GameSpot defends Ratchet and Clank's 7.5

[Garcian Smith]

MikeB said:
Poor explanation, giving Ratchet and Clank: TOD and Conan both a 7.5. Conan simply isn't in the same league as a PS2 game like God of War 2 by a long shot, however Ratchet and Clank: TOD is actually a solid improvement over earlier R&C games for the PS2 especially in term of visuals, presentation and this combined with improved weapons. For these games to score identically by the same review source seems like a grave misjudgement and actually IMO tastes of dishonesty.

That's the thing. "Visuals and preentation" are purely aesthetic aspects of the game. The gameplay is basically the same as it was in the first four R&C games. They gave it a 7.5 because in the reviewer's opinion, the game just didn't do enough that's "new."

For those of you playing ToD as your first R&C game, go fetch either Going Commando or Up Your Arsenal for the PS2. It's basically the exact same game with worse graphics. Then you'll see why Gamespot gave the former the score it did.

And either way, the article writer's point in singling out the R&C review was to say that reviews are subjective, to an extent. Getting all up in arms if you disagree with a review is a silly thing to do.