The Games So Bad, Even IGN Gave Them Less Than A 6

How bad, exactly, is a game that is rated lower than 6 by IGN? Also, let’s talk about the value of review scores, the value of reviewers, and how this system is completely broken. In fact, this whole video might be something of a Trojan Horse to discuss Reviews in general.

Written, Edited, & Narrated by MRIXRT
Edited by HopInsteadOfJump

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0:00 The Games So Bad, Even IGN Gave Them Less Than A 6
1:01 The Methodology
3:04 The 5's
8:31 The 4 Other's
9:42 What Games Deserve To Be Reviewed?
11:50 The 4's
17:30 Who Should Be Reviewing These?
20:10 The 3's
24:51 What is a 2/10?
30:20 The 2's
33:17 Core Demographic: Metacritic
36:53 The 1's
40:30 Is There An Objective Scale?
42:12 The 0's
47:17 No More Scores

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The Games So Bad, Even IGN Gave Them Less Than A 6

MRIXRT

[lineikatabs]

I'm literally shocked that Myst has such a low rating. We love Myst in Bulgaria. Back in the days, there was a gaming show on TV called "Mist" which started around 9 pm and went till 4 am. They had everything - video game discussions, consoles, mobile games, anime, movies even a DJ was playing sick house and techno beats in the background. And after midnight, the host started playing adventure puzzle games like Myst 4 or Siberia or Schizm etc, and you get to phone in and tell him what to do in game. It was absolutely legendary. Sadly, the host passed away a few years ago... RIP Roro.

[Indigo_Gaming]

Review objectivity and the nonsensical review score shenanigans is something I've been struggling with since the 90s. I remember Diablo got a 5/10 one time, Xbox Magazine gave Dead Space a 6/10, and the infamous 9.6 Fortnite review inspired a whole Twitter account to document all the games that were lower rated than "Flosscraft". Great video. Kudos to you and your collaborators!

[readyforlol]

The way he spoke the words "The guy that hates Myst" sounded like a boss introduction that warranted a boss track with a choir speaking latin.

[TheComedyGeek]

We need a reviewer matchmaking service, where you input your own ratings for a bunch of things and it matches you with the reviewer whose tastes match yours best. That way, you get the next best thing to trying all the things yourself : the opinion of someone who thinks like you.

[pkpunchie]

I will never forget that the reviewer for Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky rated the game a 4.9 after getting stuck on arguably one of the easiest dungeons given the point in the game, getting frustrated and dropping the game right there

[amandap]

I'm telling you all the school grading system messed us all up. A C (70%) was "average" while an F (50%) was "failing" so a 5 out of 10 isn't "average" in our minds it's "failing"

[treetheoak]

Daily reminder that God hand got a 3/10 from. Ign

[billvolk]

33:28 the day we learned that IGN editors work for Team Magma

[iratepirate]

I am still angry about the Alien Isolation review by IGN. Complete tools.

[speedyacorn]

I give this video a 11/10, it has the perfect amount of water

[TheJayson]

21:40 there are actually three versions of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter that are wildely different games. The PC version is a highly tactical FPS. PS3 & Xbox 360 is a third-person arcade. PS2 & Xbox is a first-person arcade.

[legospacememe]

OH MY GOD THAT HOCKY GAME SEGMENT HAD MY JAW GLUED TO THE FLOOR. its even funnier when you realize that the first treyarch game is the lowested rated ign game yet for a long time they would give every cod game both good and bad a glowing review.

[nutmegdoesstuff]

The fact that the just dance review calls it "not a game" as though dance pad style games hadn't already been around doing the exact same thing for a while-

[steel]

That point about games getting better reviews once the franchise is popular is so true. Dark Souls got OK scores from most outlets when it launched, and it got lower scores from reviewers who didn't get it. Overall it landed in the 80s for most outlets and averages (brought up by the likes of Gamespot and Edge giving it glowing reviews because the individual reviewers connected with the game and recognized how special it was), the game was seen as a niche difficult Japanese game that not many outlets gave a ton of attention to, especially with Skyrim just on the horizon.
Then it blew up over the next two years, especially Youtube reviewers who couldn't stop raving about it as the word of mouth spread. Later, Dark Souls 2 came out amidst the peak of excitement and every single big outlet gave it very high scores, which got it into the 90s and into "universal acclaim", suggesting it's an improvement over the original. Cue DS2 being the most divisive, mixed game in the franchise with those same Youtube reviewers mostly either tearing it apart or giving it mixed reviews.

Journalists 100% review games based on hype and how high the expectations for a game are, they really can't be trusted.

[firstreality]

As someone who considers Myst one of the games that shaped my childhood and outlook on life, those reviews made me legitimately angry.

[huntercoleherr]

I'ved landed on IGN a few times looking for walkthroughs for stuff like collectibles, and I honestly would have thought that the atrocious web design would be enough to deter anyone from actually reading the reviews on that site.

[Sorrelhas]

There's a lot to be said as well about reviews used essentialy as advertisement for new games
I don't know if this is still a thing, but back in the day there was the threat of the "blacklist", where certain reviewers or entire websites just wouldn't receive early review codes because they were negative towards some high-profile title (Jeff Gerstmann and Jim Sterling come to mind)

[MikyleY]

knowing the person behind the review is definitely extremely important if you're going to take anything valuable away from the review

[cliswp]

The Myst reviewer just doesn't get it. Puzzle games, visual novels, slower paced atmospheric games, aren't necessarily "fun". They're enjoyable. It's like a quiet walk in the park or reading a book, where they want something akin to playing a sport. But a lot of people don't like sports.

[lucrayzor]

Used to just browse ign scores to see all the worst ones, because that's just the sort of thing that stimulated me back in the day. Seeing Explorers of sky get a 4.9 was one of the main reasons it took me so damn long to get around to playing it, and I'm a little sour over that ngl