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They're both real reasons. It is a weighted average as identified on the metacritic page. Some reviewers are weighed more than others and some reviews don't have a number review so metacritic decides what the number is. It isn't a perfect rating system and unfortunately a lot of the time games are given a bad rep because they hit 89 instead of 90 when really they are that good for the most part.