Ex-Cyber wrote:Part of it might just be making the scale too wide numerically.
This is pretty much my take. Back when I reviewed, the 0-5 scale was your friend, where 0 REALLY SUCKED and a 5 was a complete classic. Often 4's were better than 5's because a 4 could just be an every-man great game, while a 5 had to be some kind of learned experience (IE the Citizen Kane phenomena). Even 1-10 is too broad, because now it is a simplified percentage, where 0-5 suggests that (at least, depending on how you use it) that everything short of a zero actually has something to offer. That is, a 1 is not a 20% but rather a C or D.
Most movies still use a 4 or 5 star system. Long may it remain so.
Randorama wrote:ban CMoon for being a closet Jerry Falwell cockmonster/Ann Coulter fan, Nijska a bronie (ack! The horror!), and Ed Oscuro being unable to post 100-word arguments without writing 3-pages posts.
Eugenics: you know it's right!
doctorx0079 wrote:Michelin uses 4 stars for restaurants, and very very few ever get 4. 3 is considered very good, which throws me sometimes.
Actually, there is no 4 star rating in the Michelin guide. 3 stars is the highest rating (more info here,) 3 star rated restaurants are exceedingly rare though (there are only six in the US, and five of them in New York.) There have been chefs who have commited suicide over losing a star in the Michelin Guide, so this is pretty serious stuff. But even one Michelin star would put an establishment in world-class territory.
UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:
I said both of them sound appealing, so you must have read the reviews. Then, would you buy the 8.0 game or the 9.0 game? It's a hard choice and I wouldn't blame anyone if they went the safe way and chose the higher rated game.
I lean more towards Bayonetta. Slick heroine rather than buff hero and, from what I read of past God of War games, Bayonetta probably has more depth to it.
doctorx0079 wrote:Michelin uses 4 stars for restaurants, and very very few ever get 4. 3 is considered very good, which throws me sometimes.
Actually, there is no 4 star rating in the Michelin guide. 3 stars is the highest rating (more info here,) 3 star rated restaurants are exceedingly rare though (there are only six in the US, and five of them in New York.) There have been chefs who have commited suicide over losing a star in the Michelin Guide, so this is pretty serious stuff. But even one Michelin star would put an establishment in world-class territory.
i stand corrected, thank you. my point is that less can indeed be more.
