In Defense of the 7/10 Games
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we are so back its stupid make sure to scream your favorite 7/10 game as loud as you can in the chat adn also in real life
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Hello everyone, good viewing🐼😊
I rate this video a 7/10
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When I was 11 years old, a friend kept asking me to lend him my copy of Just Cause and as I was tired of him insisting so much, I decided to lend it to him. After a few weeks, I went to his house to get it back but I was surprised that he didn't want to give it back because he liked it so much that he didn't want to stop playing it (it's a great game). Instead, he offered me another game in exchange, a volleyball game, which apparently he couldn't play so he really doesn't care about not having it anymore. I hesitated at the beginning but considering that it was a new game for me, I had already finished Just Cause and since the sequel was already announced, it sounded like a great deal, so I decided to take it.
That volleyball game was Dead or Alive Extreme 2.
Your friend made you a man, or a coomer. Not certainly both.
As soon as you said “a volley ball game” sirens went off in my head and I thought “no way it’s dead or alive!!” 😂👌🗿😎
so... did you like it?
dead or alive xtreme is peak, you got a great one bro
@@Boss_Fight_Index_muki It was a delightful experience, for sure. Highly recommended for any volleyball enthusiast.
I loved him showing Prototype in the background. Like, I know critically that Infamous was the 'winner' of that mash up but Prototype, well to quote the GameStop employee who gave me the pre-order bonus despite me not pre-ordering it, "let's you fight tanks and helicopters" and that's what really matters, right?
There was a Penny Arcade comic that advertised it similarly:
"In Prototype, you can karate-kick a helicopter. What the fuck else do you want?!"
Yeah, I spent more time playing that game as a kid than just about anything else. I would finish it and then start it over again, I don't know how many times I did that but it was a lot.
inFamous was fun. I love Sucker Punch for the Sly Cooper series, and the game was good, but Prototype was the one I preferred. The concept was just better, in my opinion.
I never really had an interest in the sequel and I never got the DLC because I barely knew about it for a long time and I certainly didn't have the kind of internet that would let me download it at the time.
Depending on where you live it's *still* a pain in the ass to get proper internet. When moving, I made sure I could stick with my current ISP because I didn't want to deal with some new, shittier company.
But I digress. I played Second Son some time later and still enjoyed it, so the series isn't bad at all and I like how they expanded the concept by letting you try out all sorts of other powers in one character, but yeah... I'd have rather the Prototype series had continued. The sequel for that sucked, mainly because the story and character writing were trash, but I could have looked past it if later titles were better.
@@Lucifronz If we never get another INFAMOUS game I pray that we at least get a PC port and remaster.
On paper prototype could be better but infamous is way better rounded from presentation,and story department the gameplay is almost as good as prototype too
One of the greatest things about 7/10 games is that they're often 7/10s because they commit to being games that not *everyone* would like, and thus can sometimes be exactly what you're looking for in a game.
Yes! thank you
it's better to auteur a vision of a game, not design one by committee
Or it's a 8 9 but they commited microtransaction sins
This
this is so true
When I encounter the "press forward to shimmy through a crack" moments, I like to try going backward, just to see how linear the game is. Usually, it's a one-way path. Thank you for coming after those cracks, Jakey.
That’s because a lot of times they hide loading screens.
Fun fact, the reason so many games have those is because they are secretly a loading screen.
It’s done so that that way immersion isn’t broken with a “now loading” screen.
@@phabiorules Ironically its so oversued it has an inverse effect of "oh the game is loading again every time i see it", i have to say i would rather havve a 2 sec loading screen than annoying recycled animation
@@EZNOOB6969 i honestly don't mind a loading screen most of the time, especially in games where you're pretty much constantly in action. It's a nice little breather sometimes before you start the next area. Get to rest your hands and eyes for 30 secs before you start again
Last of Us brought those to the mainstream. It was pretty smart then and it fit the game world. TLOU takes place in a dilapidated apocalypse world so it makes sense you’d have to squeeze through the remains of a collapsed building from time to time. Now it’s become so common place they put it in games where it doesn’t even make sense. About halfway through the “shimmy through crack” sequences in games you can actually notice the game stuttering if you look close enough as it culls out all the stuff behind you and loads in all the stuff in front of you.
6:26 Fun fact, "droll" means interesting in an entertaining or unexpected way. I think many people confuse it with "drab" or "dull".
Maybe it shouldn't've sounded so droll then
I hate the word "droll". I've always used it incorrectly, despite knowing its definition.
its interesting how boring it is
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In dutch droll means ‘pile of shit’
"Droll" is an example of a "skunk word", which is a word that is transitioning to a definition opposite to what it used to mean. Other examples of skunk words are "literally", "moot", "biweekly", and of course the classic "inflammable". Linguistics is fun!
