Uncharted 3 sees a perfect 10 from IGN

[Brendon]

Not many games get a 10 from this publication. This review has me plenty excited for a game I was looking at passively over some other titles.

[Cheeburga]

Eh, can't spell ignorant without IGN.

[Brendon]

You're one of them! 

[Cheeburga]

I'm a person who has a tough time writing and scoring reviews of video games (and taking them seriously) because I believe that a consumer shouldn't base his purchase off of an artificial number and opinion, but instead try it themselves. Don't get me wrong though, I enjoy reviews, but not when they're attached to a number. Unfortunately, you don't have many options when it comes to this type of entertainment medium. 

[Mr. Hawkins]

I kinda like our review format, despite the score. The score is purely for Metacritic in my opinion, and Metacritic is purely for traffic referrals. I like that we also have a pros/cons section, a section for "if you like THAT game, listen up", and one for "here's why you should care about this aspect of this game". Until every game has a demo, there are always going to be folks that use reviews to determine if something is worthy of a purchase or rental, so at the very least we can provide something better than a story synopsis or a Yahtzee-esque all-or-nothing rant.

[Scott Meaney]

Scores are fine for me.  That esoteric "no scores needed" approach only works for extreme enthusiasts who spend their time reading every scrap of information about a game anyway. 

At this point I have a pretty good feeling on what my favorite reviewers mean when they give it a score.  Regular people care about the score.  It's a good "at a glance" benchmark.

[Brendon]

I agree with Scott, often before a purchase I'll look at an overview on metacritic then select a good review, a review somewhere in the middle, and a bad review and read all three to get a good picture. I do have some reviewers I like and trust, but a point scale is actually taken into consideration with me.

[Cheeburga]

I think I spend too much time on /v/.

And I think I've seen too much of an inflation in game review scores. Remember when a 6 meant it was at least checking out? and 10's were absolute masterworks?

[Brendon]

Yeah, 10s still seem to mean something from the major publications. They dont throw those around, but it has gotten to a point that if it is lower then an 8, people think its a piece of crap. A 7 might as well be a 0. I get that, and it is frustrating. Adam Sessler from G4 talks about this all the time, and hates a point score but understands it is necessary to the general audience. He pleads for people to read the reviews, and to stop complaining when a game got a 4 instead of 5.

[Scott Meaney]

I agree with Sessler.  If people don't read reviews, then it's their own fault. 

Granted, it would be nice if we could use the full scale instead of 6-10s only, but here we are.

[MrPharisee]

I don't got time to read reviews. I want reviews read outloud to me so I can absorb them over my morning whiskey. Maybe I'll hire a man servant to read aloud my Destructoid feed... and by "hire" I mean "kidnap a small child" because honestly any amount of money I pay a person is going to be too little. Might as well pay them nothing.