Monday, August 13, 2012

Another example on the evils of review scores

I am a firm opponent of review scores. Imagine somebody was wondering whether he should rather take up chess or basketball: How could a site which gives a review score to chess and basketball be of any possible help? Different games appeal to different people, and pretending that you can put a number on a game which is true for everybody is just plain crazy. And it can have negative consequences on innovation.

Case in point: The Secret World. It got a "low" metacritic score of 72, causing Func

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