What is your favorite review score scale?

I'm not a big fan of review scores in general. If it's a game I'm interested in, I really only care about the review itself, but sometimes it's nice just looking at a bunch of scores at once. If I had to pick, though, I'd go with out of 10.

E: Because there's no letter up there saying anything about Buy, Rent, Leave Alone. 
But then again, only one show uses that as a "review score"  But it's at least better and there's not a lot to fight about.  

Out of 5. Short and simple.

 
Wow, review scores have been quite a hot topic the last few days. 

I dislike scores in general too. However, the only site that I care about that does not use review scores is Kotaku. If I had to chose, I'd go letter grade.

100 because it can be really precise.. i dont really follow review scores but... E is kind of a lame answer..

None. I like to read.

Love me some letter grades.

i like the reviews to be a 1 out of 10 as it tells me if the game is good or not.

Think there are multiple topics about this. But anyhow. I like the rents,buy,skip system.

Out of 5 because it gives you an at a glance answer if you can't be bothered to read the whole review and it limits flaming console wars.

I prefer the 10 scale myself, but I'm not picky.

Either the Krispy Cream Scale (try it, buy it, fry it) or Steven Colbert's Scale of Fruit (i.e. Batman AA was a perfect honeydew while Lucidity was a Strawberry)

Actually, I prefer 3 stars: Sucks, is Okay, FANTASTIC!

I like 4 stars with half stars. Add that up.

Out of 5. There is no difference between a 9. 3 and a 9.4. Really would that . 1 make you think any less of a game. It's really stupid.
The Out of 5 scale is really simple, and gets the point across. Everything else is a little too anal for my taste.

Couldn't care less about a score, the actual review is what I am interested in.

Actually I hate 10 because some people will put 9.8 it was Awesome but I sadly couldn't change my hair colour to pink after I created my person.

" Out of 5. There is no difference between a 9. 3 and a 9.4. Really would that . 1 make you think any less of a game. It's really stupid. The Out of 5 scale is really simple, and gets the point across. Everything else is a little too anal for my taste. "

Five point scale has grown on me.

There's something just super easy to read about the letter grade.

The five star system works really well for me. if it's two stars or less, I normally steer completely clear of the game. If it is three stars, and I was interested in the game to begin with, I'll read the review and decide whether the game's flaws were important to what I was expecting out of the game (if i wasn't interested, this score doesn't help). A four star rating will normally cement my want for a game that I was already interested in, and i might check into it more if I wasn't already interested. At 5 stars, I know the game is great, it just depends on whether the game plays to my interests. For instance Forza 3 received a five star rating. I know that game is awesome; However, I also know that I don't particularly enjoy racing games, especially sim-type ones. So although Forza 3 is a great game, I won't buy it. If i was already interested in the game, It has pretty much been confirmed that Ill get it at that point.

Out of 5 for me. I like how the Giant Bomb rating doesn't get bogged down in minutiae. It's carved up into 5 different possible ratings that work on that gut-feeling level, rather than pretend that assigning a score is some arcane science.

" @AlexB said:

" Out of 5. There is no difference between a 9. 3 and a 9.4. Really would that . 1 make you think any less of a game. It's really stupid. The Out of 5 scale is really simple, and gets the point across. Everything else is a little too anal for my taste. "

What's the point? We're a simple reviewing site of hardcore games. Giantbomb sold themselves short with their scoring system. They know how to define games. But alas, it adds to the clicks when there are metacritic scores of 100's, 60's and 40's. Good for you Giantbomb, beat that system. "

I think anything more than out of 5 is bs, the process of determining the score of a game with such high precision is so difficult that it's pointless. Exactly what AlexB said, the differences between increments is minimal, and there's no way a reviewer can justify a 9.3 over a 9.4.

out of 10... but i don't go by gb's 5 star system, I just read and make up my mind from that

None. It's all opinion. Putting a score on that is mainly just for the mass audience who needs the score. I just like reading the nice words on the page.

Out of five because it gives me a quick briefing on how good the game generally is. If I'm interested, I'll read the whole review. Simple as that.

" 100 because it can be really precise.. i dont really follow review scores but... E is kind of a lame answer.. "

5 stars. I don't understand how a game can get a 7.25/10 or a 52/100.

I've always thought the IGN format was pretty fair, even if the reviews are often biased and VERY one sided.  
 
I hate the 1UP format for reviewing games, it's total garbage all that A+, B- crap.  I do enjoy GB's format as it allowed for a quick reference, 4 stars is a good game worth a look and 5 stars is a must play. 

" E: Because there's no letter up there saying anything about Buy, Rent, Leave Alone. But then again, only one show uses that as a "review score"  But it's at least better and there's not a lot to fight about.   "

They may not work to well internationally, but I like the letter grade scoring system.  Everyone in the States understands the difference between an "A: and an "F".  A "C" game might be worth a look in some gamers minds more than a "3 star" game would.  I know it's just semantics, but those subtle difference can effect our playing habits.  I would like it if the scale included the plus and minus supplements.  "A+" is a go out and buy it right now game, while "B-" might be you can wait for a sale but it's worth your time.  If you were to transpose this scale into numbers, as Metacritic likes to do, it would probably be a base-15 scale.

People on this site will say out of 5, I don't really care.

Don't really care to be honest, any score scale will do, they all do their job equally well. If I were to start reviewing games though, I'd probably use out of 100 (or 10 with decimals).

Out of 5 Personally.

Anything beyond a 5 point is retarded
 
5: BUY IT BUY BUY IT I DON"T CARE WHO YOU ARE!!!
 
4. Its Really Good you should play it if its a game type you like
 
3. Eh they had some good ideas but they didn't pan out RENT
 
2. Oh sweet Jesus somewhere something went totally wrong.
 
1. MY EYES MY EYES.
 
What else do you need?

" @ZeForgotten said:

" E: Because there's no letter up there saying anything about Buy, Rent, Leave Alone. But then again, only one show uses that as a "review score"  But it's at least better and there's not a lot to fight about.   "

LOL  Funny you should mention that.  VGBlogger.com actually uses that exact scale of "Buy/Rent/Stay Away". "

Review scores need to be done away with entirely, hell reviews in general I barely even care about any more, what sells me on a game is gameplay footage and podcasts these days.
All I need to know in order to decide on whether I want a game or not is A; its enjoyable and B; isn't broken. 
 
All the stuff about game length, number of weapons, graphical quality blah blah blah is all bullshit to me. If its fun its fun.

I like out of 100 scores, or out of ten with decimals.  The more precise, the better.  Certain "Four of out Five" games are simply better than others, and a score should not ignore that.

Review scores have garnered some attention as of late havn't they? I don't really mind which system I use. I have a sligt preference towards a % scores but either way I don't mind.

Out of 4.
 
1. Didn't like it.
2. Liked some of it.
3. Liked most of it.
4. Loved it.
 
It's also about the enjoyment the reviewer had with the game instead of rating the game itself. If it doesn't affect the enjoyment of the game, it shouldn't affect the review score.

Out of 10 because out of 5 is hard to distinguish which games are better if say about 10 all have 5/5. As for out of 100, It is too specific and how do you choose weather to give a game an 83 rather than an 84 for example.

" Out of 10 because out of 5 is hard to distinguish which games are better if say about 10 all have 5/5. As for out of 100, It is too specific and how do you choose weather to give a game an 83 rather than an 84 for example. "

Why no binary option?
 
This poll is bullshit.

Didn't somebody already posted a poll like this a while back? 
 
Well anyways put me down for out of 5.