What ruffles my feathers is the fact that so many dismiss so many great titles that Do have great polish, detail, work and commitment loaded into them, but do not have the marketing budget or the clout to garner solid support. So they slip down the score ranking, not based on the game its self, but on the hype.

Then there’s the crowd that sees AAA and assumes it means HIGH quality . . it doesn’t, it means that lots and LOTS of $$$$ has been thrown at it to get it into the public/gamers eye. It might be a big pile of doggie dudo, but it has the hype and $$ and is thus called a AAA in the industry. But it’s certainly NOT a Grade-A game title

Groundbreaking, innovative, daring and technologically advance for their time. Yet, they were scored appropriately, where 5/10 was a decent game and well worth a possible look at, 5-7 was a decent game and well worth grabbing, 7-9 was an absolute must have, with 10 rarely being handed out and when it was it was a you HAVE to own this one.

Gamers these days have pushed that score up, there is no more middle roadd, there simply is 8 and above, if it’s not 8 and above, it’s branded as rubbish and not worth owning. Seeing so many posts on forums and sites where ppl say things like”hey man, if it aint got a 8.5 or above, I aint buying it – ever, it doesn’t deserve my money.” etc.

Thing is, they are doing themselves a huge injustice. They are cutting themselves off from some of the most fun games ever, all in the pursuit of the “perfect game” – which basically does NOT exist, nor will it exist – period.

I have the first Robotech game on the old Xbox. It is a mediocre game yet I still have it. Reason – I love Robotech!

So on that, even if a game is below standard you will always get the die hard fans buying them anyway.

But these days if a game does not score at least an 8 out of 10 or has some glaring faults and still scores highly I won’t look at it. Even if it is something I am really interested in. Games are too expensive to waste $100 on a crap one.