Did Gamespot Get Rid of the Perfect 10 Rating?

Today, I read the GS review for "World in Conflict," which received a 9.5 rating. In the summary,there is no "The Bad" section underneath "The Good," as if there's nothing wrong with the game. I skimmed through the review, and there didn't seem to be any major criticism that kept the game from a 10 rating (I didn't seem to seeany of the typical "jumpy frame rate" or "sound a bit off" cliches that take away points, maybe I missed them). I know the rating system was changed to .5 increments early in the year, but I didn't pay any attention to any information aboutrating keys (sorry).Nevertheless I wonder if the 10 rating still exists, or if 9.5 is as high as it's going to get.

In my opinion, there should still be the 10 rating, because in the future, there is bound to be a perfect game up there with Ocarina of Time, Soul Calibur, Chrono Cross, and THPS3-PS2. There is no sane reason that a Perfect 10 game should be revoked .5 points out of neutrality. Why did World in Conflict receive a 9.5 and not a 10? The review didn't seem to answer that question.

Just because something doesn't have a "the bad" doesn't mean it's a flawless game. The good/bad sections are designed to call out significant highlights and lowlights of a game. If a game doesn't have any issues worth noting there, then we don't make stuff up just to fill out the boxes.

The 10 is still capable of happening. Again, a game can be utterly phenomenal but still not a practically flawless representation of its given genre. World In Conflict is indeed amazing, but Jason didn't feel it was quite awesome enough to reach 10 status. That's really all there is to it.

Just because something doesn't have a "the bad" doesn't mean it's a flawless game. The good/bad sections are designed to call out significant highlights and lowlights of a game. If a game doesn't have any issues worth noting there, then we don't make stuff up just to fill out the boxes.

The 10 is still capable of happening. Again, a game can be utterly phenomenal but still not a practically flawless representation of its given genre. World In Conflict is indeed amazing, but Jason didn't feel it was quite awesome enough to reach 10 status. That's really all there is to it.

AlexN

[QUOTE="shafrox"]no game can ever be perfect. Keeping that in mind, is it possible to rate a game with a 10? 9.5 is the best a game can get IMO...dvader654

10 is not perfect, its simply the highest score you can give a game, its biggest honor you can bestow on a game. It is just plain stupid not to use a 10, its part of the scale.

Yeah, GameSpot actually changed the title of 10 from "Perfect" to "Prime" too. So if they score a game a 10/10, they aren't claiming it's perfect, but just what Alex said, a 'practically flawless representation of its given genre'.

[QUOTE="shafrox"]no game can ever be perfect. Keeping that in mind, is it possible to rate a game with a 10? 9.5 is the best a game can get IMO...dvader654

10 is not perfect, its simply the highest score you can give a game, its biggest honor you can bestow on a game. It is just plain stupid not to use a 10, its part of the scale.

Sure, but the 10 should appear very rarely indeed, otherwise it loses it's glamour.

Well it´s because a perfect 10 rating means flawless and even those titles who got one are not worth it.Look at Chrono Cross...it´s a great game,but since almost everybody I know stuck somewhere the game won´t help you a bit in any way and I already think it must be a bug (been everywhere around 5 times...) and the fighting system isn´t the best...

THPS3???Never met anyone who thought it was any better then the 2nd...more much worse...

So a perfect 10 must be fun for almost everyone and I personally didn´t find much games like that.Not because I don´t like many games,but there are just a few who got a 10 from me...

So a perfect 10 must be fun for almost everyone and I personally didn´t find much games like that.Ash2X

Uh, no. There are no games that will be loved by everyone.

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[QUOTE="shafrox"]no game can ever be perfect. Keeping that in mind, is it possible to rate a game with a 10? 9.5 is the best a game can get IMO...Korubi

10 is not perfect, its simply the highest score you can give a game, its biggest honor you can bestow on a game. It is just plain stupid not to use a 10, its part of the scale.

Yeah, GameSpot actually changed the title of 10 from "Perfect" to "Prime" too. So if they score a game a 10/10, they aren't claiming it's perfect, but just what Alex said, a 'practically flawless representation of its given genre'.