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MTV Multiplayer: 6.7? 7.9? 9.0? Can you be angry about a review score without taking the Ten-Point Challenge?

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This entry was posted on 5/3/2007 11:07 AM and is filed under MTV News Multiplayer,Assembling the perfect game collection,Game Reviews.


If you've ever fretted over a video game review score, will you take The 10-Point Challenge? It's a simple task: sharpen your concept of what each numerical score in a 10-point review system should equal by naming two games per score.

Sound easy? Read what happened when I took the test myself over at MTV Multiplayer.

I've named games and justified the differences between sixes, eights, threes and the rest. If you're a reviewer or a game developer or a fan --i.e. whether you made or reviewed or simply played "Calling All Cars", "Mario Kart: Double Dash" or "Perfect Dark Zero" -- then I think this test's for you.

 
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    • 5/3/2007 4:16 PM Matthew Williamson wrote:
      "I don't agree with the games I named any more."

      Please tell me that P.N.03 is one that you don't agree with where you put...

      please? It's at least a 6 and more like a 7 from your scale.

      Off the record.
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      1. 5/4/2007 9:35 AM Stephen Totilo wrote:
        I don't have the game anymore so I can't reassess it. I'll pick it up some time and give it another go.

        How does it compare to "Godhand," which I've really enjoyed through the first two chapters despite the ever-boring casino stuff?
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        1. 5/4/2007 10:08 AM Matthew Williamson wrote:
          Why are you even playing the Casino stuff? I think I went in there once very early on then never touched it again.

          Anyways, P.N.03 is basically a 3D vision for 2D shooters what God Hand is for 2D Brawlers. There's an article about this in the last issue of TGQ titled "Shinji Mikami and the Lost Art of Game Design." It's a really good argument for all his recent games in a similar vein (well, at least in relation to camera).

          OH! If you ever do go back to P.N.03, do not do the training missions. They were not supposed to be in the game but one of the producers though that it wouldn't be long enough w/o them. So, yeah, just play the main game.
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    • 5/4/2007 5:45 PM Adam Robo wrote:
      I think rating games on a scale of 10 is ridiculous, especially when most review outlets never score a game less than 5 unless the game is terrible (You would think most games would get around a 5 if that is average). It also seems intellectually dishonest when review outlets use essentially a 100 point scale with all the 5.6 or 8.8 abuse. Who really believes they have the ability to asses the quality of a game so clearly as to differentiate between a 6.6 and a 6.7? It's practices like this that make the video game press seem like juvenile otaku kids with greasy black hair that debate the finer points of Neon Genesis Evangelion finales.
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