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• As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

• As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  Sonicfan059 > 09-05-2018, 06:57 AM

  Polygon announced the other day that they would be getting rid of their scores reviews which more and more sites are doing. I personally like this as it forces people to ACTUALLY read a review rather than quoting a score to prove how good a game is.
  
  If you don’t know, Rottentomatoes tells what percentage of reviews are positive rather than highlighting the perceived point score average of the reviews. This is based on the principle that scores are highly subjective, so a more fair approach is to determine the probability that an audience member might enjoy the media being reviewed.
  
  So 90 on Metacritic/OpenCritic means the critics average score was 9/10 or 4.5/5. A rather high bar to reach what we call “universal praise.”
  
  But on RottenTomatoes, 90% means that of all the counted reviews, 9/10 reviews were overall positive or recommend the media. The average score of the reviews may be higher or lower, but the percentage helps you know how many people walked away liking what they saw. So a good movie that scores maybe 8/10 average, could land a 90% on the scale and thus we would know it was considered universally good by a different measure.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  The Everstone Eevee > 09-05-2018, 07:01 AM

  The more sites that ditch review scores (A move that in my opinion is long overdue) the more sites like RottenTomatoes become irrelevant since they are pulling stats from an ever dwindling pool.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  Sonicfan059 > 09-05-2018, 09:08 AM

  I agree it’s a long time coming and we probably don’t even need sites like that. Although one like rotten tomatoes has some merit for rounding up reviews so people don’t need to search as much. Also it’s completely different from something like Metacritic. A game with a 90 on Metacritic may have more negative reviews than a game with an 80 average. A simple: this game has 90% positive reviews would be much better than what we already have.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  Count Drakupo > 09-05-2018, 04:12 PM

  Honestly, I've not had a high opinion of "professional" reviewers since since the whole hubbub with Cuphead. And now that guy from IGN with his apparent history of plagiarism. I mean, it's not just scored reviews (which as far as I can remember were always fixed in a narrower range than the supposed scale they used would indicate) but in my opinion the reviewing "industry" in general is the issue.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  RedFox99 > 09-06-2018, 07:42 AM

  My opinion of gaming journalism hasn’t been high since that Kayne and Lynch debacle on Gamespot. The publisher paid them to give it a positive review but the reviewer gave his honest opinion anyway and got fired for it. In this case the writer had integrity but the site owners did not. Wouldn’t surprise me if publishers still paid for favorable reviews.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  Sonicfan059 > 09-09-2018, 08:29 AM

  I think it’s good because scores just bring out the worst in gamers. I mean what really is the difference between an 8.6 and 8.7? Can anyone really explain what makes it worth .1 more?
  
  I remember when breath of the wild dropped from a 98 to a 97 on Metacritic and people went nuts and it’s like who cares? One point doesn’t make much of a difference.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  DreamSaturn > 09-10-2018, 10:54 AM

  I always thought it best to simply let the review speak for itself. Assigning a numerical score just needlessly complicates things.

• RE: As sites ditch scores, should we ditch score-averaging for a RottenTomatoes-style

  NeoMetallix > 09-11-2018, 01:00 PM

  (09-10-2018, 10:54 AM)DreamSaturn Wrote: I always thought it best to simply let the review speak for itself. Assigning a numerical score just needlessly complicates things.

  
  Yeah. I like video reviews but just watching/reading gives you so much more than just looking at a score. These days with streaming I think reviews are less and less relevant. They're still good to hear other opinions but you can watch gameplay so easily now that you can see if you agree or not with what the reviewer was saying by what you observe. Sometimes reviewers will say X is a big problem that makes a game worse and I see what they are saying in a stream and I don't agree that it's a problem.
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