01-18-2013, 03:43 PM
The first sentence is, the second sentence is more towards Tellis. Really though I'm not trying to start a discussion here, I'm just giving my thought.
For me reviews are something to take a note of. Now I do read Game Informer, but that's it, and even if a game I don't like gets a high score I read through the review and the overview, and I see that it's a fair enough review most of the time.
Now what bugs me with reviews and this especially goes towards music reviews is that most magazines have a 1-10 scale, and bad is usually associated with a 5-6. 5 is dead center and 6 is above average, how is that bad? I wish that more reviewers who don't actually like something wouldn't be so afraid to attach 1-4 on stuff, because when I see 5 I see "nothing that changes the playing field but it's an average alright" and 6 I see "There are some interesting things here, more tweaking and it could be great" So I hate to see 5 and 6 out of 10 used as a bad score for media.
For me reviews are something to take a note of. Now I do read Game Informer, but that's it, and even if a game I don't like gets a high score I read through the review and the overview, and I see that it's a fair enough review most of the time.
Now what bugs me with reviews and this especially goes towards music reviews is that most magazines have a 1-10 scale, and bad is usually associated with a 5-6. 5 is dead center and 6 is above average, how is that bad? I wish that more reviewers who don't actually like something wouldn't be so afraid to attach 1-4 on stuff, because when I see 5 I see "nothing that changes the playing field but it's an average alright" and 6 I see "There are some interesting things here, more tweaking and it could be great" So I hate to see 5 and 6 out of 10 used as a bad score for media.