Four Point Scale/Quotes

"Marge: Who wants pork chops?

Homer: Sorry Marge, this gets my lowest rating ever: Seven thumbs up."

- The Simpsons, "Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner?"

""Overall, I give it 7/10, which is the least you can give a game before the company pulls their advertising.""

- Stuart Ashen, YouTube - Gamestation review

""In game reviews the main text is always the beef and the score is just a decoration, but we still always try to score each game as accurately as possible. But the score demands that our readers can read them properly. First you round the score down, since the first number is practically the only one that matters. A 9 means it's an excellent game, an 8 is a good game and a 7 is okay, and you can pretty much forget the rest. You don't need a 100-point scale for this.""

- Niko Nirvi, Finnish game reviewer and columnist

""If you get one and a half stars on the fuckin' internet, that's like being at the Special Olympics and having them tell you, 'you have to leave'.""

- Slowbeef, Retsupurae's Halloween Special.

""Since our game will change the face of the industry forever, here’s a unique score system that you’ll need in order to judge this game:

10: Perfect game (our game most likely deserves this)

9.0 Excellent game

8.0 Pretty decent game and still good enough for a Metacritic bonus so use it if you must

7.0 Absolute shit that only games without big publishers deserve

6.0 Not used

5.0 Not used

4.0 Not used

3.0 Not used

2.0 Not used

1.0 Not used

Please consult the above chart for this title, and any future games we send you.""

- Jim Sterling’s Super Innovative Review Guide on the Four Point Scale.

""I mean, some reviewers gave it, like, 6 out of 10. In professional reviewing circles that's the equivalent of burning it to the ground and salting the earth.""

- Yahtzee Croshaw on Prototype 2