Review Policy

As the industry evolves, our goal at SelectButton is to offer would-be buyers a critical look on how a game succeeds and/or fails, but most importantly is it worth the price of admission. At the turn of a new generation, we wanted to revisit our review scoring process. While our content that is included in each review has been constant, the method for tying on a score has been altered.

Reading our reviews is the quickest way to get to know the person behind the name on the byline, so we encourage you to not skip to the bottom of the page to look at the score. The written review or video provides the context behind the verdict.

Written, video, and retro reviews

SelectButton publishes written and video reviews. Retro Reviews revisit older games in video form. A video review may not have a numeric score; an absent score does not mean zero. The reviewer is credited on the review page.

Game pages bring together reviews, articles, and videos about a game. Expansions and editions may have their own reviews and game records; a base game's score does not automatically apply to its expansions. Named remasters and substantial remakes have separate game pages and reviews, connected through Other Versions when an original game page exists. Dated editorial notes can explain later availability without changing the original review’s publication date.

What do our scores mean?

We have decided to simplify our review score. Previously, we used the entire spectrum from 0-10, meaning every point was used between two numbers. At the time we believed it gave us enough flexibility to provide accurate scores for any released game, but as you can imagine trying to decide upon a 8.2 and a 8.3 is an impossible feat.

Our current written-review scale uses whole numbers from 1–10, with no half points. Older reviews may retain decimal scores from the system used when they were published. Reviews reflect the game and the reviewer’s experience at that time; later patches, new content, and price changes may affect that experience.

• 10 – Amazing
• 9 – Awesome
• 8 – Great
• 7 – Good
• 6 – Not Bad
• 5 – Mediocre
• 4 – Poor
• 3 – Bad
• 2 – Terrible
• 1 – Awful