They will write a few paragraphs on each piece, culminating in a score from one to ten then the scores from each category will be squeezed together into a rough average, creating a complete score for the game. A reviewer will smash a given game into four shards: Gameplay, Graphics, Lifespan and Sound. Since I started reading game reviews in OPS2 Magazine 10 years ago, the model of evaluation has stayed largely the same.