About 50Hz Gamer
Contents:
About 50Hz Gamer
About 50Hz Gamer's rating system
About Age Ratings
About 50Hz Gamer
50Hz Gamer is maintained by Chris Eggison, a Software Development student and general video games fan from England's second city.
50Hz Gamer reviews games of interest in the general scope. Some of the games reviewed on this website may not actually see a release in Europe.
Are you a developer or a publisher or more importantly; work for them? Why not give 50Hz Gamer a big hand and:
* Add us to your Press Relation's email list
* Grant us access to your company's press site or similar media asset site
* Drop us a line about significant developments in your company, media assets or other misc. information relevant to our readers
50Hz Gamer is interested from hearing from software developers/publishers/peripheral manufacturers big and small all over the world. If you're doing something for the benefit of video gaming, we're interested.
Please contact: Christopher Eggison (Editor) at chris.eggison@50hzgamer.co.uk
50Hz Gamer Review Policy
50Hz Gamer is intent on creating reliable, gamer-centric reviews. 50Hz Gamer operates around the idea that games should be entertaining to gamers. While innovation is praised in reviews it does not reflect badly on a game with little innovation so long as the game has a solid feature-set.
Reviews will cover basic game elements which gamers will want to know these include; game story, gameplay modes and controls, major flaws, game breaking bugs or glitches (including frame rate issues), game length (if game is very short or is a good length) and how fun the game is. Reviews may come with examples of other games like it and suggest players who may enjoy the game.
Reviews will never be influenced by publishers or developers who habour interest in 50Hz Gamer through advertising revenue or exclusive information. 50Hz Gamer will attempt to be as honest as possible, with the whole range of scoring used where appropriate.
50Hz Gamer Preview Policy
50Hz Gamer preview games based on media and information supplied by the company used to promote it's games. As such, previews are mostly based on speculation or pre-release demos or preview builds. Previews should not, under any circumstances be considered a true reflection of a video game and it's final, retail version.
Previews are used merely to inform people about video games and express interest in up-coming software, they should not be confused with reviews.
About 50Hz Gamer's scoring system
Since 24th May 2010, 50Hz Gamer has changed the scoring system it uses to rate games at-a-glance. Rather than using a numeric system, it's now a 2-tier system which expresses an opinion rather than a 'factual' numeric score forumlated by star signs or maybe the occasional magical talking abacus. Here's how it works now:
Yep, they pretty much speak for themselves. Dislike means that the game wasn't much to my tastes, if you disliked games I disliked in the past then you're probably best off to avoid this game.
Again, pretty much what you expect. If you like other games I like, then you're probably going to enjoy this game. Of course, if you're just seeing the icon and taking that as my whole review you probably deserve the displeasure you'll recieve from playing the game.
About Age Ratings
PEGI Ratings - PEGI is a legally binding age certificate, you may need proof of age before buying games with 16 or 18 symbols on them. A break down of what these ratings mean is below;
- For ages 3 and up. The game contains nothing violent and very unlikely to offend.
- For ages 7 and up. The could game contain mild violence but very unlikely to offend.
- For ages 12 and up. The could game contain mild violence against people, light refrences to offensive material may be contained.
- For ages 16 and up. The could game contain violence, possibly with weapons, mild language and has a high probibility of offensive material.
- For ages 18 and up. The could game contain strong violence and/or mild sexual content.
- To be considered. This game has not been rated by PEGI or the BBFC and as such has no relevant European rating to display.
BBFC Ratings - BBFC is a UK-only rating system and is legally binding for retailers to ask for proof of age if you look under 21 years of age when buying a product marked with any of the below certificates. Since July 2009, these certificates will not appear on any new game releases. Please refer to the PEGI symbols above for more information.
- For ages 15 and up. The could game contain violence, mild to strong violence and non-descriptive sexual content.
- For ages 18 and up. The game could contain strong violence, strong language, sexual content, a portral of drug use and other offensive material.
