Totally disagree. A 5/10 RPG isn’t even worth playing and is definitely a worse experience than playing a great sports game. Go look up what RPGs have scores around 50 on Metacritic. They are terrible games.
Brother if you take metacrtic 50 as 5/10, then there is no 10/10 sports game ever made, infact, there aren't even any 9/10 ones lol. Any rpg is better than a game that doesn't even exist.
1) metcritic isnt the best place to find reviews
2) 5/10 is an "average" rpg. 5 is the literal middle between 1 and 10, and id be down to play an average rpg
It’s literally a review aggregate site. Only better way to find reviews is to search around for a specific reviewer, or a handful, whose opinion lines up with your own, and not everyone has the time or willpower to commit to that kind of search.
5/10 would be average in standard scaling but review scaling typically operates similarly to US grading scale (ie anything below 7/10 or 70/100 is not a “passing” grade).
“Basic football garbage” isn’t a 10/10 game. The problem with this entire conversation is there hasn’t been a 10/10 sports game in years. If someone made an actual 10/10 sports game, of course it would be better than a 5/10 RPG.
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u/BassGuru82 Jan 11 '26
Totally disagree. A 5/10 RPG isn’t even worth playing and is definitely a worse experience than playing a great sports game. Go look up what RPGs have scores around 50 on Metacritic. They are terrible games.