Score Guideline Compendium

Here be the score guidelines in their various forms, from regular guidelines to those meant to be genre specific.

General Guidelines:

Generally, review guidelines will touch on the 10 things that matter most to me in a game, rated on a scale of 1-10, using ".5"s as in betweens should I not be quite sure about a full numerical score.

The items in question will be: First Impression, Overall Presentation, Accessibility, Graphics, Sound, Controls, Difficulty, Replayability, Story and Fun Factor (as inspired by the late, great GamePro.)
After compiling those together, the total scores will combine together to form the final score (0 being the worst, 100 being the best.)

The overall review scores will receive one of 10 rankings based on the final combined score, described as follows:

• 1-10: SO FUCKING BAD! LIKE EYE EXPLODINGLY BAD! Don't do it to yourself. Even if you enjoy pain. Some things just aren't worth the trouble.
• 11-20: Pretty damn terrible. I wouldn't suggest it for any reason.
• 21-30: A bad game. Not my cup of tea, but I'll forgive those who chose to enjoy it. Myself included.
• 31-40: An O.K game. While not a worthwhile pursuit, the game contains enough merits that should someone choose to defend it, it's at least mildly understandable.
• 41-50: A decent game. It's nothing worth raving about, but it's worth at least an hour, or a quick playthrough on a rainy day.
• 51-60: A good game. A game that's happily nestled in average territory, I wouldn't tell someone NOT to get a game that ranks here. Hell, I might recommend it, simply because it definitely isn't bad.
• 61-70: A damn good game. While not a masterpiece, a damn good game is something I'd recommend. It has enough merits to stand at least a head above the average.
• 71-80: A great damn game. This is a game worth suggesting to just about anyone, a solid combination of story, gameplay, graphical presentation, and sound work.
• 81-90: An excellent game, one worth having praise sung about it. Games that have the qualities of a great dame game, but have something that shine about them that puts them above the others will rank here.
• 91-99: A positively marvelous game. An awe inspiring, breath taking work of art that sucks you in and doesn't let go.
• 100: The Perfect Game: All of my reviews will be pursuit of this... An act of god... Or better yet, all of the gods from all religions. A creation of active impossibility, dividing by zero and producing, hands down, a game that firmly belongs in the halls of the gods of gaming, passed down to our mortal eyes for enjoyment solely so said gods can be amused by our ravenous mind explosions as we experience game nirvana. AKA, Not gonna happen.

Fighting Game Guidelines:

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.

Should further guidelines be created, they will be placed here for quick and easy viewing.

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