Contents:
About 50Hz Gamer
About 50Hz Gamer's rating system
About Age Ratings
About 50Hz Gamer
50Hz Gamer is maintained by Chris Eggison, a Software Development student and general video games fan from England's second city.
50Hz Gamer reviews games of interest in the general scope. Some of the games reviewed on this website may not actually see a release in Europe.
Are you a developer or a publisher or more importantly; work for them? Why not give 50Hz Gamer a big hand and:
* Add us to your Press Relation's email list
* Grant us access to your company's press site or similar media asset site
* Drop us a line about significant developments in your company, media assets or other misc. information relevant to our readers
50Hz Gamer is interested from hearing from software developers/publishers/peripheral manufacturers big and small all over the world. If you're doing something for the benefit of video gaming, we're interested.
Please contact: Christopher Eggison (Editor) at chris.eggison@50hzgamer.co.uk
50Hz Gamer Review Policy
50Hz Gamer is intent on creating reliable, gamer-centric reviews. 50Hz Gamer operates around the idea that games should be entertaining to gamers. While innovation is praised in reviews it does not reflect badly on a game with little innovation so long as the game has a solid feature-set.
Reviews will cover basic game elements which gamers will want to know these include; game story, gameplay modes and controls, major flaws, game breaking bugs or glitches (including frame rate issues), game length (if game is very short or is a good length) and how fun the game is. Reviews may come with examples of other games like it and suggest players who may enjoy the game.
Reviews will never be influenced by publishers or developers who habour interest in 50Hz Gamer through advertising revenue or exclusive information. 50Hz Gamer will attempt to be as honest as possible, with the whole range of scoring used where appropriate.
50Hz Gamer Preview Policy
50Hz Gamer preview games based on media and information supplied by the company used to promote it's games. As such, previews are mostly based on speculation or pre-release demos or preview builds. Previews should not, under any circumstances be considered a true reflection of a video game and it's final, retail version.
Previews are used merely to inform people about video games and express interest in up-coming software, they should not be confused with reviews.
About 50Hz Gamer's scoring system
Since 24th May 2010, 50Hz Gamer has changed the scoring system it uses to rate games at-a-glance. Rather than using a numeric system, it's now a 2-tier system which expresses an opinion rather than a 'factual' numeric score forumlated by star signs or maybe the occasional magical talking abacus. Here's how it works now:
Yep, they pretty much speak for themselves. Dislike means that the game wasn't much to my tastes, if you disliked games I disliked in the past then you're probably best off to avoid this game.
Again, pretty much what you expect. If you like other games I like, then you're probably going to enjoy this game. Of course, if you're just seeing the icon and taking that as my whole review you probably deserve the displeasure you'll recieve from playing the game.
About Age Ratings
PEGI Ratings - PEGI is a legally binding age certificate, you may need proof of age before buying games with 16 or 18 symbols on them. A break down of what these ratings mean is below;
- For ages 3 and up. The game contains nothing violent and very unlikely to offend. - For ages 7 and up. The could game contain mild violence but very unlikely to offend. - For ages 12 and up. The could game contain mild violence against people, light refrences to offensive material may be contained. - For ages 16 and up. The could game contain violence, possibly with weapons, mild language and has a high probibility of offensive material. - For ages 18 and up. The could game contain strong violence and/or mild sexual content. - To be considered. This game has not been rated by PEGI or the BBFC and as such has no relevant European rating to display.BBFC Ratings - BBFC is a UK-only rating system and is legally binding for retailers to ask for proof of age if you look under 21 years of age when buying a product marked with any of the below certificates. Since July 2009, these certificates will not appear on any new game releases. Please refer to the PEGI symbols above for more information.
- For ages 15 and up. The could game contain violence, mild to strong violence and non-descriptive sexual content. - For ages 18 and up. The game could contain strong violence, strong language, sexual content, a portral of drug use and other offensive material.
