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

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My preferred approach is to ignore the number/percentage rating entirely, and focus on what the review actually says. Maybe the reviewer is marking it down because of stuff I don't care about, and the good parts of the game are exactly the things I value highly. Or maybe they've given something a 9/10 but the things they love about it are things that would make me hate it. There are so many more important things when deciding if I want to buy and play a game than what overall percentage it was given in reviews.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Ah yes totally, and never stick to a single review. Ratings tend to be accurate when they are the average out of a large pool of ratings