No that is not how reviewers work

A fanboy thinks just becuase he enjoyed one game more than another it makes it better

A reviewer gives a score based on the quility of the title based on what it tries to do

I will always enjoy Mario Kart 64 more than Ocarina of time but I do understand that as an adventure game ocarina of time was better at doing that than Mario Kart 64 was at being a Kart racing game

Famitsu also uses four reviews out of ten for each game jsut to be safe

Do you really think four experienced reviewers would all be blindsighted enough to give out an extremelly rare 10 for a game that did not deserve it 

Ditto

I think what made Nintendogs so brilliant is that the GF named all the dogs after me and my friends.

Absolutely amazing game. I hope i was her favorite.

That's how I see it.

Ocarina of Time was close to perfect - for its time. The visuals and sound have aged poorly.

Soul Calibur is a really good fighting game that's aged well, but it's far from perfect.

Vagrant Story is the most annoying, convoluted, counter-intuitive piece of crap that I've ever played. That game has so much micromanagement and vague stats and figures that you may as well be "playing" electronic spreadsheets.

Wind Waker, again, is a great game, but far from perfect. I'm thinking specifically of the sailing here as the major flaw.

Nintendogs is just about perfect, given the system and its target audience. Probably the only one I agree with.

Final Fantasy XII is a tedious grind of a single-player MMO that basically plays itself.

Smash Bros. Brawl, again, is an excellent fighter and party game, but far from perfect.

Metal Gear Solid 4 is barely a "game," let alone perfect.

Never played 428, but Wikipedia tells me it's a "visual novel." Hahahahaha.

Haven't played DQ IX, but given that Famitsu loves to suck Square-Enix's private parts, I don't doubt that the high score is due to massive hype.

All in all, mostly terrible list, and with not a single Western game in sight to boot. Any "perfect games" list without Portal, at least, is nothing.

Do you SERIOUSLY think that reviewers aren't affected by hype/have a favourite console?

Let us compare two games: GTA4 and OoT.

OoT is STILL considered by a most knowledgeable gamers and reviewers as one of the best and most influential games of all time, it didn't age well, but things like auto-lock and day and night shifts, things there were since copied like some random metaphore that are probably in each game right now.

GTA4? A lot of pepole don't even consider it the best game of last year.

So how come they both got nearly identical review scores? pretty simple - hype, game reviewers, unlike book/television/movie reviewers are affected by hype nearly as much as your common gamer.

(A nice example, i've read an article in IGN a couple of months ago in which they said the following about MGS4: "MGS4 is the only game, since Ocarina of Time, to which we've gave a perfect 10", seems like they forgot about last years biggest and best reviewed game, huh?)

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - Never played it. But I'm sure it deserves it since everyone is calling it the best game of all-time.
Soul Calibur - Well deserved.
Vagrant Story - Never Played it.
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker - Does't even deserve 8, imo.
Nintendogs - HELL NAW!!!!!!!
Final Fantasy XII - No, no, no!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Good game. 8 for me.
Metal Gear Solid 4 - Never played it.
428  - Never played it.
Dragon Quest IX - Never played it. I highly doubt it deserved a perfect score.

i keep hearing a shitload about 428.. anyone tried this game yet

And there you go...