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The average would be 5 if most reviewers considered most games mediocre, which they don't as I've pointed out. You have to look at individual reviews because the actual review tells you if they consider a 5 "utter failure" or mediocre, and we've seen that it does not mean it was a failure, as you thought. All the average shows me is that there are many good games out there, but maybe not games I'm rushing to play. And 7 seems pretty much in line with that. Why they're better doesn't really change that they're better. Which is my point lol.

Some found them bad and gave them lower scores than a 5, which is why the average score they received is on the lower end. The 5s and 6s weren't from people who thought they were bad and thus gave them a score that wasn't bad.

It's not that they're making 7 an average; it's that 7 is good and the average game is at least decent and hovers around there. There are very few offensively bad games I play that I can't think of a single thing it does correctly. Second sentence I already showed isn't really true. Another example: Marvel's Avengers received a 6 on IGN. "Marvel's Avengers' campaign is fun and endearing, but the loot-based post-game meant to be the meat of this meal is unrewarding and overly repetitive." And it says OKAY. Dualshockers gave Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood a 5. "In Werewolf The Apocalypse Earthblood, every advantage is neutralized by a disadvantage, leading to a totally mediocre experience." Not an utter failure of a game. Just mediocre. Habroxia 2 got a 5 on this site. "It feels like someone put a lot of heart into Habroxia 2, but heart only goes so far. It’s a decent enough attempt at a side-scrolling shooter, but lacks the polish I’d expect from a game these days." Twin Mirror from Dontnod got a 4/10 from The Digital Fix. "Whilst it has a lot of interesting ideas and some nice mechanics, none of them feel fully realised. Twin Mirror is bursting with potential, which is why it feels so disappointing." Godfall received a 5/10 on Gamespot, which is 'Mediocre' using their scale. "This is a shallow game bolstered by decent combat that struggles to bear the weight of an entire game. Uninteresting loot mixed with a monotonous and grindy structure is not a good combination, and for as satisfying and fun as it can often be to hack your way through one battle after another, there's not enough here to sustain that enjoyment for more than a few hours." I'm sure some sites rate using the meme pic I showed, but 5/6 clearly aren't failures/teetering on failures for most review sites. And if that's someone's scale, then they should likely alter it to make the score match the content of the review. That's what I'm saying: 6 was and is "Okay." I don't really catch your logic on the licensed game. We're not getting rushed releases on capitalizing on a trending IP.... yes, a trend that leads to better games, among other factors. What am I missing?

It's a hugely enjoyable game, but definitely buggy. I had defeated a horde earlier in the game that the game didn't declare I defeated. I thought, "Huh, weird." Apparently it was part of a story mission LATE in the game, so once I got to that mission, I was required to ride past there to get to another area. Usually, you'd just fight the horde at that point and clear them out. But since I killed them already, the mission was basically me riding west for a while, and then Deacan shouts exasperated, "OKAY! PHEW! That's... that's all of them," and I'm thinking with more polish, they would have written that into the story quest, something like Deacon going, "I actually already defeated the horde so let's GO!" I'm really glad you're enjoying it because despite its glitchiness, there's so much good in the game. I was bummed that I couldn't find more people to talk about this game with pre-release because a lot of hardcore gamers were calling it a B-Game, or said "Of all the IPs you could tackle it's just another zombie game," and I always thought there was so much going for the game if people gave it a chance. Before the game released, they talked about no place feeling safe on the map, and between the hounds that run as quickly as your bike, the hordes and their migration patterns, the ambushes that trip you off your bike, that's what happened and it makes you vigilant. They talked about every freaker in the horde doing its own thing and not just being one big mass coming your way, and that's how it happened. They talked about every side mission feeling as if it had something to do with the main story, and I think the infestation zones, ripper camps, NERO checkpoints, camp jobs and trust, and hordes all tie into the overarching story in their own way (they're not, "Hey, this woman can't find her fryng pan," which I honestly don't mind as a side mission lol). They talked about the number of objects that you could use to craft items, and into late game, you're continuing to accumulate crafting recipes, whether you're using car alarms, airbags, or bottles. The hordes are obviously the showpiece, but they really deliver. I love that they have migration patterns because they may be in a different spot one night to the next, and they may be traveling up a dirt road that you're using, and you'll run into them and then, especially early game, haul ass out of there. And there are some especially big hordes that they put in well-designed locations that allow you to slip through cracks in doors so you can whittle down their numbers -- until they break down the door, and they'll be explosives littered around and environmental objects that you can use to slow down their progress. So yeah, buggy, but there's so much it does very well so I hope they really nail down the polish on the sequel. And I can't wait to see why a PS5 horde is like.

