Five star systems usually start at the equivalent of an F grade. E.g. 5 stars is an A+, 4 is a B+, 3 is a C, 2 is a D, 1 is an F, or something like that. My point is, you don't start out at 0%.
For instance, Joystiq was miffed at Metacritic for making this very same mistake, and stopped rating games completely as a result.
https://www.engadget.com/2015/01/13/joystiq-isnt-scoring-reviews-anymore-and-heres-why/
Exactly! When RPGFool wrote it the way he did it actually made me understand why he was so upset with the DOS2 review. But I never looked at it that way, if a game is below say 50 on the 100 scale, it most certainly isn't worth more than one star (perhaps it's actually none). I think the article from Joystiq sums it up nicely, having the same problems with giving scores.
Honestly, if a game has below say 70 you will guess the reviewer found it severly lacking or total crap, it doesn't matter if it got 67 or 38. Right?
On topic, thanks for the review Corwin. I hadn't planned on playing Prey at all but now I'm seriously considering it. Will wishlist for now, I still have to finish Dos2 and after that Elex seems like the way to go.
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