Dreamcast Reviews: The Rating System!
Posted 12-24-2011 at 01:53 AM by GameMasterGuy
Before I make my first DC review, I figured I'd explain my ratings. There's four categories it's judged in:
1) Fun Factor- This is doubled in the average, totaling 20 points. I rarely give anything an 8/10+/16/20+ unless it does something unique.
2) Visuals- Not to be confused with graphics. Megaman has primitive, 8-bit graphics but beautiful visuals. Call of Duty has modern graphics, but boring visuals. The art style has to really shake me to get an 8/10+.
3) Music- self-explanatory. It needs to either be very catchy or atmospheric to be 8/10+, and both need to be combined for the perfect 10/10. This is the only category where 10/10 is even dreamable by most games.
4) Replay value- this doesn't just include being fresh on second, third, etc runs, but also things to do after beating the game. Sidequests can boost this significantly, but it's alternate routes that usually seal an 8/10+.
As for how rating work:
10/10: Perfect. There literally can't be a flaw, or else it gets bumped down to a 9.
9/10: Masterpiece. It either stands out in the game, or if there's another 9/10 (or 10/10, but that's unlikely), would stand out if put into an average game.
8/10: Above average. Something comes off as good, but not particularly memorable.
7/10: Average. THIS IS NOT A BAD GRADE. Please do not complain when I give something a 7/10 despite being flawless- it just does nothing to stick out above the crowd.
6/10: Below average. Even the slightest flaw can cause this.
5/10: Flawed. It's a noticeable bad part of it.
4/10: Disappointing. Not only does it have to be bad, it has to be so bad it affects other aspects of gameplay.
3/10: Memorably bad. This is rare.
2/10: Purposely bad. Extremely rare, I can only think of a few instances this would be in.
1/10: Anti-perfect. There is literally no redeeming quality about this aspect of the game. I have yet to find a game with something worthy of this, and yes, I know of ET, SM64, and any crappy GBC game you'll link me to.
Overall Rankings
The four categories are totaled up to 50 points maximum (gameplay counts twice), then doubled for a percentage average.
Under 60%:
NightmareCaster
60%-80%:
SweetDreamCaster
80%-99%:
WetDreamCaster
100%:
Chuck Norris
1) Fun Factor- This is doubled in the average, totaling 20 points. I rarely give anything an 8/10+/16/20+ unless it does something unique.
2) Visuals- Not to be confused with graphics. Megaman has primitive, 8-bit graphics but beautiful visuals. Call of Duty has modern graphics, but boring visuals. The art style has to really shake me to get an 8/10+.
3) Music- self-explanatory. It needs to either be very catchy or atmospheric to be 8/10+, and both need to be combined for the perfect 10/10. This is the only category where 10/10 is even dreamable by most games.
4) Replay value- this doesn't just include being fresh on second, third, etc runs, but also things to do after beating the game. Sidequests can boost this significantly, but it's alternate routes that usually seal an 8/10+.
As for how rating work:
10/10: Perfect. There literally can't be a flaw, or else it gets bumped down to a 9.
9/10: Masterpiece. It either stands out in the game, or if there's another 9/10 (or 10/10, but that's unlikely), would stand out if put into an average game.
8/10: Above average. Something comes off as good, but not particularly memorable.
7/10: Average. THIS IS NOT A BAD GRADE. Please do not complain when I give something a 7/10 despite being flawless- it just does nothing to stick out above the crowd.
6/10: Below average. Even the slightest flaw can cause this.
5/10: Flawed. It's a noticeable bad part of it.
4/10: Disappointing. Not only does it have to be bad, it has to be so bad it affects other aspects of gameplay.
3/10: Memorably bad. This is rare.
2/10: Purposely bad. Extremely rare, I can only think of a few instances this would be in.
1/10: Anti-perfect. There is literally no redeeming quality about this aspect of the game. I have yet to find a game with something worthy of this, and yes, I know of ET, SM64, and any crappy GBC game you'll link me to.
Overall Rankings
The four categories are totaled up to 50 points maximum (gameplay counts twice), then doubled for a percentage average.
Under 60%:
NightmareCaster
60%-80%:
SweetDreamCaster
80%-99%:
WetDreamCaster
100%:
Chuck Norris
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