Comments on: Scatter Storming. Issue #013 “Like Father Like Son”

By: Ethos

Ethos — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 06:01:47 +0000

Exactly. Otherwise it will all because pointless, because then 9.6 is the new perfect, and so you have to give a score lower than that.
Although I still score things very critically.
I know I’m pinned as the guy who loves everything, but while writing for RPGamer, I only wrote 9 reviews, sure, but the highest score I gave a game was 4, and that was once.

By: DarthGibblet

DarthGibblet — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:27:04 +0000

@SN: Most review outlets I’ve seen go out of their way to point out that 100% (or equivalent) isn’t a “perfect score.” Like you said, no game’s perfect, and it seems like most places get that, which is nice.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:15:26 +0000

Whenever I see a game awarded a perfect score it hurts my soul, nothing is perfect, and I wouldn’t even give my favourite game higher than about 9.6.

By: Ethos

Ethos — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:37:01 +0000

Thanks a lot, Darthy G! I’m actually nuts about that too. This was the fault of my brother David who borrowed the game and then “returned” it to me. It was my first time wanting to play FFVI since he returned it and so it was my first time checking. Arghcakes!

By: DarthGibblet

DarthGibblet — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:22:02 +0000

RE: FFXIII Review – It seems like lately everybody’s expecting every Triple-A game to get perfect scores for some reason, I don’t think it’s just limited to Famitsu. I remember somebody on some podcast saying that anybody who scored Halo under a 9.0 was obviously trollbaiting. I think part of the problem is this seems like it causes reviews to WANT to score the game higher and, as a result, every AAA game that comes out becomes the metacritic “Highest rated game of all time” for a week or two before some of the later reviews pull it down. Actually, come to think of it, I don’t think it’s that new. I remember a lot of people being up in arms that Wind Waker (pulling it back to the theme week! Take that, bitches!) didn’t get a “platinum” (or whatever it was for 3 10/10 scores) in EGM because one of the reviewers gave it (heaven forbid!) a 9.5/10. Really, one review is way too little information to read anything huge out of, but 39/40’s more than enough in my book.

RE: The Office in the FF Anthologies case – This is EXACTLY why I always make sure to put everything in the right DVD case. I lived with people who did this ALL THE TIME for about 20 years or so, and it annoyed me to no end when I’d be searching for a game and FINALLY find the correct case, only to open it up and find something I had no interest in at the time. Anyway, just figured I’d laugh at Ethos, so here it goes: hahahaha.

By: Ethos

Ethos — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:34:00 +0000

“Because everything new is good.”
Well, I suppose they COULD work on it and make it worse, sure. There’s lots of new bad stuff.

And very good point about Famitsu.

By: SiliconNooB

SiliconNooB — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:25:44 +0000

“It’s better, yes, but their video page still needs tons of work.” Because everything new is good.

I think everyone’s freaking out because Famitsu’s standards have slid so far since the days of FFIX and FFX, that 40/40 has become the rule rather than the exception.