The Notorious Game-O-Meter
Read up on our review practices and philosophies.

Boy, we sure do love our games, hey? And we've played a lot of them over the years. So I suppose you're wondering how our scoring system compares to your own, right? Here's some examples of our score-givings...

10 [Final Fantasy X]

A life-changing game. Moved the player in a deep way. Will pre-order sequels.

9 [Legend Of Zelda: Twilight Princess]

A great game. Innovated in some way. Will definitely buy a sequel.

8 [Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]

A good game. Had some unexpected qualities. Will probably buy a sequel.

7 [Rygar The Legendary Adventure]

A good game. Solid design and enjoyable throughout, but without anything too innovative. Will consider buying a sequel.

6 [Elebits]

An average game. Had some interesting ideas that didn't live up to their potential. Need to be convinced to buy a sequel.

5 [The Red Star]

An average game. Didn't do anything particularly well, nor particularly poorly. Need to be convinced to buy a sequel.

4 [Order Up]

A weak game. Severely deficient in one major feature. This game will turn me off to any sequels.

3 [Too Human]

A bad game. Riddled with fundamental flaws making the experience unbearable. This game will discourage me from supporting the developers/publishers.

2 [Rule Of Rose]

A terrible "game". Very very few redeeming values. Without insane amounts of evidence to the contrary, I will assume every game made by these developers/publishers aren't worth my time.

1 [3D Tic Tac Toe]

A horrible mess. Will regret playing this game forever.

So... 10 Point Scale?
WTF is with the 1-10 point scale?!

We review on the 1-10 point scale, but you probably noticed that most of our reviews are rated 5 or more.
 
That's the problem with reviewing BEATEN games: if we don't like the game, we don't generally beat it.
 
We will also usually decrement games half a point or more for the following reasons:
 
Crashes.
 
Bugs that take us out of the experience.
 
Online games with no voice chat.
 

The Game-O-Meter
How do we define "beaten"?

Beaten - We finished the story mode of the game, start to finish, in whatever form that might take.
 
Destroyed - We finished the game and unlocked all secrets, achievements, etc. No stone was left unturned with this game. It is 100% complete.
 
Mastered - We finished the game, but didn't necessarily unlock everything. However, we did excel enough in the game to consider ourselves experts with it (perhaps by getting in the top 10 of the online leaderboards or by beating the game with exceptional skill and/or timing).