A 7/10 targeted to your tastes is far superior than a 10/10 generic schlock mass market game.
Agree with the first part of your take but what game would be a 10/10 generic shlock mass market game?? :D Genuinely curious what would fit that description
@@maxackerman7364
I'd say God of war, possibly 😅
@@maxackerman7364generic 10 out of 10s are definitely gta v and rdr2
@@randomizerrrrr I mean maybe, but for me a 10/10 rating is literally a perfect game so I dont even know how a game like that could be generic. Like, a generic game couldnt even reach that rating it kind of feels paradox imo. Unless were talking about critic ratings ofc.
I wouldnt considers those two 10/10s for example, more 9/10. But this will be entirely objective anyway haha.
@@maxackerman7364 I agree, I don't consider them 10s either because they are very generic but a lot of critics do so that's why I mentioned them
Looking back at one's gaming library, especially back when you were a kid, just makes you realize how many of your formative and favorite games actually land in that 7/10 range, like for me it is the majority lol. The scoring and "tierlisting" obsession resonated a ton too, I hate rating games because of how time-specific and personal the experiences that I've had with them are, that just can't be measured with numbers.
Shout out to the Gamestop used game bins for shaping our childhoods
Should be more like a traffic light system, a spectrum. An artistic spectrum if you will.. autism
Didn't expecr to see one of my fav aninators here but I guess I shouldn't be surprised!
Should be more like a traffic light system
i played the shit outta Sonic 06 and just thought it was a hard game. I liked it kinda. Took me some 10 years to realize it was a famously bad game
“Hold forward while your character shimmies through a crack games”
😂😂😂
Loading Zone Moment:
Never understood this complaint. GoW Ragnarok and FFVII Rebirth are incredibly fun games. Yes every now and then they make you shimmy through a crack or up a cliff. Is that 0.5% of the gameplay really so bad that it ruins the other 99.5% for you? What kind of standards do you even have at that point? That's just ridiculous.
@@Tohlemiach once you understand those are literally places to load the next part of the level invisibly, you really stop caring about them lol. They’re all over Jedi fallen order and I didn’t even notice
@@Tohlemiach I think people dislike them cause they're such obvious filler moments, like walking alongside an NPC delivering exposition or whatever rather than just having it be a cutscene, and triple A games like those tend to be pretty bloated, especially FF7, so it's just another annoyance that accumulates over 60 hours of playtime.
I don't think most would say this shit legit ruins games single handedly, but they are a slog to get through no matter what and you see it all the time across different games, like they could at least mix up ways to hide level loading so it's not always the same copy and paste "shimmy through a crack in the wall" shit every time.
@@ginogatash4030 yeah, I’m not saying they’re great gameplay systems, but to give games that do that an entire derogatory category seems silly to me. Like it’s such a small part of any game that does it, why are we calling it by a name that categorizes the entire game by that mechanic? Why not simply talk about the mechanic itself? It makes it sound like any game with that mechanic in it is somehow inherently of lesser quality than games without it. Ragnarok was neck and neck with Elden Ring for game of the year, so clearly this is not as big of a deal as people are making it out to be. I’d just like us to be more precise in our criticisms because it’s not helpful to broadly categorize things in such a manner.
7/10 is like going to that fast food restaurant you usually like and know what they have.
Haha u be soft
Taco Bell
7/10
True that. Taco Bell may be terrible food, if you compare it to something home cooked or from a restaurant, same with videogames.
@@WolfvineGamingyou’ve never seen my cooking
I think Ghost Recon: Breakpoint being a looter shooter at first completely soured most people on it. The devs later implemented a ton of adjustable settings to the gameplay, which is kind of genius.
When you disable the item rarity, remove nearly all the HUD, turn the damage settings way up, limit yourself to one primary weapon, toggle off the team mates to go fully solo, you can get a tense, open world Splinter Cell-lite experience that reveals the very solid sound design and third person shooting mechanics.
There are some seriously good bones to the game that, as a result of so many shitty decisions at launch, ruined any chance for it to shine. Not a perfect game by any means, but I still go back to it pretty often.
You just made me want to go back and give that a shot. I played Wildlands, vanilla with no tweaks, with friends for a total of about 7 hours before we all lost interest. Heard the "night mode" or whatever it's called was pretty cool, the tweak that makes NVG essential after dark.
@@PunkerNinetySixGhost Mode in Wildlands was implemented couple of months after a release and it makes an entirety of this game just a different experience.
Not only you are limited to 1 primary weapon, refill ammo at certain points, but it’s also 1 death for entire game. Once you die, your save is wiped out.
It’s really an amazing mode.
