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00%-09% Broken or offensively bad; absolutely no value.
Example Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
10%-19% We might be able to find one nice thing to say about
it, but still not worth anyone’s time or money.
Example Gettysburg: Armored Warfare
20%-29% Completely falls short of its goals. Very few
redeeming qualities.
Examples Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse
30%-39% An entirely clumsy or derivative effort. There’s
little reason to play this game over a similar, better one.
Examples Trials of the Blood Dragon
40%-49% Flawed and disappointing.
Examples Aliens: Colonial Marines
50%-59% Mediocre. Other games probably do it better,
or its unique qualities aren’t executed well.
Examples Primordia, Homefront: The Revolution
60%-69% There’s something to like here, but it can onlybe
recommended with major caveats.
Examples No Man’s Sky, Ghost Recon: Wildlands
70%-79% A good game that’s worth playing. We like it.
Examples Prey, NieR: Automata
80%-89% A great game with exceptional moments or
features, and touches of brilliance. We love it.
Examples Overwatch, Night in the Woods
90%-94% A compelling recommendation for most PC
gamers. Important to PC gaming, and likely ahead of its time.
Examples Bayonetta, Dishonored 2
95%-96% Far and away one of the best games we’ve ever
played. We recommend it to the entire world.
Examples Half-Life 2, Kerbal Space Program
97%-100% Advances the human species. Boosts the
immune systems of nearby children and small animals.
sweet spot
ARE! YOU! READY! FOR! THE!
BRITISH PUDDING SUMMER
SWEETS POWER RANKINGS?
Because, y’know, I have assessed all
four of the flavours in this Marks
and/or Spencer selection!
Right! In last place is apple &
raspberry fool as the raspberry is
barely detectable and swiftly fades
into generic peardrop flavour.
Lemon meringue is third because
the strong flavour was closer to the
banana-flavoured amoxycillin
prescription I had for glue ear as a
child, not lemon meringue. I had a
tang of lemon partway through
eating but it didn’t last. Rhubarb
& custard is a worthy runner up- a robust take on a classic.
Peaches & cream is thus the
champ, tasting exactly like tinned
peach slices in syrup. Congrats!
PhiLiPPawaRR
DEPUTY EDITOR
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