How about we ignore the 96% score and pretend it's not there!

Now going back to the review, the point as I see it, is that Marcus is saying it's a great game



but it has got a few little bugs and could have been better.



Whereas the official magazines are just saying good things about it without pointing out any of it's flaws , which isn't giving us the game buying public a fair overview of what to expect.

Frankly, I'd love to drop review scores entirely and I have done for some time. I'd prefer to go with:

1) Buy it new.

2) Buy it pre-owned/budget.

3) Don't buy it for yourself.

4) Buy it for a friend.

5) Smack the friend who bought it for you.

Cheers

Tim

Is it that you REALLY do not get it, or are you being purposefully obtuse? The "bit in bold" is misquoted. What I said was it would render it infinitely less perfect. As in: not perfect at all.

I'll admit you've lost me as you appear to of gone off at a tangent concerning yourself with the dictionary definition of perfect for some reason. Percentage scores are always flawed by this definition if your not allowed to score up to 100%. I've always thought out of 5 or 10 is the best system.

Back on topic: 96% is a brilliant score for a game, calling publications puppets for scoring a few percent more is crazy.

I agree, but not with the 1-5 thing. Just have the review on its own with a summary at the end.