"state something completely random time!"

[Yharnamresident]

Don't worry I wasn't serious, well it is true to an extant but in terms of 5/10s, 6/10s from multiple reviewers.

I absolutely love Ridge Racer V and it only got 8/10s from most reviewers.



Anyways I gotta go hiking, way too much electronics(PS3, desktop, laptop) for the last week.

[Blades]

I've been curious about that, but the review scores are really crappy and I don't play any game under a 8.7/10

That’s ok, it’s not for everyone. Some people like fine wine, while others are satisfied with ‘behr.’

[MrMatthews]

I don't play any game under a 8.7/10

First of all, I appreciate you illustrating the absurd by being absurd.

Second, I don’t get this mindset. Game developers/publishers lose their shit if their game scores less than a 9/10. Gamers say it “only” got an 8/10.

I think anything above, say, a 6 or 7 out of 10 is worthy of a look. An 8 is a perfectly respectable score: an “A-“ in my book.

[profholt82]

I don't play any game that's rated higher than a 4/10.
8 out 10? Well, la di da.

[Leynos]

I don't play any game that's rated higher than a 4/10.
8 out 10? Well, la di da.

Confirmed Sonic Boom is your favorite game ever!

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

First of all, I appreciate you illustrating the absurd by being absurd.

Second, I don’t get this mindset. Game developers/publishers lose their shit if their game scores less than a 9/10. Gamers say it “only” got an 8/10.

I think anything above, say, a 6 or 7 out of 10 is worthy of a look. An 8 is a perfectly respectable score: an “A-“ in my book.

Agreed. Some of my all-time fave games scored like 6/10 and 7/10 in magazine 'reviews' back in the day. It's all subjective and, in worst case scenarios, corrupted by utter bias on the part of the reviewer. Games that I played to death that scored 6's and 7's out of ten? Suikoden on the PS1 and the Dynasty Warriors series of games on the PS2 immediately spring to mind. The fact that hardly anybody else was playing them didn't stop me loving them and playing the hell out of them.

[The Jackal]

I remember Gamesmaster giving Sonic 2 a 65% bitd; all because the editor didn't like the game. Even though I think the game is overrated alittle, it in no way deserves that score. Bias in magazines can be fun, sometimes though: I still laugh my head off reading my old copies of Nintendo Official Magazine, esp when the writers would complain about that "stupid grey box".

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

I remember Gamesmaster giving Sonic 2 a 65% bitd; all because the editor didn't like the game. Even though I think the game is overrated alittle, it in no way deserves that score. Bias in magazines can be fun, sometimes though: I still laugh my head off reading my old copies of Nintendo Official Magazine, esp when the writers would complain about that "stupid grey box".

Yup, that Gamesmaster 'review' of Sonic 2 was a disgrace and was considered highly controversial even then. However considering just how pro Nintendo that magazine was maybe it shouldn't have come as a huge surprise. A few years later they proclaimed Super Mario 64 to be the greatest game ever, and thus lost any shred of credibility they might once have had.

[The Jackal]

Yup, that Gamesmaster 'review' of Sonic 2 was a disgrace and was considered highly controversial even then. However considering just how pro Nintendo that magazine was maybe it shouldn't have come as a huge surprise. A few years later they proclaimed Super Mario 64 to be the greatest game ever, and thus lost any shred of credibility they might once have had.

I don't remember that, but I do remember it winning either first or second place in their top 100 games which was voted by their readers. Can't help but feel that list was messed with, seeing as there was only one Sega game in the top 20, and the top two were N64 titles (the other being OoT, unsurprisingly).

[Mega Drive Bowlsey]

I don't remember that, but I do remember it winning either first or second place in their top 100 games which was voted by their readers. Can't help but feel that list was messed with, seeing as there was only one Sega game in the top 20, and the top two were N64 titles (the other being OoT, unsurprisingly).

Yeah they gave SM64 a perfect score and drooled over it for what felt like months and yes, that list was highly suspect.

[Leynos]

SM64 and Sonic 2 are both 2 of the best platformers ever made.

[QuickSciFi]

Confirmed Sonic Boom is your favorite game ever!

Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal are two of the best handheld platformers ever made.

[Leynos]

Sonic Boom: Fire and Ice, and Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal are two of the best handheld platformers ever made.

lol. No not with that level design.Decent at best.

[QuickSciFi]

lol. No not with that level design.Decent at best.

Did you play them? Sounds like you didn't.

[Leynos]

Yes, the first one.