I think most of you are missing the point here. Reviewers aren't necessarily biased in favor of Western or Japanese RPGs; they're biased in favor of the big blockbuster franchises. Look, we all know review scores work something like this:
80% - marketing, hype, advertising
20% - is the game actually good
The comment on how Final Fantasy X-2 recieved higher scores across the board than ANY Japanese RPG this generation is classic proof. If the game is from a big name established franchise, it's going to get a higher score. (Call it the Famitsu effect.) I guarantee that if you changed the name of Lost Odyssey to "Final Fantasy 13" and stuck a 100 million dollar advertising campaign behind it, the exact same game would have scored 9s and 10s across the board.
Go on, tell me I'm wrong. We all know that's how the review system works nowadays...
End of 2008 totals: Wii 42m, 360 24m, PS3 18.5m (made Jan. 4, 2008)