Please get me up to speed on the Byrd Rule because fuck. I'm seriously looking at Biden and his messaging with other Democrats -- we can't do too much, but we can do too little -- and I see someone who could have a very good two years no matter how annoying or crazy opposition may become. It's even more golden of a moment than when Democrats had even more control in 09/10 because Democrats, by all accounts, seem to understand the lessons of 2009 and 2010 very well -- negotiating a long time with bad-faith Republicans, the stalling of legislation, the hypocritical sudden caring of the debt.

The sites saying '7' are saying something is good, which means the average game is good. Which I don't feel is a controversial opinion considering how games have improved upon what they were like at the start of the 3D transition (similar to how SNES/Genesis is much more refined than Atari). A good example is a licensed game: licensed games used to be like Blues Brothers and The Matrix and Superman 64, and now they're like Shadow of War and Batman Arkham and Miles Morales. It used to be that all the money on the licensing meant no money was put into making a good game. Nowadays if you have a game based on a movie or TV show, that doesn't spell doom for the game as it used to because a good licensed game used to be a surprise. People used to wish for high-quality Batman games. Batman Arkham Asylum's quality was surprising at the time for plenty of people, including me. Even the OK games nowadays usually have some kind of hook, something going for them even if they're by-the-books, and they typically aren't game-crashing buggy. 5/6 typically means there are things going for the game but there's a lot going against it. That reminds me of Bioshock, actually. I remember a ton of audio logs, and usually you'd have to go to a menu to listen to them if I recall correctly. I actually dig audio logs depending on what they're like. Horizon Zero Dawn has some fascinating ones that I REALLY liked, all dealing with how the world became as it was. I played many of the games in the PS+ Collection, but there are a few that I've thought of trying but really don't know if I want to put in the time. Fallout 4's a great example, mostly because the branching dialogue system seemed really bad compared to 3. How you liking Days Gone? I'm clearing out a ton of hordes late game right now.

So yeah, I don't really get the idea that 6 is consider okay now when that's how it's been. People tend to do this which tells me nothing: Though I think this is a good update:

People really should utilize the entire scale or else don't use 1 - 10, you know? To get below 5, you have to be bad, and I don't think a lot of devs are making truly terrible games that are deserving of it, so I wouldn't go below 5/6 much either. It was that way when I was reading EGM in the early 2000s, it was that way with Gamespot, and it's been that way with IGN since the beginning AFAIK. Here's their 6 for Black Ops Cold War multiplayer which literally says 6 is OKAY.

tbh I don't know what that taunt means.

Inside Bidenworld’s plan to punish the GOP for opposing Covid relief - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM A robust sales job will follow passage (should it happen) as the president and his allies want to avoid the missteps of the Obama years. Please don't screw this up. Forget means testing and push the bill through. And dare Manchin to vote against it because of the minimum wage increase. This is a much easier sell than the last stimulus bill, which was watered down with tax things from Republicans that didn't do much, while the bulk was "shovel-ready" projects to put people to work. Good idea but harder to sell since most people aren't seeing the benefits from it compared to checks, minimum wage, help for families, and hearing about vaccination expansion.

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I had to dip out around the beginning of the fourth quarter, but I see nothing happened after that.

congrats man im happy for you and i think with time you'll see what a great decision it was to get enraged to something so important

That was a good fucking throw, too!

They've always been OK, old man. Most sites I see use the entire scale, so 1 - 10 means 5 is average.

Okay, I thought it was just my ears as to why it sounded strange. I don't know much about the singer, but I dug the visual of the dancers taking over the field.

Coworker showed it to me a few days ago; it made my day.

This Oatly CEO dude has a very long neck

Bud Light Seltzer Lemonade

I'll be damned. Nicely done, Chiefs.

Okay, that gm electric vehicle commercial was great.

M&Ms always deliver on these commercials.

I dunno, that Little Richard version at Wrestlemania X was fucking awesome.

I've long since thought it should be our National Anthem. Star-Spangled Banner is fine, but musically and lyrically, America the Beautiful is the superior song. That rendition was also great as I've not heard many guitar-focused ones.