What I mean is how do you value several games that have a 70% positive score. Are they all equal? What if one has 30% negative and the other 40%. Are they still equal? If not, in what way are neutral votes counted?
And if they are not equal how is the list ranked with a game that has 70% positive with 40% negative vs a game that has 69% positive with 10% negative?
Well, the reader has to decide that for themselves. Let's take 3 examples.
Game 1 70% positive, 10% neutral, 20% negative
Game 2 60% positive, 35% neutral 5% negative
Game 3 68% positive, 20% neutral 12% negative
Game 1 has the highest positive score, but also the highest negative score. If I look at the reviews, I see 20% of the people hate it, because they think its too frustrating. I can judge for the texts that its an action rpg. I tend to get frustrated because of my general suckiness at that kind of combat, and skip it.
Game 2 has the lowest negative review. I read through the reviews and see that most readers think its a well crafted game, but few people would say its a classic.
Game 3 is a game that most people like. Some people are big fans. Others don't like for a variety of reasons, including the type of combat, or because the multiplayer part sucks.
Are they all equal? Of course not, because each game has its own audience. On the other hand a compilation of scores can give a pretty decent impression of a game. Its also can lead to interesting discussion like in sports. For example who was the better basketball player? Wilt Chamberlain, who so dominated the NBA, that they had to implement the 3 second rule just to limit him, or Michael Jordan, who won a massive number of championships? Who was the best all time American football quarterback Joe Montana or Tom Brady? Who was the best soccer player? People can compare numbers in this case, but since there are many variables one can always make an argument who was better one way or the other,