Extra: The death of many scores

Traditional games journalism has been undergoing a gradual change. For a considerable amount of time, traditional styled game reviews had multiple scores. One for each aspect of the game, and then a final “overall” score. As time has progressed, this has become less so. Even the “champion” of traditional games journalism, IGN, has done away with its multitude of scores in favor of a single one. This is a change that has come gradually after the increased popularity of the website Polygon. Polygon is known for New games journalism styled reviews, which utilize a singular score. This is likely why the multiple scores of traditional games journalism has begun to fade.