Jakey is that old friend that calls you up occasionally and you always have a good time with.
Banana Bread at work yo..... Hell Yeah
You immediately pick up the conversation where you left it 4 years ago like nothing happened
5:42 This is a bad example. Shadow of War got a low score due to the controversy that happened when it released. A single player game selling microtransactions and throttling its xp gain really hard to sell them.
Sonic Frontiers is a 7/10 but just screwing around and doing parkour all over the map is pretty much a 10/10 experience
had a lot of fun. bosses sucked, but they made me feel cool. i loved running so fast.
There's so many games that I don't think I've gotten around to playing yet, because I like to do things like listen to podcasts or music while I'm playing in the background. When a game is mid, I don't have to worry about missing something important or really good.
Kids enjoy 10/10 scored games
Men enjoy 7/10 scored games
Legends enjoy 6/10 scored games
LOL, No seriously, Whiplash and Crash Of The Titans are two of my favorite PS2 games and they both have a 6/10 score on metacritic
Bro you taste is legendary!!! Please give me more good game???? Also anyone who says PS2 era crash are bad? Fk u I prefer them to the PS1 and even remake. Yes I called it they are far more enjoyable
@@phantomwolf2141 Thanx a lot bro, i didn't play all the PS2 Crash games but Crash Of The Titans and Tag Team Racing were a lot of fun.
If you're into retro, here's some games i remember really enjoying:
- Blood Omen (PS1)
- Oddworld (PS1)
- Dawn Of Mana (PS2)
- Dead to rights (PS2)
Even if you don't have a PS1/PS2 you can easily emulate them on a decent PC. I do it all the time, and these games are way more fun than anything coming out these days.
@@NourArt02 ey man I can't thank u Enough. List like these u can't find anywhere else and only by asking people who share similar taste
I can't believe someone other than me played Whiplash xD I still to this day quote some of the goofy lines from that game 🦊
@@biscuitstrudel1817 STOP DROP AND ROLL STOP DROP AND ROLL ... LOL, they're engraved forever in my memory
Dawg Just Cause 3 is one of my favorite games. I revisit it every year for quick, chaotic fun. Nothing wrong with junk food games lol
Same. I remember spending an ungodly amount of time tracking down every vehicle so I could fill my collection. Don't ask me what the story was about though lol. I just knew red meant bad guy and blue meant good guy.
@@thepresidentofeverything5399 facts
Speaking as someone who’s slightly shifted a few metascores in his day, in many cases a 7/10 just means the game is doing something interesting or unique the writer didn’t have time to explore and master before the embargo was up. Reviewers like games with tight, directed stories and polished mechanics they’ve seen a thousand times before because they get paid by the article/word and all of those qualities make them easy to finish
and write up quickly.
I just ate toilet paper in a vid 💪🎉😊🥃🧻🔥💯
I wouldn't say they give games great scores our of laziness but rather that they're too used to "cinematic" games and expect that from every game
Happens with music too. Listening to a lot of albums, you need time to let it sit with you, really dig into the lyrics or pick apart what and how they're playing what they are to really get an opinion on something. That takes time though, so a lot of the time people will listen through an album in one sitting, maybe do it again but really it's a first impression if anything. It's just not enough time to have an actually useful opinion on something.
Nice seeing you here. Most anime games are 7/10s, but I wish they had more variety than fighting games and RPGs.
The look on Hank Azaria's face in Heat when Pacino says "she's got a great ass" is even funnier when you realize that's his genuine reaction because Pacino actually improvised the line and Hank had zero idea it was coming 😂
Such a great memorable line
Watch Pacinos lips lol, you see him almost say “Big Ass” but he catches himself and improvises a new line
And a bot already stole your comment dude lol, went back to the bot comment to take off my like n give it to you here haha
6:03 No! Not again! He's back!!
Wha holy cow its Mark Brown!
I'd just like to point out, this isn't just an issue for video games. It also applies to movies, books, etc.
We should all try to remember that "mediocre" actually means "acceptable," and that it's okay to appreciate flawed things for various reasons.
Evil West was an incredibly underrated 7/10 style game, man
Oh, you NEED to try Weird West then man.
i loved it
Nah, that doesn't get past a 6.
