The Witcher 3

[Joe_Dodson]

A 70 for the Witcher 3. I was all set to assume this was on account of letter grades not playing well with Metacritic. But no, you abandoned the letter grades in favor of a multiple R system. A game is R, or RRRR! or RRRRR!

The Witcher 3 is somewhere between RRR and RRRR.

ARRRRRRGH

I give your three and a half Rs an F! FFFF!

 

[UghRochester]

If it makes you feel better, Jonathan gave the PC version a better score, but I can tell you don't like the grading system. Oh well. http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/th ... ld-hunt-pc

 

[Joe_Dodson]

Let's be clear: this is not a real criticism of Jonathan.

I don't know him, but I'm sure he's a AA+. Or RRRR! I trill my throat like a pleased fish person on his behalf.

It's just been awhile since I made fun of anything on Game Revolution. It was time.

RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

 

[Sourdeez]

Should have given it a lower score for ignoring the downgrade until after they got all that pre-order and launch money

So I guess one less R?

 

[UghRochester]

So a former contributor of GR comes by and complains how GR changed and leaves? Seems like that's what's going to happen.

 

[Longo_2_guns]

Apparently the star system corresponds with the grading system in the sense that a 5 is an A, a 4 is a B+, etc. But it doesn't translate that well, since just about every single indie game gets a 3.5-4.5.

Should have given it a lower score for ignoring the downgrade until after they got all that pre-order and launch money

 

[Green_Lantern]

Should have given it a lower score for ignoring the downgrade until after they got all that pre-order and launch money

I was honestly waiting for that to get its own thread. Took a lot longer to get here than I thought it would.


Speaking of The Rock though, I just got an Instagram account last week and he's pretty much the best person to follow.

 

[Nick_Tan]

I know this thread is about a week old, but I'm surprised you're remarking on the star system that's been in practice for the last 3.5 years... or how shall I put it?... somewhere between YYY and YYYY.

 

[LinksOcarina]

eh, ive been mostly ignoring grades for a while now on the site.

I hate all numerical or star-system grades like that. it's bad enough im forced to do them.

 

[MattAY]

Oh come on, what's the difference in grading systems REALLY?

It's like decimals to percentages, just bloody figure it out to your own OCD.

 

[Nick_Tan]

I get grades. Most people want them, and they provide a quick synopsis of how a particular writer likes a game. I understand if people don't have the time to read every review on a particular game before buying it, as much as I want them to read them.

I believe the five-star rating system is direct enough and shared enough between other mediums like TV, movies, food, and music to be universal. I wish that aggregate sites would condense the 0-100 scale to just five stars because I find that the 0-100 scale is too tainted by school testing to be a fair assessment.

 

[UrbanMasque]

So a former contributor of GR comes by and complains how GR changed and leaves? Seems like that's what's going to happen.

Ugh called it

 

[Jonathan_Leack]

I hope that at the very least my review offers a unique perspective on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. I can say with absolute certainty after spending another 20 hours in the game after my review that it isn't for me. I got very little joy from it, sadly.