HappySqurriel on 25 July 2007
I used to really like hearing about Famitsu scores because (up until a couple of years ago) they used to be one of the hardest reviewers in the world; most games had a great deal of difficulty breaking 30 and quite often games would get scores that were below 20. Over the past few years I have seen the scores creeping up and I can't help but get the impression that the same factors which caused inflation in North American reviews has impacted Japan; publishers threatening to pull ads and refusing to do features if you don't give their game an 'appropriate' score.
