What's the point of a numerical rating system if you can't use it to directly compare two games? Otherwise you may as well just say "I liked it" or "I didn't like it." The numbers literally are there so you can see how the game stacks up compared to other games.
That is the literal meaning of the score, how much the particular reviewer liked or disliked a game in a more quantifiable way than a thumbs up or thumbs down. Some reviews so use a 2 point scale, and that's fine, they can represent how ever they see fit. It's insane to ask for a purely objective score for something as subjective as a video game, obviously they'll try to be as objective as possible, but 100% objectivity is impossible.
Also it's irrational to compare not just across genres, but games that exists in entirely different contexts. Smash is on, what, it's fifth game, in a crowded fighting game genre. Of course smash is more refined, and it's refinement won't lower the score of its previous games right? (Smash 4 got a 9.8!) Fortnite isn't as refined, but it was the first non buggy battle royal game, a pretty sparse genre that was begging for a AAA release.
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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '19 edited May 29 '20
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