which one could compare different reviews from different people. I think the effort on such a system is ultimately wasted anyway as scores are still given primarily based on opinion. There is no standard of "fun" which can be comparatively assessed on any scale, so why even bother trying?

However, the system is what it is, and I do agree with the dude who wrote the article. 5 should be the score you give to an average game. Anything above a 5 should be exceptional in some way.
 
Yeah, I consider 7.5 to be average. It's so close to 8, but to me, 8+ is worth getting.
 
I think they should get rid of numbers altogether and force people to read the actual words that come with a review. :p

Seriously.

Does anyone remember the controversy when IGN rated Mario Kart Double Dash a 7.9? :lol Now you say "Oh, you got 7.9ed!" and it's an insult, nevermind that that's 2.9+ over average (5).

Some of my favorite games were in the 7 range though, so I'll usually try out a game if it's 7 or higher. But I also always read what they actually say about it, since the number ratings are usually inconclusive.
 
Mario Kart Double dash is easlily a nine, no matter what anyone says.
 
stealth toilet said:
I hated MK: DD... :lol

Seriously, I don't think it's even worth trying. You'd be much better off just playing MK64.
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Go. Die.

I loved it. Only negative thing was that wifi was glitchy.
 
The numbers system sucks. But with anything that gets rated, it's all about personal preference. Does anyone on thsi planet have a truly unbiased opinion? Hardly.

As for my system of recommendations, if someone comes to me and says, "Hey, is this game any good?" I'll first say things like, it depends on what you like. If said person likes the respective genre, I'd say things like, it was good, great or not worth trying. Good thing is I can extract entertainment from any game. So I rarely if ever say a game is not worth trying.
 
Jack said:
Oh, my bad. I thought you were talking about DS.
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I think Double Dash had online. Maybe...

And Dart, you can't have an unbiased opinion, it's an opinion.
 
Well, there's a program called Warppipe that tricks the Cube into thinking it's in a LAN network, when it's really being played over the Internet.  Not sure how it works otherwise.
 
Nova said:
Well, there's a program called Warppipe that tricks the Cube into thinking it's in a LAN network, when it's really being played over the Internet. Not sure how it works otherwise.
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its actually extremely simple, just run the program on your pc, and plug ur gc into your router, and play. its very similar to the xbox connect program.

no modding involved. i think nintendo actually aknowledges it as well.
 
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