tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post1917027547428287922..comments2024-03-17T03:51:46.681-04:00Comments on Hardcore Gaming 101 - Blog: Power Play - One of Germany's greatest game mags is back (sort of)Discoalucardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04206257399887664488noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-75997755318163196022013-02-18T11:30:34.352-05:002013-02-18T11:30:34.352-05:00I grew up reading german magazines like the early ...I grew up reading german magazines like the early "Video Games" (affiliated with "Power Play") then "Man!ac" and even some "PC-Player" which were some of the few better ones around then. Nice to see some of these veteran authors together again, although I don't really read printmags anymore. So far the only really mature german publication I know of is "Gee" (I've read a few issues, which were quite good). <br />Also: I actually prefer 4-item-ratings (excellent, good, mediocre and bad) or none at all. But 5-stars (hope they don't do halves) is a lot better than anything else.Jamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-45625080457488066152013-02-11T05:45:41.237-05:002013-02-11T05:45:41.237-05:00Because with the xx/100 system, reviewers tend to ...Because with the xx/100 system, reviewers tend to bunch everything into the top 50 or so percent (With anything below 70% deemed complete crap - which is ridiculous). With a 5 star system, you have less room to provide a score, so you get the entire range. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351394186120879589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-47732674615865508462013-02-11T04:24:45.303-05:002013-02-11T04:24:45.303-05:00They also credit their writers, which is excellent...They also credit their writers, which is excellent. (Yes, I will beat that horse until there's only the bones)Sketczhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02333200178515493705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-66355943245599189032013-02-11T04:09:53.239-05:002013-02-11T04:09:53.239-05:00It's exactly twenty times better. Now games ar...It's exactly twenty times better. Now games are only one star away from being as serious as movies at rogerebert.com.<br /><br />Still needs five times improvement to get as serious as lit, though...derboohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01288535824552284145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135815543912646655.post-67030548285672255002013-02-10T21:26:55.201-05:002013-02-10T21:26:55.201-05:00"[...]ditches the ridiculous percent rating s..."[...]ditches the ridiculous percent rating system that is still dominating the German games journalism landscape in favor of a personal 5-star rating."<br /><br />Why is that better?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com