I'd give this poll a pi.

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1624864]

Comments

[andrewhickey.livejournal.com]

In my case, were I reviewing, I'd be trying to keep the marks on more-or-less a normal distribution, with the vast majority coming between about 4 and 7 and major dropoffs on both sides. Doing that would suggest that ten out of ten should go to something a couple of standard deviations better than average - not necessarily 'perfect', but significantly better than just top ten percent...

[andrewducker]

Edge magazine seems to do something similar - because they've given out 10/10 scores to a total of twelve games in the last seventeen years. Which seems pretty reasonable to me.

[johncoxon.livejournal.com]

But they've sped up. In the first 100 issues, three perfect scores. In the second 100, eight. Although I'm glad to see that Zelda: OoT is on the list.

[ninebelow.livejournal.com]

You are entirely right, let me quickly change my answer.

[dpolicar]

Yes, this.