@@thelordofcringeor a 5 for me,gameplay was very limiting,the story...well what story?,the presentation was average
I don't even play video games but this guy is making me laugh so I'm binge watching his videos
I love how a 7/10 game is considered not good but a 7/10 movie or music album is considered very good just not great
I think also because no one wants to play a game that's mid for hours and hours compared to watching a movie for 1-2 hours
I just ate toilet paper in a vid 💪🧤🍻🥃🔥🔥🔥
I wonder if people are using those scores not to decide their purchases but to rationalize the stuff they already bought
Video games costs money and time
This vid does a pretty great job of expressing why I don't pay much attention to numerical ratings, rather, on the odd occasion that I do read game reviews (mostly I just play whatever looks interesting, or stuff people recommend to me personally) I look for how people feel about the aspects of games that matter most to _me._ For example, I'm willing to put up with awkward gameplay and lack of polish if the story, characters, humor, and atmosphere are interesting enough for me, but a game needs to have a _really_ enjoyable gameplay loop if it has mediocre story or else I just will not care. So, I pay attention to reviews that focus mainly on the quality or uniqueness of the storytelling in any given game.
This video was recommended to me after I have spent the last 2 weeks playing Wildlands more than any of the AAA titles I have in my library. The algorithm is too good.
NakeyJakey nailed it. Sometimes all daddy needs is a little pizza hut. And even though the game can be so dumb sometimes, it really lets you play it your way. I’m using the Third Echelon outfit and in my head canon I’m a Splinter Cell agent embedded with the Ghosts in Bolivia. I am having more fun with this storyline in my head than most recent major titles over the past 5-10 years. I am also a lot more busy in life, so I really just need a simple little story to enjoy in the evenings than anything else.
Ghost recon does have horrible writing but it's honestly one of the most immersive worlds in gaming, everything about the world just feels alive. The music, rebel radio PSA's, the people walking around, and the landscape is super appealing
Wildlands had fantastic lighting.
I knew you loved skating but I NEVER thought I'd hear you mention Session (and SXL) in one of your videos. GOAT.
This is a 7/10 video essay. Great work!
Session looks dope asf with its 2008 pov camcorder filter.
As Dunkey said in his video about video game reviews, the score is dependant on the reviewer. The example he gave was his opinion about Persona 5 and that he thinks it's a pretty good game. Knowing that he hates JRPGs, turn-based combat and anime, him liking a game with all three of those aspects would mean that to others, it's probably absolutely amazing.
Jakey’s writing is so fucking good 😭 I love the conscious stream of words leading from one joke to the next
The type of game you play through in two days when you have the flu
For me that was 100%ing Death Must Die, fantastic little early access indie with a lot of highs and lows
Idk who’s played it but SSX (2012) has played an important role in shaping who I am and my taste in music
As kid growing up in Qatar, the view of rocky snow covered sloped felt like a fantasy world. Mix that with the soundtrack and the radio sound of you helicopter buddy talking to u created a very specific vibe thats stuck with me ever sense
I freaking love SSX 2012
The thing to remember about Shadow of War's lower metascore is that game on release was hugely marred by microtransactions which were patched out way later. On release, the balance was out of whack to encourage you to buy lootboxes.
"We are all mouthpieces for wiser men who have come before us" 10:06
I’ve always said, man cannot survive on steak alone. Sometimes you need some bologna.
Every time Jakey talks about immersion and game play that lets you come up with creative solutions for in world problems I think of Prey 2017. I don't know what it was rated back then but I know it got passed up by the majority and I can't sing it's praises enough.
You get this nerf crossbow that literally does like 0 damage to enemies at first glance but then realize it can be used to shoot buttons through cracks you can't get through to unlock doors or set up trip mines and lure enemies.
Don't think I didn't hear the Shire theme from that Hobbit game way back when and THEN the menu from Castlevania 64 in the background. That's two tunes I haven't heard since I played them, holy shit! Good work
The Mad Max game is THE pinnacle of 7/10 games
*Spits out coffee
"Honey! Shut them kids up, a new Jakey just dropped"
Dark Souls is 10/10 to a lot of people in retrospect but it's really a 7/10 that scratched an itch people didn't know they had yet. Now that itch is a genre.
Measuring the quality of a subjective experience with a singular rating is like determining the rotation of a spinning top by grabbing it
that's why they usually summarize the review with a pros/cons list. it allows other people to make a judgement based on the aspects that matter to them beyond the overall score.
It’s like determining the color of a painting by wiping the whole thing down with a rag
I was all over 7/10 games in the Xbox 360 era, when I was single, in my 20s and had a shitload of free time to play them. Now I'm a dad in my 40s, and really only get to game on my Steam Deck, so only have time to play the real bangers that come out. I did play heaps of Wildlands, and found it was just my type of game at the time.
I like to think 10 is likely the best game to release in the year, 9 probably shows up more when the competition in year is tough. 7-8 is functional but clearly it's got some hang ups people should be aware of. 6 is a bugged/broken game and if the numbers are going lower than it's just a reflection how much fun that mess is.
Fun fact: there is absolutely nothing problematic about mercing carteleros under any circumstance.
