Fighting Game Review Guidelines

Okay, so for fighting game reviews, I've realized that there are a few factors that I feel simply aren't necessary to the overall score, and would be better off mentioned in passing. But I also realized that if I was to remove one or two score sections, it would seriously throw off my score totals. So, in order to accomodate games of different genres, I've decided I'll come up with separate score guidelines for the specific genres.

In the case of fighting games, I'll be using a five category system scoring up to a total of 50 points in order to determine the overall quality of the game.

The categories will be Presentation, Graphics, Sound, Controls and Fun Factor.

The score rankings will be as follows.

• 0-10: A Sissy Fighter - A fighting game that holds no weight, not even worth catching for free on basic tv.
• 11-20: A Featherweight Fighter - While not at all good, a Featherweight can at least offer a punch or two. Good for children and goat food.
• 21-30: A Middleweight Fighter - The average by which fighting games will be measured, a Middleweight will be worth playing with friends, even if it's not the cream of the crop.
• 31-40: A Heavyweight Fighter - While a Middleweight is the average, a Heavyweight is the baseline which all fighting games should at least try to aspire to. Worth investing time in getting skilled in.
• 41-49: A Champion Fighter - Now this is a fighting game! Playable at any level from casual to competitive, and worth every second of effort put into it,  champion fighter delivers constant knockouts! Forget pay-per-view, you've got to own this one!
• 50: The Strongest Under the Heavens - Much like the perfect game, the Strongest Under the Heavens is a legend of which most can only catch glimpses of the dream. Perfectly balanced, well rounded in cast, beautiful and blood pumping in soundtrack and perfection in it's existence, to play this game is to understand nirvana. It is to know where the answer lies.

Yep. So there you go.