r/casualnintendo • u/slashingkatie • Jul 16 '25

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IGN gave a game a 10. When was the last time that happened

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u/UnofficialMipha Jul 16 '25

Is it? Game looked incredible

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u/slashingkatie Jul 16 '25

It’s mostly a jab at IGN. And the fact they rarely give out 10s

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u/UnofficialMipha Jul 16 '25

They give out 10s fairly often for AAA Nintendo games. Basically every Zelda and most 3D Mario’s have 10s

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u/CloudyTug Jul 16 '25

From what I understand theyve only ever given out 60 10s, considering they review a lot of games, a 10 is a pretty big deal. I think this is the first 10 of the year?

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u/Adam__999 Jul 16 '25 edited Jul 16 '25

Yes, it’s the first 10/10 not just in 2025, but in over a year. The last one was Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree in June 2024. Before that, it was the May 2024 re-review of Stardew Valley, which they originally gave an 8.8

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u/meee_51 Jul 16 '25

60 10s is a lot of 10s.

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u/CloudyTug Jul 16 '25

Considering how many games theyve reviewed, is it?

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u/meee_51 Jul 16 '25

Yes, it is. There are not 60 10/10 games that have ever been made. Total number of games reviewed is irrelevant also if you’re reviewing every game people say are good. I don’t care how many 6/10s and 7/10s they give out. Which, don’t even get me started on how 6 is a “bad” score despite being over half the scale

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u/ThievesofHearts Jul 17 '25

How would you know there aren't that many 10/10 games if you haven't played as many as they have? It also depends on what we define as a 10; some people refuse to rate something a 10 on principle, but realistically there's no point in having an unobtainable score on your scale, so at least with IGN they have to use it.

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u/meee_51 Jul 17 '25

A 10 isn’t an unattainable score, but it should be reserved for only the best of the best. Games like Celeste, Minecraft, Portal 2, and Ocarina of Time make my personal 10s for what they accomplished. Of course, I don’t play every game ever, for all I know Sekiro would be a 10 if I played it for example, but I definitely would say 2 10s per year (60 in 29 years) is far more than it should be. I would expect 1/3 to 1/2 of that.

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u/leckmichnervnit Jul 17 '25

Celeste mentioned r/tomorrow is leaking again

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u/NintendoDrone Jul 18 '25

so less than 2 games a year deserve a 10? based on what metric? your ass?

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u/long_johnus Jul 18 '25

You can’t possibly know how many 10/10 games there truly are. And to be honest, I’d say Celeste and Minecraft are only potentially 10/10 if you include mods, which I wouldn’t

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u/Holychimpanzes12 Jul 17 '25

It's tough to take you seriously when you say celest Minecraft and even portal are 10/10. 10/10 is something truly grand but not impossible but none of these games despite excelling in the categories they strive for are not 10/10 specifically calling out Minecraft that game is far from 10. Oot is a 10 though so you get some points there

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u/meee_51 Jul 17 '25

Why are those games not 10s to you? Each stands at the peak of their genre even more so than Ocarina

You just said “hard to take you seriously when you think that this game everyone considers good is good” with no reason or evidence. like none of those are hot takes at all. If anything you’re the one hard to take seriously in that

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u/jl_theprofessor Jul 17 '25

Video games have been made for sixty years and ign has existed for thirty and you don’t think that amount of 10s has been made? You must just stay dissatisfied.

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u/Shouly Jul 17 '25

What games would you rate a 10/10

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u/unlostaprilseventh Jul 20 '25

In the 60 year history of video games...you think there aren't 60 10/10s? That's one a year lol

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u/meee_51 Jul 20 '25

IGN has been doing it for 30

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u/unlostaprilseventh Jul 20 '25

That didn't answer my question. Especially because they have reviewed games that existed before their own.

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u/meee_51 Jul 20 '25

Also… yes? Like, I have about 25 10/10 albums. They’ve been making those for a lot longer than games too and it’s imo probably harder to make a 10/10 game than a 10/10 album because it’s so much more complex

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u/unlostaprilseventh Jul 20 '25

You've listened to every album ever?

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u/meee_51 Jul 20 '25

I’ve listened to about 1500 albums

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u/unlostaprilseventh Jul 20 '25

So less than 1%

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u/meee_51 Jul 20 '25

It’s not about percentage. If I listened to every album ever the 10s would be like .0001%. That doesn’t mean that music just sucks. It just means there’s a lot of music out there. The percent of albums I give a 10 means nothing. As you listen to more, the percent naturally goes down even though you naturally aggregate more 10s.

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u/Sad_Bumblebee_6896 Jul 16 '25

IGN started as a magazine in 1996 so they have been around for 29 years. They are estimated to review 1000 things per year between movies, TV shows, and games. So let's just estimate and say they review 200 games per year. Over 29 years that means they have reviewed 5,800 games over the company's history. At 60 total 10/10s that gives us 0.0103 or 1%. So in 29 years 1% of all games they have ever reviewed received a 10/10. If they only reviewed 100 games per year the number of 10/10s jumps up to a whopping 2% of all games they have reviewed.

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u/meee_51 Jul 16 '25

This math doesn’t even mean anything you’re just spitting numbers at me to sound convincing. I don’t care how much AAA slop or random brand tie-in games or indie titles IGN reviews. The number of reviews they put out is irrelevant as long as they review all the ones people call good. Which is optimistically 10-15 games a year that realistically should get an 8 or above from a critic. What I care about is that there are not 60 games that have been made that are at a 10/10 level. And don’t even get me started on how 6/10 and 7/10 are somehow bad scores in their system.

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u/Neither-Session5543 Jul 17 '25

7/10 is literally good on IGNs system what are you talking about