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The Golden Cartridge
60

The Golden Cartridge

Press8 reviews on recordTrust score from 6 scored reviews vs. players · provisionalwebsite ↗

9 below players
Bias
within ~1 pts
Vs player sentiment
0.14
Ranks like players
6
Games compared

How this trust score was computed

Trust blends alignment (40%): does the outlet rank games the way players do; decoded accuracy (30%): after translating the outlet's own scale habits (a '7/10 means mediocre' scale is decoded, not punished), how well its reviews predict player sentiment; and player-side (30%): on games where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, whose side it took. Recent reviews weigh more (2-year half-life), and the blend is shrunk toward a neutral prior (60) so small samples can't peg the scale. Player quality is launch-window Steam sentiment, so outlets aren't punished for reviewing a launch build that later got patched.

57
Alignment (40%)
96
Decoded accuracy (30%)
n/a
Player-side (30%)

Controversy record: on 1 game where press consensus and players sharply disagreed, this reviewer sided with players 1 time.

Computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Outlet vs. players

Each dot is a game both this outlet and players scored. The dashed line is perfect agreement: dots above it mean the outlet was more generous than players, below it more harsh.

Recent reviews (7 tracked)