GB Reviews vs. User Reviews

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#1  Edited By PugSuperStar

Does anyone else find it strange that the "official" GB reviews use 1 thru 5 as the rating with no half marks but when a user writes a review, you are allowed to use half marks?

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#2  Edited By De5

Maybe they haven't reviewed anything that required that half mark yet :p

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#3  Edited By MasterSplinter

I think they realize that some people already have a problem with 1-5 star scale. The half marks are probably there to appease the nit-picky.

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#4  Edited By FengShuiGod

Most likely they have the ability to use half-stars, they just haven't felt it necessary to use them yet.

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#5  Edited By Atlas

I think the guys decided a five-star system was better for them, but a 5 with halves is better for users. With official reviews you're basically giving consumer advice, rather than a complex subjective opinion, which is essentially what a user review is.

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#6  Edited By RVonE

Yeah, there was another thread about this earlier. Most of us think it's kind of weird.

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#7  Edited By I_smell

Just don't use half stars.