This editorial uses Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection as a focal point for discussing the shortcomings of most methods used to review compilation games. Should review scores simply be an average of the individual scores of every game on a collection disc and should points be deducted if the games already came out on other collections?

If every game ever made were on a single disc, would that compilation deserve a “10″ just based on volume? Would it make more sense to average the reviews of all the games and use that as the compilations official review score? Should points be deducted from the score for every game the reviewer already owns? And if this every-game game came out again in five years, should its past availability negate any value it would otherwise offer the consumer?

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