Sillinde wrote:
I don't mind the score as much as the inflation of the score. 8 is decent. Look at reviews for all games released this year, the number of 7-9's is WAY higher then the number of good games.
But, like you said, I do find it stupid to read a number to figure out how good a game is. I prefer to use it as a measure to the things said in the review. Aka: does the things he find bad have a major impact? Minor? Do the good simply outweight the bad?
Certain sites I avoid altogether because of their craptastic scoring system. Scoring graphics on the same level as story doesn't match on any genre. In RPG's the store count more, in most FPS's (online based) the graphics mean more. Crysis for instance was a pile of garbage but got a very high score due to amazing graphics.
Unless reviews say Overlord 2 has lost all the things I loved about Overlord 1 I will most likely love this game regardless of score.
Scores are often ridiculously high indeed. Some s*itty games get high scores only because of the name.
Most games on this system would not deserve more than 5-6, imo. A game that can`t even run without frequent tearing, slowdown and framerate issues deserves no more than 4-5 in my book because it`s barely playable. And lots of games on the 360 are barely playable, if not plain unplayable.
Also, sorry, but a game that lasts 8-10 hours with very little replay value doesn`t worth 60 bucks, no matter how good it is.
What I`m looking for in reviews is mainly information on the technical aspect (bugs, glitches, tearing, slowdown, framerate, etc). The rest is too subjective and varies too much between reviews.
What I find so retarded is the habit people have to say "this will be awesome" and praise a game as a marvel before they even touched and played it, as if they could know in advance.
As for Overlord II, I will surely rent it at some point but I`m not in a hurry. I`m busy with other things so I don`t need a new game right now. I almost never play games nowadays. I have nearly lost all interest for gaming. Since a few years, I spend periods of 3-4 months without playing any game. Then it comes back for a few weeks but I get bored quickly and put all of this aside for another 3-4 months. When I don`t play games, I don`t count the time I`m not playing but I think I`ve been around 8-9 months in a row without playing in 2008. Games can`t keep my attention for long today.