"The most insipid, millennial-ass writing ever"
Pretty much the last 10 years of American pop-culture summed up in one sentence
This isn't even remotely close to true bro lmao
@@StarchieHaloNah, it is.
@@StarchieHalo erm..... yeah, ok. I guess saints row, borderlands 3, forspoken, every single superhero movie (madame web, morbius, every marvel movie), guardians of the galaxy game and movie, redfall, high life, rick and morty, the newer wolfenstein games, the tiny tina borderlands spin off game, LITERALLY ANY NETFLIX ORIGINAL SHOW, Viewfinder, Starfield, Anything that Gearbox makes or publishes, the hundreds of other games that have constant marvel quips in them, and so on and so on.
Anyway, erm... you just got owned! So... THAT happened...
I would do a little correction there. I would call it “The most insipid, trying-to-appeal-millennial-ass writing ever”. So many big budgeted games are so transparent on their director’s board/focus group way of planning and designing a game, that many aspects of a videogame, including the writing, feel less like the honest expression of an artist and more like a task imposed by an executive because that’s what is hot on the market right now
This isnt even close to being true. Millenials didnt grow up in the 80s
Assuming that those 7/10 are actually 7/10 and not just journalists towing the line between being seen as reliable to gamers and not cutting ties with the developers
The RB6 Vegas theme kicked in around 2:20 and I LOVE IT.
I'm so glad I'm not the only person who says "If, if is good."
I've always felt 10 was too high of a number, because most people are gonna write off everything 6 and below, which to me makes me wonder what's the point of so many numbers. I honestly prefer out of 5, since each number can more meaningfully indicate how enjoyable a game can be.
personally i like out of 10 better. sometimes i’ve read a review that’s incredibly put together and then the rating is 3/5, which to me feels kind of vague. if the goal is to measure how good something is out of 100 it pays off to have a scale that’s a bit more specific. although this is mainly for art and media in general, i think for things like food a /5 scale works well. that’s probably because i’m just more interested in art instead of food though
i’m curious to hear why you think each number /5 is a better indicator for how enjoyable someone finds something though.
Felt the same way for a long time. The “out of 10” scale is just so ingrained as the universal scale, it’s difficult to break away from.
I tend to like 10s a bit more because you can be more flexible like Xenoblade 2 is a good game that has some obnoxious mechanics and some horrible tutorials so something like a 8.5 could be used to describe it. Honestly though I think reviews should be more about price (When an outlet like IGN is covering). I played Gotham Knights with a buddy recently and that game is fun and has lots of good points in its favor but 70$ for it is highway robbery I got it on gamepass so I could definitely enjoy it more though that at worst a 7 or bellow tells me to wait for a sale or it to come on gamepass or just become free.
nah people would just view a 3 as the new 7 probably. out of 10 feels like it has more nuance just like out of 100 would but thats far to complex. 10 is a solid sweet spot.
Megaman legends invented 3D open world games and then the legend of zelda one year later did the same thing and took all the credit.
I gotta say, these Better call Saul adds are a solid 7/10
Maybe the real 7/10 was the friends we made along the way
Some of my favourite 7-8/10 games I've played:
The Darkness 1&2.
Condemned 1&2.
Saints Row 1&2.
Brutal Legend.
Spec Ops: The Line.
MOH: Airborne.
Army of Two (in coop).
Dead Rising 1&2.
One game that I've always wanted to play that fits this category is Stranglehold. I remember playing the demo back in the day and loved it. Not Backwards Compatible though so I'd have to bust out the old 360 (which hopefully works) in order to play it.
As someone named Mason who was half paying attention. This video was a surreal experience
If 5 is average to the point of boredom, 6 is good to a reasonable enough degree that it's fun, and 7 is a great game with solid ideas executed well with a reasonable enough amount of flaws then I can't imagine not liking 7/10 games. As soon as you get to the 8 - 10 range we're talking about the best games ever made.
I disagree, I think 8 out of 10 games release every year, and your average goty is like a 9/10 and you might get like 3 10/10 games a decade those are the ones that would be considered all time not the 8 and 9’s however obviously they are still amazing but not all time.
I think the main reason for that is that we are forever stuck to the "games can be movies" mentality
My 7/10 game is sitting at a 65% overall on steam and it has to be one of my favourite games of all time. For me it is the epitome of a game that scratches that certain itch that I have but it doesn't just scratch one itch, it scratches all kinds of itches that I didn't know I had and can't be scratched by any other game. The game in question is "Wanted: Dead" and Jacob Geller's video that I found it through did NOT do it justice for me. I fell in love with the game from his video but when I actually got it for myself and played it it blew my expectations out of the water. Somehow Jacob Geller downplayed how much that game is like... THAT, whatever "that" is. I can not recommend it to anyone I know but the people that do like it will like it a LOT.
