Posted on 06/07/2016 at 08:46 AM
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I have a couple of thoughts. One on review scores and another on the topic of scoring "censored" games. I tried to absorb as much as I could from your response and the intial post, but I may have missed something.
First, scores. I don't really like them. They really don't tell me anything useful, or whether or not I will enjoy a game. I don't like GTA games, but they always end up with near perfect scores. The only way I would know if I would like the game is to read the review, and I fall into the awful habit of skipping down to the score and ignoring a bulk of the written word.
Secondly, scoring "censored" games. What does it matter if a game was censored or not? I think that you need to focus on the game that you have in your hands and the fact that the game is apparently missing something should have no bearing on the score. If the censorship does have a negative affect on the game, you should notice it and it will most likely be reflected in the final score. I don't think that you can go in and take off points just because you know the game was censored... Maybe that wasn't the point of the article,