A 7/10 game rating IS a mid game

[Nero Christ]

Naw, the biggest difference isn’t “classic or trash” its “do i want to pay 70 or wait for sale/sub” to play this. There’s so many big games releasing every month that most people don’t even have time to dabble in mediocre shyt anymore

More of us have more money than time to play everyhting now. No reason to play a consensus 7 at this point, unless its a niche of game you really fukk with like the new yoshi game coming out

For gaming I can definitely see that but for music? nah.

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

For gaming I can definitely see that but for music? nah.

Music is a different ball-game.

I can skim an album cleaning the house, a game is too much of a time commitment

 

[The Mad Titan]

The problem is the internet has trained everyone (including myself) to see everything as either trash or instant classic. No more nuance and no one is ready to admit a review is just one person's opinion.

This is the biggest issue with gaming and all entertainment right now. It's either the best thing ever or not worth spending time on.


Great games have been coming out every 3 monthly since like 1996, and people played and enjoyed everything from above and below 7/10 games.

Social media tells folks what they should and shouldn't be enjoying nowadays, on top of having crazy access to something else as soon as you come across something you don't like about a game.

 

[JoelB]

There are too many things competing for my attention, so any TV show, Movie, Game that is below a 7/10 wont keep my attention and I'm bailing out. Unless its a niche that im really into, but thats usually the exception to the rule.

Im not going to put 40-50 hours into a an alright game when my backlog is still filled with GOTY contenders

 

[JoelB]

A lot of y'all favorite ole school or niche games were 7's

Theres some truth to this but thats because we didnt have as many options. Whatever i could get my hands on for the NES is what i would play...shyt we used to play with rocks and sticks and used our imagination to have fun.

Once I was able to go to Blockbuster/Hollywood Video and rent games, it was a wrap for mid titles. If i rented a game and it was corny it was going right back. When i went to my friends house who had an N64 all we played were the wrestling games that shyt was fire. I never asked what other games he had on his console.

Then i remember my brother-in-law modded my PS1 and he had a cd burner...breh gave me like 50 games at once...i still went back to the elite 5-10 games.

The cream always rises to the top

 

[The Mad Titan]

There are too many things competing for my attention, so any TV show, Movie, Game that is below a 7/10 wont keep my attention and I'm bailing out. Unless its a niche that im really into, but thats usually the exception to the rule.

Im not going to put 40-50 hours into a an alright game when my backlog is still filled with GOTY contenders

I agree with this also, competition for time is the biggest change in how we consume and view entertainment. I think it goes hand and hand with why people are so willing to just wait for reviews or influcers opinions.

We saw it happen with music
We saw it happen with movies
And now we are seeing it happen with games.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

The problem is the internet has trained everyone (including myself) to see everything as either trash or instant classic. No more nuance and no one is ready to admit a review is just one person's opinion.

This is false. Stellar Blade is a good example. Is it an instant classic? No. But its damn good and many people would buy the sequel.

 

[Primetime]

There are too many things competing for my attention, so any TV show, Movie, Game that is below a 7/10 wont keep my attention and I'm bailing out. Unless its a niche that im really into, but thats usually the exception to the rule.

Im not going to put 40-50 hours into a an alright game when my backlog is still filled with GOTY contenders

Yup. I noticed something happening with me a few years back… for the first time I was not finishing games. I didn’t finish Spider-Man 3. Didn’t finish Assassin Creed Shadow. These weren’t terrible games but when in direct competition with streaming shows, movies, YouTube content, live sports, and other games (i.e. Ghosts of Yotei) I no longer felt an obligation to chore through mediocrity (or mediocre stretches).

There’s only so many hours in a day to avail for entertainment once you get off work, and even less so if you have a spouse/kids/etc., so you’re going to look for the best ROI in time and money.

Hell, it’s been 2-3 years since I beat BG3 yet I still invest 40-50 hours in new campaigns yearly, so when a $70 game can provide that value you’re not pressed to purchase something of equivalent price with far lesser returns.

 

[PS5 Pro]

Then why is ubisoft borderline going under?


Why are 7/10 rated games rarely talked about?

I wouldn't go around saying all that
Here's the problem with your language sir. You are deciding if a game is good or not TO YOU based on other peoples opinions.
Is Streetfighter your favorite or is it Tekken or Virtua Fighter or Mortal Kombat?
People have different taste, so just saying a 7 doesn't mean that game is MID TO YOU. To YOU that game could be a 10 or a 4
Still averages out to 7, but why do you care what the average is? You don't. Your 10 is the next mans 4.
A 7 could be a 4, or a 10 in your opinion. Only one way to find that out. Its not by looking at the averages of opinions

 

[-DMP-]

What if it’s a 7 with a good personality and a bubble?

 

[winb83]

The actual issue is reviewers don't typically use the whole scale so the cut off is 5/10 being trash instead of average and nothing else below really registers. They're using a 5/5 scale in reality so 7/10 to them is mediocre. On a real scale 7/10 would be good. If you had 70% of Warren Buffet's fortune you have most of what he does.

 

[Animal House]

A mid game is whatever YOU consider average. Plenty of high rated games given by other people, i felt were trash or average

 

[Jaguar93]

A mid game is whatever YOU consider average. Plenty of high rated games given by other people, i felt were trash or average

Yup, at the end of the day, only your opinion matters. I’m sure there have been plenty of games that reviewed poorly. That bruhs liked and games that scored high that bruhs disagreed with. Not to say that reviews don’t matter, but your opinion/experience. Should matter more than any reviewer’s or score.

 

[Tetris v2.0]

IMO, mid exists independent of the rating

The rating can cover controls, gameplay, story, visuals, performance etc

A mid game can have some, or maybe all of those things but doesn't end up being memorable

A game like Metroid Prime 4 had great gameplay, visuals and performance... But that shyt was the epitome of MID

Mid is when the individual parts are fine, but it doesn't come together for a memorable experience

I guess it usually floats in the 5-7/10 range but it's more than that

But some 7s are punching above their weight and the 7 is a compliment to the game... Not quite mid in that case

 

[cyndaquil]

Rating inflation. Reviewers want to stay in the good graces of publishers so they give games that are not 8+/10 level a 7 even if they are 5 or 6 in actuality.
Reviews for games from smaller publishers tend to be more honest.