It's funny, my game is Dark Souls 2, which actually has the highest rating out of all three games. But, if you ask an average DS1/3 fan, and they'll either say they hate DS2, or they couldn't get into it.
For me, Dark Souls 2 sits below Ocarina of Time and above Metal Gear Solid 1 as my second favorite game of all time™.
That game got some updates recently, it feels a lot better to play now than it did at release.
4 years ago I spent the entire day going through Titanfall 2s campaign, and I had a really good time with it. never understood why nobody talks about it like that
My favorite 7/10 has to be inFamous 2. It's got wonderful gameplay and movement, the characters are engaging enough with a mid central plot. It feels so good to traverse the city even though the ai is wack and buggy. Animations clip sometimes but at the same time every attack feels so chunky and satisfying. The sound mixing is weird at points but the soundtrack is an absolute banger. If you like superhero power fantasies with no limits, inFamous 2 is for you.
I love that wildlands was the canonical example. i put like 40 hours into that, fully aware that it was sincerely mid the whole time. great time no regrets
The problem with review scores is that critics started saying the same things as negatives and that started making this checklist approach to making games, so then everyone is pouring money into these behemoth projects that are designed off the checklist.
Linear games with short stories became taboo, not worth paying full price for, so every game becomes open world. But it can't be empty, it needs to be packed with content, so lets copy and paste bases and dungeons everywhere, or you can't go round a corner without a fight, or you cant walk 5 feet without seeing a resource to gather.
Games are knocked as repetitive if they use the same mechanics for too long, so every game needs "RPG elements" and skill trees and unlockable abilities so you can choose which type of repetition you want.
Games are knocked for being ugly or looking "indy", so all games need hyper-realistic graphics.
Starfield is my favorite recent 7/10. Really obviously bad in spots but what other games can I spend hours tinkering on my spaceship, decorating the captains quarters for me and my snake-worshipping wife, then fly off to cowboy land, pick up a bounty for space pirates, and then go shoot those pirates with laser sniper and a shotgun that shoots angry bees?
sometimes the 7 out of 10s are more memoriable than the 10 out of 10s.
the real treasure was the 7's we played along the way
A lot of games on the game pass are all just 7/10s and I gotta say, as a casual I’m having a lot of fun trying out a variety of different games I didn’t get to play as a kid or years ago than most of the new ones that come out nowadays
The use of the 2003 hobbit gamecube game soundtrack is greatly appreciated
2:30 Rainbow Six Vegas 2 theme FTW.
Holy shit, Jakey. This is the best video you've made in a long time! Man's truly hit his stride. I definitely finished this video and didn't comment this 17 seconds after the video came out.
K
i would say it was about a 7 out of 10 in terms of nakeyjakey videos
4:21 Weezer
Greedfall. Janky euro RPG-oh yes. But it also chose a setting that was unique, and tried things with its story and characters that just would not pass the AAA vibe check. And it was great for it.
We need those AA games to keep things fresh and try things out that you’re just not going to get from the all-or-nothing-yet-somehow-incredibly-“safe” big budget 10/10 games.
The two Kane and Lynch games were favorites of mine. Xbox 360 era had so many 6-7s out of 10 that were fun
NakeyJakey videos are 7/10. They scratch that itch that others cannot.
It’s debatable if deathloop is a 7/10 game, but it’s 7/10 so I’ll go with that. I love that game to death, it’s just so satisfying figuring out where every enemy will be during the different times of day and the gunplay is just fantastic. Story is lacking and some people call it repetitive, but I love every second. It also has, in my opinion, the best art direction of the decade so far
Critics were confused and thought it was a 9/10.
Its not even Arkanes best work.
And we all know it was Prey and Dishonered.
@@Theehannle I liked deathloop more than prey, but yeah dishonored tops both
When it comes to video games people may come for the story and presentation but will stay for the gameplay.
7:47 my favorite point brought up in the video. Soooo, so so many people play (open world games especially) ONLY play the main story. They don't use it as a sandbox, imo open world games have stories to tie things together or give you a sense of direction, but it's far from being the main attraction. It makes perfect sense that something that's crafted to be linear with specific new actions and set pieces in a closed off environment plays better story wise than a big open area that just gives extra meaning to all the tools you've been given.
Shadow of War and Just Cause 3 probably deserve about a 7.5, but I'll still jump on every few months to scratch that specific itch. And when I do, it's for HOURS.
According to old ratings systems from PC magazines during the 90s,
based on a scale of 10, 7 would be Good
1- Do not play/watch/read
2- Awful
3- Very bad
4- Bad
5- Average
6- Above Average
7- Good
8- Very good
9- Excellent
10- Perfect
According to modern ratings:
1-5 = The same
6- awful
7- very bad/bad
8- average/above average
9- good/very good
10- Excellent/Perfect
To answer the question.
