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[-] exu@feditown.com 15 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently for lots oft publications (and people in general) it's impossible to rate anything below 7

[-] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 12 points 3 weeks ago

7 for effort.

8 if it's executed well.

9 and up if it's actually a creative and fun game with good mechanics, no MTX, etc.

It just makes the rating system pointless.

[-] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Anything less than a 7 gets you blacklisted from publishers.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

This right here is why critic scores are almost always higher than audience scores. Becauee the audience doesn't care about being blacklisted because they honestly scored a product.

Companies have a financial incentive to get high scores. Review outlets have a fincancial incentive to get review copies for free. Put two and two together and it really isn't hard to see why the critics give whack scores.

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