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  Url http://wwwgamerankingscom/
  Commercial Yes
  Type Gaming
  Registration Free
  Owner CNET Networks
  Author Scott Bedard


Game Rankings is a Website which keeps track of Video Game reviews from other sites, and combines them to present an average rating for each game. Similar services include Metacritic (also owned by CNET), GameStats , and Rotten Tomatoes .


RANKINGS

Game Rankings collects and links to (but does not host) reviews from other websites and magazines and averages specific ones. While hundreds of reviews may get listed, only the ones that Game Rankings deems notable are used for the average. Scores are culled from numerous American and European sources. The site uses a percentage grade for all reviews in order to be able to calculate an average, however, because not all sites use the same scoring system (some rate out of 5 or 10, while others use a letter grade), Game Rankings changes all other types of scores into percentages using a relatively straightforward conversion process. At this time Gamerankings is going through some system adjustments. Their interactivity options as message boards, sign-ins and user reviews have been disabled. No notification on when it will be enabled.http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/help.asp


Top 10 ranked games

The following games have the highest average score of main sites as of September 9 , 2007 :
1. - Nintendo 64 (97.7%)
2. Soul Calibur - Dreamcast (96.4%)
3. Metroid Prime - GameCube (96.3%)
4. Resident Evil 4 - GameCube (95.8%)
5. GoldenEye 007 - Nintendo 64 (95.8%)
6. Super Mario 64 - Nintendo 64 (95.7%)
7. BioShock - Xbox 360 (95.7%)
8. BioShock - PC (95.6%)
9. - Xbox (95.6%)
10. Tekken 3 - PlayStation (95.6%)

The following games have the highest voting average as of September 9 , 2007 :
1. Forza Motorsport 2 - Xbox 360 (9.3)
2. Resident Evil 4 - GameCube (9.2)
3. Super Mario World - SNES (9.2)
4. - Xbox 360 (9.2)
5. GoldenEye 007 - Nintendo 64 (9.2)
6. - WII (9.2)
7. Super Mario 64 - Nintendo 64 (9.2)
8. Chrono Trigger - SNES (9.2)
9. BioShock - Xbox 360 (9.2)
10. - PC (9.2)


OTHER FEATURES

  • Along with averaging reviews for individual games, Game Rankings compares games (once a game has at least 20 reviews it is added to the listings) (see the page legend ). The description for games lists its position in the rankings for the specific console (multi-platform games have multiple records) as well as its ranking among all games in the database.http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/simpleratings.asp?rankings=y


  • As of August 5 , 2007 , the database contained 22,497 titles.1 Each game page also contains links to external sites for news, downloads, and other gaming sites.


  • While not included in the rankings, the site also accepts user ratings. The site claims to have over 96,000 "active users". There are also message boards for each game, as well as more general discussions.http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/MessageFolders.asp


  • The site also includes a searchable database, allowing parameters such as name, system, scores, etc. While registration is not required, users can create accounts to get custom rankings, submit scores/reviews, and post to the message board.



CNET PARTNER SITES

As all three sites are owned by CNET, each game record contains links to GameFAQs (for user-submitted cheats, reviews and walkthroughs) and GameSpot (for news, previews and professional reviews).


NOTES AND REFERENCES


  • Note: This article cites information posted on the homepage which is not archived.





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