SEGA Universe ratings are built from the review sources available for each game.
Community reviews are submitted by SEGA Universe members and use a 5-star rating system.
SEGA Universe reviews are editorial reviews written specifically for the site and may contribute to a game’s overall score.
For games originally released on classic SEGA platforms such as the Master System, Mega Drive (Genesis), Saturn and Dreamcast, historical magazine reviews may be used to provide contemporary critic scores from the time of release. These scores are normalised to a 100-point scale before being included in the rating.
For newer releases, Metacritic scores may be used when historical critic reviews are not available.
Not every game uses the same review sources. Some games may only have community reviews, while others combine community reviews, SEGA Universe reviews and critic scores.
Each available review source contributes equally to the final rating.