Frankly, these are my favorite reviews to write, mostly because I know that if people read them then they will have actually read them and not just looked at the score. However, I have published scoreless reviews before, but we tend to call them “impressions.” Most of the time, I do this because I haven’t played enough of a game at embargo to fully assess its score. It’s the only way anyone is going to give a shit. For the rest of us, who rely on clicks from strangers rather than a dedicated base of readers who follow us for our actual voices and opinions, we need the score. Unfortunately, the reality is that only certain outlets can get away with reviewing games in a scoreless manner, where the words of the review matter more to readers than the number attached to it. When EGM reworked its review system in 2019 and switched from a 10-point to a five-star system, I was yelling from the back to drop the scoring system altogether. I’m going to be honest: I hate review scores.
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