The "reason" why Mario Galaxy isn't given a 100% at Gamerankings from Gaming Age

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I sent this to Dracula68, MOD and editor of Gamerankings:

“Hi, I’m here to correct you on a mistake on adding the review percentage on your website. I’m aware that an “A+“is 100% and an A is 95%, but on Gaming Age’s case, they put an A instead of an A+ simply because they don’t have the option to do so (the option to add the + sign), for Gaming Age, an A is the max, meaning 100%. Here’s the quote:

“Wow”. There, I said it. And you will too after playing Super Mario Galaxy, the spiritual successor to Super Mario 64. See that score to the right of the review? Add a plus sign to it. Our review guidelines don’t allow for games to receive an “A+", but if the option did exist Super Mario Galaxy would be one of the very few to qualify.

Thanks for your time and I hope you have the time to change this. Thanks again.

Pete — "



I replied with this comment:

Yes I too dislike letter grades. Anyways, don’t you think its kind of obvious? I mean, for Gaming Age their BEST score is an A which means its 100% and not 95%. Its not this title itself, its the way that site works. Thats pretty much siggesting you can’t EVER place a 100% score from Gaming Age... EVER.

Thx for your time, and thanks for answering

Pete.

Thx Zucas for the Gaming Age quote.

Last edited 16 Nov 2007 04:38 pm by Pete da Beast

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No game deserves a 100%.

It will only prove how stupid people are.

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Bet if it were Halo 3 you’d say otherwise.

Oh and it has gotten well over 15 100% ratings from various sites.

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Um, no. You obviously don’t know what your talking about.

And saying a game is 100% means the game is perfect. Which is impossible, thus proving the idiocy that people have.

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It’s not perfect, it has camera issues (especially under water). I get very frustrated with the camera angles at times.

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What you’re saying is that a game site can NEVER have a 10 rating? rather max at, say, 9.7 or so over 10?

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A game can’t be perfect.

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I game can be perfect in its genre combining the right attributes to make it.

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The bigger media sites such as IGN and IUP and Gamespot will never give a game a 10, only on rare occasions. (Very rare for IGN, as the last title they gave a 10 was Soul Calibur and before that Zelda:OOT).

But the rest of the smaller sites have smaller grading scales so when it’s close to being a 10 they’ll give it that. Sites such as Gamespy are notorious for doing that.

One of the reasons why I only read IGN reviews cause I know thye are going to score it to the real score they think.

Gamespot is turning into one of those companies that has a less extensive grading scale but they are going to give most of the amazing games 9.5’s, second highest instead of 10’s.

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Um, no.

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Ugh...

A game can have a 100%. You are trying to say that 100% means, no matter who the person is, has to be a game that EVERYONE will love. Just because it says 100% doesn’t mean its perfection.

And actually, a game can, in fact, be perfect to some and not to others. Take Galaxy for instance. The gameplay is noted for having no problems whatsoever. The level design is top notch and it brings in an innovative gravity aspect to the whole deal, as well as maintaining what made Mario amazing in the first place. Not only that, it has a camera that works with the player, which is something many platformers can’t say. The game itself also doesn’t try to go for a great storyline, primarily because those detract from the actual gameplay. The production values are also top notch as well, with fully orchestrated music and a great style.

Some will go so far as to say, however, that the game is too easy or the camera has a few, very rare and minor issues. Those can be ignored, though.

By you saying that game cannot have 100% is putting words into other people’s mouth. Sorry, but it can. And it has happened. A 100% merely states that everyone should play the game. Its not stating everyone will love it, but its one of those games you should at least try.

Last edited 16 Nov 2007 05:41 pm by RageOverdose

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Wrong, wrong wrong.

A scale of 1-10 is a system showing how great the game is.

Most review sites show 10 being Perfect.

No game is perfect.

Whilst i will admit a game may be excellent in many ways to cater to one’s own play style and may achieve a 10(perfect score). It is only determined by a single persons mind set.

What is perfect to you is not perfect to me, it’s quite simple really.

It’s fine if a game gets a 10, 100, whatever. But the scoring overall is inaccurate.

Last edited 16 Nov 2007 05:47 pm by NEREVAR117

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I have never played a game that is perfect...

NEVER.

The closest to perfect i have played would be GTA SA.

But bad graphics and repetitive gameplay let it down.

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Its only as accurate as the critic. As long as the critic addresses the issues of a game but still finds it a must play for everyone (which is exactly what the 100% means, be it on a 5, 10, or 100 scale) then so be it. If many critics, then good. Thing is, you should use reviews as an aide, not a guideline. If someone reviews Assassin’s Creed lower than someone else, fine. You love the game either way or you hate it either way. If I’m using reviews as an aide, I read multiple reviews from the more negative to the more positive. They’re providing more of a service than an editorial.

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Well of course nothing can be perfect. Perfection is an unachievable thing. But reviews are more based on how it is in the general gaming scheme at the time rather than checking every little bit of the game. That’s why Galaxy is getting such high reviews and so many perfects cuase in platforming gaming right now it is the “perfection” to achieve and did achieve.

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Look, all i’m saying is a game cannot be perfect in every way. But for a single person it can be.

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That’s what I said haha. I jsut explained to you how they get perfects though.

ARe you reading any of my posts.

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No shit.

But a game can still deserve a 100% from a critic because what you’re saying is not what it means.

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No actually i haven’t. lol

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but of course