GCG reviews all products on a 10 point scale. All games, comics and gadgets reviewed by GCG are either provided by the producer, or purchased by GCG staff and external contributors. At no time GCG receives any enticements, monetary or otherwise, in exchange for a certain review score, nor has a reviewed product been provided with a condition from the producer that GCG must award a certain minimum score in return. All GCG reviewers assess all reviewed products equally, with no preferential treatment of any kind, and assign a score to the product based on their own considered judgment, with no outside interference from publishers or developers.
Review Score Scale:
1/10 Failed game/comic/gadget
If this is a game, it is completely unplayable, if comic, it is absolutely unreadable and if gadget, it is totally unusable. Avoid at all costs!
2/10 Flawed game/comic/gadget
If this is a game, it is almost playable but certain flaws prevent you from enjoying the experience fully, if comic, it is just about readable but the storyline makes no sense and/or the artwork is awful, and if gadget, it may be usable, but it’s utterly pointless.
3/10 Poor game/comic/gadget
This product is complete but it has nothing new to contribute to its respective genre. It won’t bring you too much joy when played/read for a game/comic and if it is a gadget it is either poorly designed, lacks some crucial features, underperforms, or it is a low quality rip-off of some other, more well-known device.
4/10 Promising game/comic/gadget
While imperfect, this product has some interesting ideas or features which make it unique, but falls short from achieving its true potential.
5/10 Average game/comic/gadget
A mediocre product – true average in its category. Some reviewers would try to fool you into believing that 6/10 or 7/10 is average, but that just does not make any sense to us – these people obviously missed out on maths at school! If this is a game/comic, then people unfamiliar with the genre may still find something worthwhile here, but avid gamers/readers will find it to be too unexceptional. If this is a gadget, it works well but offers nothing new.
6/10 Above-Average game/comic/gadget
You are safe in buying this product but it’s unlikely it will last beyond the first play/read for a game/comic and it will likely end up in a cardboard box in the loft after a year or so, if it is a gadget.
7/10 Good game/comic/gadget
If this is a game or comic, buy it – your money will be well spent. If this is a gadget, consider first whether you really need it, and if you already don’t own something similar, before committing to a purchase.
8/10 Very Good game/comic/gadget
A solid piece of entertainment, that guarantees hours of fun and has a good re-playability/re-readability value for a game/comic. A solid piece of engineering with very useful features for a gadget.
9/10 Exceptional game/comic/gadget
Games or comics awarded this coveted score are the best of the best in their respective category and you will truly miss out if you won’t play or read them. Apart from being highly entertaining, they are also original and well-made and you will likely find yourself returning to them more than once after you have finished with them. Gadget attaining this high mark must be at the cutting edge of technology with functionality or features which will substantially enhance your life, or that have a very high entertainment value. Products earning score 9/10 are the benchmarks that other products in their category will be compared to.
10/10 Outstanding game/comic/gadget
A true timeless classic of its category – your life will be poorer without it. Some critics never award this highest mark, and stop short of it at 9/10 or 99%, but we know better than that. True perfection is unattainable, but on a scale 1-10 nothing should be unachievable. Saying that, score 10/10 is reserved only for the true legends of their respective categories: innovative, genre-defining masterpieces for games and comics, and state-of-the-art, game-changing devices or technologies for gadgets.