Posted March 14, 2016

sunshinecorp
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Registered: Jul 2011
From Greece

NuffCatnip
New User
Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Posted March 14, 2016
Have to say I don´t really like Bethesda games in a vanilla/ unmodded state, except for Fallout New Vegas, the others I had to mod to a certain degree to enjoy them. I think that´s what makes their (Bethesda) games so great, not the story or the gameplay, but how you can change certain aspects of the games through mods, only my oppinion of course.
I´d give the Empire Earth series 7 points, but I agree on you with Pillars of Eternity, the story may be good, but i couldn´t get into the games.
What I don´t get is, all we do is talk about our own oppinions, not facts, they differ from person to person and we won´t change them just because you tell me how amazing "!XYZ" is, so why are some people trying to shove their oppinion down others throats ? Oh yeah, having an oppinion is considered trolling ? ...Well, okay...
I´d give the Empire Earth series 7 points, but I agree on you with Pillars of Eternity, the story may be good, but i couldn´t get into the games.
What I don´t get is, all we do is talk about our own oppinions, not facts, they differ from person to person and we won´t change them just because you tell me how amazing "!XYZ" is, so why are some people trying to shove their oppinion down others throats ? Oh yeah, having an oppinion is considered trolling ? ...Well, okay...

sunshinecorp
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Registered: Jul 2011
From Greece

NuffCatnip
New User
Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany

Niggles
MOMOSaysMAHAYO;)
Registered: Apr 2009
From Australia
Posted March 14, 2016
I like this there. Might be more useful than some of the so called reviews on the gamecards :D. As long as its reviews on games on GOG (bought here) ;)

HunchBluntley
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From United States

NuffCatnip
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Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Posted March 14, 2016



7 out of 10? Pretty good.
7 out of 5? ( =P ) Phenomenal!
7 out of 100? [shudder]
On a scale to 10. :)

phaolo
I live.. again!
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted March 14, 2016
Post edited March 14, 2016 by phaolo

HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 14, 2016
On a non-shitty 1-10 rating scale, 5 (not 7!) should mean "average". All the "professional" review sites that are afraid to give games lower than a 7, lest some publishers blacklist them, have skewed people's perceptions. Nobody should need six separate ratings reserved for different flavors of "below average".
Post edited March 14, 2016 by HunchBluntley

Falkenherz
Child of the Sun
Registered: Apr 2012
From Germany
Posted March 14, 2016
Morrowind is a game of layers that you have to peel back carefully. What you see at the sprawling surface is not what you will find at its dense core. But I can understand if someone does not want to put endless hours into a game to finally discover what it actually is about. I feel the same about some other obviously great games.

phaolo
I live.. again!
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy

Falkenherz
Child of the Sun
Registered: Apr 2012
From Germany
Posted March 14, 2016
Since a lot of rating systems use the numbers 1-5 (like Amazon), I usually apply them in this way:
5 - Excellent
4 - Good
3 - Ok
2 - Bad
1 - Crap
Therefore you will probably see less 5s from me than from most people.
5 - Excellent
4 - Good
3 - Ok
2 - Bad
1 - Crap
Therefore you will probably see less 5s from me than from most people.

HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 14, 2016


The "average" word is freely used to mean "mediocre"," nothing special", "just ok", "good but not great", and so ranges from like 5 to 7.
Noone thinks at it as the exact mathematical average.
Anyway, I prefer the sufficient\insufficient terms, because they're a little more precise.

phaolo
I live.. again!
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy

HunchBluntley
language geek
Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 15, 2016

Otherwise, I know that none of those terms are exact, but "average" seems really generic to me.
What I meant was that "sufficient" and "insufficient" are no less subjective than "good" and "bad" -- these are all equally imprecise terms which rely heavily on understanding what the particular player or reviewer's personal tastes are.
Post edited March 15, 2016 by HunchBluntley