GiarcYekrub wrote:A fine list, except for FF7. |
Bye bye review scores
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BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Kichijoten 4,555 posts
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Registered 8 years agoBring back scores! Just trying to be hip are we EG. The old days were the best.
GRAPHICS
91
SOUND
88
LONGEVITY
90
GAMEPLAY
89
OVERALL
90.
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Rivuzu 18,424 posts
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Registered 15 years agoPretty shit list actually. Mass Effect, but it's GiantRapist, so of course he'll rate that high. Same for GTA.
But Tiberium Sun over StarCraft? Goldeneye? ResiEvil 2? "Top 10 of all time" on games that are over 10 years old maybe. And SOUL BLADE?! Over the far superior Soul Calibur 1? I'd even take SoulCal2 at a stretch. -
SolidSCB 16,771 posts
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Registered 12 years agoWhile the idea is sound, I think EG are misunderstanding that it isn't so much the scores, but the words that are written that are the problem on here. EG reviews are actually what put me off reading reviews in the first place, usually meandering off onto some sort of pretentious tangent. That isn't to mention their penchant for using spoilers in their reviews, explaining away entire sections of a game with all the subtlety of a brick in the face. -
To be fair when compiling any sort of list it will almost always be based on a certain period. In the case of games we will all think the greatest were from a certain period.
For example I'm 30 and so the N64 has a special place in my heart. Most of my greatest games ever will be from that era such as Ocarina of time, no doubt someone a bit older will pick all time classics from the NES era. Which while I had a NES I was to young to fully appreciate it.
Oh and about review scores, I think the reasons given on the front page make sense. Games are too complicated to be distilled to a number, as mentioned how do you offset broken servers and bad storytelling vs solid mechanics or fun ideas?
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Goldeneye. Has Not Aged Well. -
Errol wrote:
If only they had kept some sort of way to distinguish between these, say a marker or a label of some kind.
Every 90%+ game has been stunning - without exception.
Any game in the 80-90% spectrum has been very good, but not at the very highest, 'work of genius' etc level.
Games with less than 80% were always more niche or to be considered only if you really like that particular genre or area. -
PES_Fanboy wrote:
I think that's a bit of an understatement. It's borderline unplayable now, even if you do some fiddly emulation trickery to have it play with dual analogue.
Goldeneye. Has Not Aged Well.
As for Tiberium Sun, that's not even considered the best game in the C&C series, let alone in a list of "all time classic games". -
Not-a-reviewer 7,686 posts
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Registered 7 years agosmoggo wrote:
I can't stand half of that list and the other half are meh.
GiarcYekrub wrote:
Mass Effect? What are you fucking smoking pal?
If it helps this is my list of Top 10 all time Essentials, games that I think are pure gaming ambrosia, regardless of who you are:
Resident Evil 2
Goldeneye
Ocarina Of Time
Lylat Wars
Final Fantasy 7
Mass Effect Trilogy
Command & Conquer: Tiberium Sun
Soul Blade
GTA V
Lemmings
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spindle9988 5,222 posts
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Registered 14 years agoGremmoo wrote:
I tried to play goldeneye recently. Couldn't even make it past the opening level
PES_Fanboy wrote:
I think that's a bit of an understatement. It's borderline unplayable now, even if you do some fiddly emulation trickery to have it play with dual analogue.
Goldeneye. Has Not Aged Well.
As for Tiberium Sun, that's not even considered the best game in the C&C series, let alone in a list of "all time classic games". -
They do need to move the Recommended tab over to the left a little bit though, it's throwing my muscle memory off. -
BigOrkWaaagh 10,554 posts
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Registered 14 years agoRight, they've got rid of review scores. Fine, whatever. But now the Forum button is no longer the end button at the top there. When will it end?! -
wrinkly 3,721 posts
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Registered 7 years agoWhat we have here is a failure to communicate. -
Armoured_Bear 31,234 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI can't decide if Burkey is the most amazing troll ever or the most incredible silly billy the forum has even encountered.
Mario Kart 8 being pretentious twaddle is genius or insanity. -
I think his definition of "pretentious" means "anything I don't like much". -
nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoRivuzu wrote:
Your problem there is that the intro to soul blade, technically, makes it the best of the series if not the best game ever.
Pretty shit list actually. Mass Effect, but it's GiantRapist, so of course he'll rate that high. Same for GTA.
But Tiberium Sun over StarCraft? Goldeneye? ResiEvil 2? "Top 10 of all time" on games that are over 10 years old maybe. And SOUL BLADE?! Over the far superior Soul Calibur 1? I'd even take SoulCal2 at a stretch.
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nickthegun 87,711 posts
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Registered 16 years agoI bet EG are delighted that this opportunity to gauge audience opinion of a seismic shift in how they operate has once again devolved into another thorough dissection of how much of a maladjusted weirdo burkey is. -
I AGREE with getting rid of the 'out of ten' score system, but I must admit I dislike the replacement.
IMO it should be a five score system.
1- Very Bad
2- Bad
3- Average
4- Good
5- Very Good
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That's just a slightly more vague version of the 10 point system. -
Raiko101 wrote:
Was that towards me? If so, whats so vague about it?
That's just a slightly more vague version of the 10 point system. -
Fake_Blood 11,093 posts
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Registered 12 years agoI think Bramwell was the only one keeping the weed out of EG towers.
You can't like put a score on art maaaaaan -
What about just having a GIF at the end of each review with the reviewer giving their score via the medium of dance -
3 ratings, two of which mean buy and only 1 means don't buy.
So we're going to see almost every game get recommended or above with the odd rarity getting an avoid.
So even this is quickly going to become utterly meaningless within the space of a few weeks.
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Recommended = "they're games that would have been scored at the high end of the old scale"
Avoid = "rests at the opposite end of the spectrum"
What's the in between then, no award at all? -
PES_Fanboy wrote:
+1
What about just having a GIF at the end of each review with the reviewer giving their score via the medium of dance -
JYM60 19,085 posts
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Registered 15 years agoMrTomFTW wrote:
I'm too busy reading Jane Austin novels.
JYM60 wrote:
You're right, that does seem stupid.
Seems stupid.
I only look at the scores on EG reviews. Rarely ever read them. Probably many people do the same. -
RyanDS 14,074 posts
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Registered 13 years ago4 ratings people. Not 3. It is not complicated. -
Pinky_Floyd wrote:
Yes. Not every game gets a sticker.
Recommended = "they're games that would have been scored at the high end of the old scale"
Avoid = "rests at the opposite end of the spectrum"
What's the in between then, no award at all?
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