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ORIGINAL: Mwaan

I think those games deserved those scores.  Call me crazy.  I think they're all perfect at what they do.  Since they're all sequels, they're all really refined.  Have you spent enough time with all those titles to pass that kind of judgement?

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ORIGINAL: ngg12345

GTA 4 does not have as good of a story as GTA San Andreas, or Vice City. The gameplay is just adding a new cover system, new graphics, and now online game modes (which actually aren't very good to begin with), and this is the definition of a perfect game. There are tons of glitches pop in problems, control problems, yet those are so minor that they coudl give this game a 10? Also Super Mario galaxy was inferior to one in its franchise (super mario 64) yet, it somehow outscores that game? Stuff like this saddens me.. When some games get hurt by this (uncharted: drake fortune was better than those games but scored significantly less, 2nd best game to bioshock at least for me in 2007).

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ORIGINAL: Mwaan

I think those games deserved those scores.  Call me crazy.  I think they're all perfect at what they do.  Since they're all sequels, they're all really refined.  Have you spent enough time with all those titles to pass that kind of judgement?

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ORIGINAL: ngg12345

This is upsetting... Nothing has ever gotten that score..

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ORIGINAL: Mwaan

Why have a scale that goes up to 10 if you're never going to use it?  Flaws can be overlooked if other aspects of the game are exceptional.

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ORIGINAL: power_of_Green

You want to know why gaming journalism has gone down the tubes?

Because materialism is at its highest right now, and nobody cares about just making games anymore...it's all about the money, the press events, the review scores, and popularity.

What's this called?

Becoming corporate.

Game development houses have turned into money and blood-sucking corporations with long hours and harsh deadlines (that almost always get pushed back due to being harsh), and PR spinners, and spokesmen, and secretaries, and sales charts, and profit reports, and merges, and splitting-offs, and layoffs, and WHATEVER.

Gaming has moved from a pastime to a BUSINESS.

Gaming is no longer seen as a hobby or recreation or an object of fun, it's a goddamned BUSINESS now.

There is no more innocence left in the gaming industry.

Everyone is out to get everyone, and it's a damned shame that we can't all just get along and be happy entertaining ourselves with our games.

I wish people would stop making games into a giant pissing contest.

That's all I have to say about that.

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ORIGINAL: LJWooly

I think they should review the game on what's atually there, rather than the type of experience it gave you, you know what I mean?

For instance, COD4 gets 10/10, 9/10 and so on. Now, it's a grea game, but the single-player campaign, while extremely thrilling and captivating, lasts for about 5 hours max. The online, while addictive is, let's face it, the same thing over, and over, and over again.
Now, if I was reviewing COD4, and basing my score solely on my experience, I would give it a 9.

If, on the other hand, I was to write a completely unbiased review, and scored the game solely on what's there, what it does and how well it does it, I would give it an 8.

I know, I didn't explain it well, but I feel that's how al games should be reviewed. About 90% of the games that recieve 10s simply don't deserve them, no matter how muh of a jaded fan you are of that game, or how much your experience affected your outlook on the game.

Basically what I'm saying is, a review score should be based on a continuity, not something that can vary with opinion, or change under the circumstances.

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ORIGINAL: power_of_Green

Unfortunately, LJ, there is no bottom line in regards to how a game can or should be judged.

It's all relative and subjective, and never will we all agree on game review standards.

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ORIGINAL: DrPirate

I bolded that because it's very subjective.