Posted March 14, 2016
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sunshinecorp
Ordained Dudeist
Registered: Jul 2011
From Greece
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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...
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sunshinecorp
Ordained Dudeist
Registered: Jul 2011
From Greece
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NuffCatnip
New User
Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
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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) ;)
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HunchBluntley
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From United States
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NuffCatnip
New User
Registered: Apr 2015
From Germany
Posted March 14, 2016
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7 out of 10? Pretty good.
7 out of 5? ( =P ) Phenomenal!
7 out of 100? [shudder]
On a scale to 10. :)
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phaolo
Durik - Half-Orc
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted March 14, 2016
Post edited March 14, 2016 by phaolo
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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
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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.
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phaolo
Durik - Half-Orc
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
Posted March 14, 2016
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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.
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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.
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HunchBluntley
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From United States
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phaolo
Durik - Half-Orc
Registered: Dec 2013
From Italy
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HunchBluntley
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Registered: Jul 2014
From United States
Posted March 15, 2016
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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