@rainbird
metacritic has an obligation to their mission statement to follow the scores as they are listed on that chart. Some sites, like Eurogamer, do not follow the norm. It isn't Eurogamer's fault that metacritic has its head up its ass, but it is strange.
To expound on that, Eurogamer is influencing some people not to buy, because we are all used to 70 being an average, not 50. To me, this actually feels gimmicky, as is when people give other things besides the 100 point range, like grades or stars. IT begs the question, are they really concerned about giving the readers sound advice, or are they more concerned about being different?
The "broken" part about reviews in comparison with movies and books is that, book movies and the like don't cost $60. (well, some books do) Because people are more cautious with 60$ than 10$, most buyers will only pay attention to ~80+ scores. Sites like Eurogamer undermine this system. Not only that but they also use a 10 scale which is proven ridiculous time and time again.
