Comments on: Score Breakdown

By: wardrox

wardrox — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:16:58 +0000

@vanillabear: whilst possible, nope. One day I expect some small game is likly to get a 0. There just needs to be basically nothing wrong with it.

By: vanillabear

vanillabear — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:43:02 +0000

@wardrox: Out of interest, has any game ever got a 0?

By: wardrox

wardrox — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:07:40 +0000

Also, I just went and did a math: Our cuirrent average review score is around -4.6 (on our scale -5 is “average”, and most people only review games they thought they would like, hence why they bought the game). I’m unable to check the standard deviation, but I think it’s quite high.

By: wardrox

wardrox — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:02:42 +0000

@8128: That makes sense. None of us are trained, professional writers and (from experience) it's always far too easy to fall into the cliche writing styles of writing. It's something we're always activly trying to get better with. I agree the review system always need fine tuning. If you've got any more ideas please do drop me an email as it's something I'm always looking to improve.

By: 8128

8128 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:10:09 +0000

I don’t “disagree” with “scores” :(

and I’m not complaining about one review, a lot of them come out sounding like that (not that it was a great review, or anything)

review system just needs an update, that’s all I’m saying

perhaps ‘ya fools,’ above, put it more eloquently

By: wardrox

wardrox — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:28:35 +0000

@8128: you're complaining about one specific review? Did you read the rest of the text? If you dissagree with the score, best to write it on a comment where the author of said review can read it :)

By: 8128

8128 — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:22:37 +0000

A fantastic example of the action RPG genre with a few niggling faults that you will barely notice. -1 (9/10)

oh man sounds like games-journalism-industry wank to me!

By: ya fools

ya fools — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:27:31 +0000

“Too many sites use the classic 6 to 9 scale”

And yet half your reviews are -1 to -4. Good job.

By: albatroxx

albatroxx — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:38:58 +0000

You may want to consider a logarithmic scale, because there is little difference between say 6 and 8, so the majority of games will be between say -5 and -1. Using a logarithmic scale would stretch that period out and make the truly bad scores truly terrible. suddenly an 8 is where the game is pretty much awful in every way and you cannot force yourself to finish even a single level, and a 10 means its so crappy you cannot even play more than 2 or 3 minutes tops because of bugs, or terrible camera angles, etc.

By: wardrox

wardrox — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 11:33:50 +0000

@8128: If you look, where a 1 to 10 scale marks how good a game is, this scale marks how annoying you may find your experience (basically). I agree it could be a 1 to 10 scale, but adding the negative factor pushes home the fact this isn't your standard scale. If we id convert the scores to the basic 1 - 10, the numbers wouldn't make sense with what people expect.The negativity of the scale is basically a way to remind people hat our reviews judge on different criteria, so are a compliment not a replacement for more standard reviews.

By: 8128

8128 — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 03:15:07 +0000

you know this shit is the same as scoring 1-10

and I don’t mean that as a question, I mean that you obviously know it

so why are you doing it

By: Vlambo

Vlambo — Sun, 18 May 2008 22:32:13 +0000

I like this. But knowing you EVERY game is gonna get -10