Why we rank things and why we care is because we have limited time and unlimited entertainment, which we need someone to filter through so we can prioritize that limited time on the best content and maximize our entertainment. So comparing entertainment through rank and numerical value helps visualize that increased entertainment value so we know what to prioritize.
Same as mid budget movies. You get no Ghost Rider like hits nowdays. It's always top dollar mathematicaly produced movies, but we lost the surprising one offs (possibly with a shitty sequel). Due to the games market, we still kinda get it in the forms of 7/10s
Originally Silent Hill 2 was a 7 out of 10 game when it released...
as someone with over 1,000 hours in Wildlands, I am clearly the kind of person who prefers freedom with a good challenge over a more cinematic experience. Wildlands is one of the only good (but not great) PvE tactical co-op shooters. I only wish it was first person and more realistic (and yes I've tried mods to do that but it's not great)
First off, Jake Baldino sent me
Second off, favorite 7/10 game is probably Space Marine 1 from 2011. LOVE that game. I'm glad its getting more credit for being good as time goes on
The use of the music from The Hobbit 2003 video game (one of the very best games of all time), just past 7 minutes in, made me so so happy. 10/10
Let me tell you, fellas. I just dived into the game Sleeping Dogs on ps4. Fantastic 7.5/10 game! Having so many moments of bliss where I slam some dude into the ground and he ragdolls in the perfect fashion. Perfectly timed video, as I only have about 3 hours in this game now & I know I will quickly have 30!
Sleeping dogs never gets old, It's a closet 10/10 in a 7/10.
Every time I'm reminded of sleeping dogs, my soul weeps for the sequels cancelation.
@@Xue-tu yeah the original scored way higher than 7 though. Not really a 7 if the original scored 8's and 9's.
Shout out to Michael Huber's catchphrase: swimming in sevens.
Michael Huber coined the term "swimming in 7s", and that changed my whole perspective on fun, good-enough games
Yup he's a big champion of the notion. I always thought it was great that they had a dedicated Best 7 award when they'd do GOTYs at EZA.
In farcry 5 it’s not about overthrowing the Peggy’s it’s about the cross map no scope headshots you land with your homies
I love Two Worlds, that 7/10 Oblivion Killer
The Rainbow Six Menu music at 2:27 had me having flashbacks 😭
session is very underrated. really feels like it can be a modern day skate 3. the controls are really how you’d move your feet in real life and I love it
Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl is probably a 7/10 due to horrendous bugs, late game being linear and A.I quirks.
But no game I've ever played has nailed ambience like this game people like Call of Pripyat but it never terrified me. Also the mods for Shadow of Chernobyl make it a 10/10, no game series will capture post-Soviet nuclear accident Chernobyl like this game does.
You're a 10/10, Jakey ❤
Totally agree. I’ve played some really entertaining 6 and 7 out of 10’s that miss the mark, but still do interesting things, and I remember those better than competent but too safe/boring 8s. Ultimately, scores never tell the full story, and there’s an instinct to deduct from 10 to get a score rather than count up from 0.
I agree Mr. Pineapple
Yoooo iron is here!
And, yea. Missing the mark doesn't cover the full picture. Fun can be found even from 6s or 5s
"instinct to deduct from 10 rather than count up from 0" is such a good way to describe it, definitely appropriating this opinion
7 out of 10 Souls likes you've never heard of
Cars with swords is a wild game :)
I've always hated the mentality of "7/10 means is not worth it". It means it's good, just not a masterpiece
7 out of 10 means wait to get it on sale. Then again, I rarely buy games at launch. Unless it's Nintendo, it's so much cheaper to get it later
Idk depends, I'd say that a game that everyone universally thinks is a 7/10 is not nearly as worth playing as a game that a lot of people give like a 3/10 but some give a 10/10
The thing is there's more games that you'd give a 10/10 than you could ever play so if you're going into something that you're sure you'll think is just ok then why not try something more risky and interesting
Unless you're just playing to like chill out and numb your brain, then fair
ppl act like every game in existence needs to be a perfect 10/10 game when games that aren't perfect often have their own charm and drive that make me want to play them
especially since games are really multifaceted, the game might be worth playing simply for one of its aspects. Aggregating them to an average score is not necessarily helpful
7/10 meants that it was good enough for the reviewer, not for you.
If GTA6 is just 10 hours of cutscenes with 7 quicktime events, some people would still give it a 10, does it mean its a masterpiece? I don't think so.
