With so many computer games coming in the market and often being so good, it becomes difficult to decide which is better. We often need to fall back to the age old method of rating any product, using mathematics to rate any product on a scale of 0 to 100. This is what we will do with computer games today. Let us devise a good method to decide which computer game is more capable and which is not up to the mark. Let us first decide the parameters and give them appropriate weights.
Graphics & Appeal – 15
This is one of the most important aspects in a computer game and usually game developers try to showcase the graphics ability of their games and display the latest technologies in their games. The better the graphics the higher the chance that you would be appealed to play the game and upgrade your graphic card for the same to witness the performance as the developers planned to display. So this is a really attractive point when it comes to computer games.
Sound & Music – 10
The music you listen to within a game and the sound tracks which are played leave a deep impact in the mind of the gamer often even when he is not playing the game. So sound and music tracks besides their quality plays a major role in building the interest in a game and enjoying a more complete and thorough experience in the game.
Gameplay – 20
Gameplay is called the quality of gaming of a game. If a game is well made and the gameplay is perfectly suited to the game with no flaws, then that would be perfect.
Fun – 15
Fun means the amount you enjoy while playing a game. The more you enjoy the higher the fun index. Basically a game is truly judged by its gameplay and fun in the long run.
Replayability – 10
This factor indicates the number of times a game can be played or how long a game can be played without you getting tired of playing that game over and over again.
Learning Curve – 10
Learning curve basically indicates the ease with which a game can be learnt.
Scalability PC – 10
This point indicates how easily a game can be scaled to various PCs so that maximum number of people can play that game.
Scalability Difficulty – 10
This indicates as to how much scalability is offered in the difficulty index of the game.
After all these points you can truly judge which game is better and which lags behind by a small margin or which game doesn’t even come close. Off course different people could give different weights to different parameters according to their tastes, but this is the way I like my games to be, at least this is what I think of them.
