The Verdict!
Left Mouse Button has had to take on a verdict system. We hate doing so! We feel that the expression of what we think about a game lies in the text we type furiously out for you to read, and not some ridicolous score at the end. Despite this if we want to get anywhere in life (ie if I want to get the website on Metacritic one day) we need a score!
So, here is our score chart, a 10/10 system, so you know the drill really. This page is just to vent my (dire – ed) humour.
Those scores in full:
10/10
Games that receive 10/10 are excellent in both their genre and as a video game overall. They’re exciting, brilliant and rememberable. They are overall of fantastic merit and an achievement worth recognition. These games shine a blue aura when you pick them up at the store, and beckon for you to buy them. Heed their call!
9/10
Games that receive 9/10 are polished and brilliant examples of their genre. They’re damn near perfect, but something somewhere just knocks it down by one point. Just because the newest most awesome game got a 9 and didn’t get a perfect 10 doesn’t mean you should rage. These games are just as excellent, and we aim to tell you where it went wrong for them.
8/10
Games that earn the magic number 8 are great but not quite excellent. These games sit in the awkward pile of definitely worth a try, but might not suit everyone. Bugs or gameplay problems may be the reason for this, or simply that it lacks polish.
7/10
A game that earns a 7 is good but not great. The game may have just not rubbed the right way for the reviewer or there may be a glaring fault, or gameplay problems that are bringing the game down in verdict. We’ll aim to tell you what it is.
6/10
Games that earn a 6 are not exactly good but might be worth playing if you’re willing to live with its faults. These games may have had a good idea but have been let down by poor development or gameplay.
5/10
The dreaded neutral zone, 5 means a game is neither particularly good, nor particularly bad. It sits in a zone of “meh” where no game wants to be. If you scratch really hard there may well be a game worth playing, but unfortunately it’s obscured by poor planning and/or gameplay.
4/10
Things start to get rocky. Games that earn a 4 are suffering badly from faults, gameplay choices, bugs or just generally being boring. They don’t capture the interest of the reviewer and as such are not worthy of merit.
3/10
It’s all going downhill. A game that earns a 3 seems to have forgotten that it’s supposed to be a game, and therefore be entertaining. These games are a hazard but not a total disaster. Despite that the likelyhood is playing games with this verdict for too long will make you clench your teeth in frustration.
2/10
Games that earn a 2 are a disaster. They are either extremely frustrating, make so sense, have extreme bugs, have no gameplay, or all of the above! These games should be avoided at all costs. These are the sorts of games your grandmother gives you because she has no clue what to get you for Christmas.
1/10
If you see us awarding a game a 1 out of 10, abort! Run away! Don’t look at it too much less it steals your eyes to play marbles with! The chances are if you pick up a game with a 1 out of 10 score it might spontaneously combust in your hands, or cause your bank card to be swallowed up, or cause thermonuclear annihilation on your house. Steer well clear.