9:20-10:14 Jakey gets existential about the fact that numbers don't matter, and people keep doing the same things, like no one has any original ideas, only to realize that the best moments of life happen when we step back and enjoy the little things like 7/10 games.
Meanwhile, Solomon, thousands of years ago: "There is nothing new under the sun... all is vanity, like chasing after wind... So I commend the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better than to eat, drink, and enjoy life."
I think we might have done this before too. Good video. 7/10 advice.
School conditioned us to give numerical value into everything, even to ourselves with our grades and whatnot. It's just what we do, I guess.
💯 also to love the Lord
I don't think they had garlic bread in 500 B.C. tho
@@TotalNigelFargothDeath real
What a based comment
So glad Jake took time off from his law firm to give us this video
jakey and jakey will manage on their own while jakey is gone
Not sure if there’s any other UA-camr I actually watch the ads for
He's an expert on Bird Law. I recommend him to everyone.
I mean it's got that kick ass Phoenix Wright theme playing in the background, I've never skipped it because of that 😂
@@snappytofu2301 I have only one other that I don't skip and that's Internet Historian. SethTzeentach as well I guess, but he doesn't count because the advertisers generally back out when they see what he calls an ad.
Shoutouts to Spore. Yeah the stages vary wildly in quality; it's graphics have continued to age like fermented milk, and space stage is "we have Stellaris at home" but like... I still get the itch to go back and play it every couple years.
One of my fav games as a kid. Let's you be so creative.
I think the space stage was a heavy inspiration for no man's sky as well, it was actually impressive the amount of planets and unique civilizations you could find and interact with, I'll never forget my tactic of destroying a planets atmosphere and climate to reduce the civilization to 1 city for an easy win
I was SO hyped when I first heard about Dark Spore, an action rpg using the Spore creature engine... Then it turned out you couldn't actually make your own creatures with it, rendering the whole thing pointless
Didn’t play it until last year and I absolutely understand. It’s addicting in a really weird way, like specifically a super really weird way lmao
Big facts lmao "We have Stellaris at home", is exactly it.
I think the biggest problem with these is that games are fkin expensive, and nowadays people will hesitate to drop $70 on a game unless it's universally agreed to be a slam dunk
You know, this a really good point I feel like Jakey didn't touch on, actually! Games are a product in a market that costs a lot of money, and when you don't have much to spend on games, dropping 60, 50, or even 40 bucks on a game that has a myriad of flaws and is a less well-rounded experience comparatively to other games just doesn't really much sense financially. As much as I'd love to pick up a 7/10 game that has some solid ideas and does a few things pretty well, it's hard to justify that purchase when it's sitting next to 9's and 10's on the same shelf at roughly the same price point. This isn't to say that 7/10's are bad or unimportant, just that it makes a lot of sense why they don't get nearly as much attention.
@@Chipsfish1 well they usually aren't on the same price point, provided you're patient enough. Like most of the 7/10 games go on sale, at max within a few months.
@@beegyoshi6525 The problem with that is that in basically any price bracket there will be steep competition with highly acclaimed games. Indie titles are exploding with quality, and even at full price some of the best games in that category are like 20, 25 bucks? Even if you wait like a year or so for a price drop on a 7/10 title, that lowered price drop just gives it a different, equally steep competition for the price point.
Exactly, scores and ratings exist to create some sort of baseline for people not to waste their money/time on an okay/subpar product in a sea of endless content. There is too much to choose from, and we all got limited funds and a finite amount of time, so most people want to feel like they got their money's/time worth out of it. A 7 for me just means, OK, I'll wait for a sale, then I'll get it.
I've purchased a lot of 7-8/10 games for 5 bucks or less. You just have to wait a year or two.
The reason Shadow of War got those scores is because it was pay 2 win and the entire ending was locked out from people who didn't grind for like 20 hours or pay money. Warner Brothers / monolith changed it due to extreme backlash later on thankfully.
So I should go back and finally attempt to beat the game?😂
@@vance9090 Pretty much lol
I felt the opposite tbh. I understand why people might not have the patience to do that late game stuff to get to the true ending, but I think the whole point is that Talion was locked into endless war the way Cal/Sauron were. It gave you more opportunities to have new orc storylines play out. I vastly preferred it the way it was initially.
The grind was never that paid, i never bought a single chest with real money and the only time i even opened one was a single time to see what they gave you
@@echo3788 good for you
Busting out the word “crodie” mid sentence hit me like a pipe bomb on a 10 second delay right in my funnies
Oh yeah, that definitely time stamps this video, 100% lol
Same 😭😭😭
Timestamp?
don't speak on the family crodie
So true, I was looking for a comment that was aware
this feels like jakey made a video 5 years ago and forgot to upload it. i love this. thank you jakey.
It just missed the Horse Sense background fr