Gaming

30239 readers

28 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

179

Hi, I'm A Stupid Person Who Gets Mad At Review Scores (www.thegamer.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

67 comments fedilink hide all child comments

A 7/10 is basically a complete failure, so why didn't reviewers take my feelings into account before publishing their scores?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I don't see older games being rated lower as a problem. Yes standards rise over time as games and technology gets better, that's fine! If you took a mediocre modern AAA game and showed it to a reviewer 20 years ago, I'll bet all my money it would be game of the year.

It makes more sense to let standards rise and adjust reviews to still keep a reasonable rating scale.