IGN gives Halo 4 a 9.8

[ara]

It's just part of score inflation, everything below an 8 is considered bad these days which is ridiculous, what is the 0-8 for in that case? 0-5 scales are much more fair than 0-100 or 0-10 as then it's all very simple: 5 = Excellent, 4 = Very good, 3 = Good, 2 = Average, 1 = Insufficient, 0 = Bad.

What is the point of IGN's 0-10 scale if they always press in a comma in there to push it upwards? If the game isn't perfect then it's a 9/10 or lower, but they just add 0.8 to the score. It makes no sense.

To be honest reviewing a game by giving it a score from 0-10 is stupid to begin with. You can't quantify how good a game is like that unless you have really specific criteria.

[SirRobin]

Every time one of the review sites issues a silly score, I'm reminded of the RVB PSA: Game On.

[Wolfsage]

Silly scores, and like others mentioned, there's score inflation going on.


Besides, what did people expect from crapsites like IGN? An honest look?

[Rennadrel]

There isn't even a single flaw listed in the review, which is ironic because by logic shouldn't it be "more of the same with a new label"? That's what most shooter sequels are like, Halo isn't any different.

[Torched]

Haven´t played the game, 99% sure I never will.
Does not actually surprise me that IGN gave it a 9.8... hell its IGN of all things, they will probably give Black Ops 2 9.5 or a 10... you will see.

[vanin]

To be honest reviewing a game by giving it a score from 0-10 is stupid to begin with. You can't quantify how good a game is like that unless you have really specific criteria.

I agree fully, I dislike scores as a whole but I realize that it isn't going away so I just want to champion the 0-5 scoring which I find less obnoxious ^^
Scores are for people that don't care to read a full review, the what lies in the words not the number.

[Zeta333]

Haven´t played the game, 99% sure I never will.
Does not actually surprise me that IGN gave it a 9.8... hell its IGN of all things, they will probably give Black Ops 2 9.5 or a 10... you will see.

And what if black ops 2 is a 9.5?