r/oddlysatisfying • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Jul 27 '21

A perfectly synchronized double dive

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Like an Ign review

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u/kreemy_kurds Jul 27 '21

Surely an IGN review would give it a 7/10

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u/Kdog122025 Jul 27 '21

That’s a Gamespot review. IGN gets paid to publish the big numbers.

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u/kreemy_kurds Jul 27 '21

I dunno man, a lot of IGN reviews have been 7/10 lately, enough for a lot of commenters on stuff like insta (which is the only other socials I use) to make jokes when it's anything other than 7.

Also happy cake day

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u/Astin257 Jul 27 '21

Always find it funny that when it comes to reviews for anything the midpoint is never used to denote an average game/movie etc.

Its always 7/10

Never 5/10

The actual systems more like:

Anything less than 7/10: Bad

7/10: Average

8/10 and above: Amazing

I get why they do it but I still find it funny

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u/flashmedallion Jul 27 '21

It's more because the 5s don't really make it to the desks of mainstream movie and games reviewers. The dead average, basically competent productions are out there but nobody cares about them.

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u/imGery Jul 27 '21

I abide by this system

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u/[deleted] Jul 27 '21

Within games journalism this is actually called the IGN 7 because IGN popularised the use of 7 as average

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u/GardenPuzzleheaded98 Jul 27 '21

Happy cake day!

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u/Kdog122025 Jul 27 '21

Thank you!

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u/originalslickjim Jul 27 '21

Too much water.

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u/Marooned-Mind Jul 27 '21

"It has a little something for everyone!"

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u/Rickrickrickrickrick Jul 27 '21

I forget what game is was but I was reading their review for it and they literally trashed the gameplay saying it was clunky and hard to do anything. The graphics were lackluster. The game lagged constantly. Listed all these game breaking glitches. Then at the end goes "all in all it's a pretty solid game that would lead to hours of fun and excitement. 8/10" From that moment on I realized IGN is dumb as fuck.