darconi on 09 November 2007
Yeah I've started to get very tired of the rated 10/10 games EVERY SINGLE WEEK now. Games are graded on a curve relative to the market, its hard to believe the sudden influx of perfect games.
In my opinion, publishers are probably putting a huge amount of pressure on review sites. Big budget games with high production values and high marketing budgets are important revenue wise to the companies and in turn they're probably pressuring reviewers to give it a perfect score. Since these games are no doubt good in the first place, I'm betting most places are not gonna complain too much to give them a somewhat fair 9+ rating.
