| tombi123 said: Probably because they receive tons of hate mail from fanboys if they score a game too low. |
This. Review sites inflate scores for their games based on what type of game it is, not based on the actual content of the game. They're trying to generate clicks to their site and more readers, not an accurate score. Some reviewers are overly harsh to try to generate 'controversy' while others try to give inflated positive scores to most games to make fans feel like every game is good.
Its a flawed system to its core that was only somewhat accurate 10 years ago when people were scoring games on the PSX/N64 through Magazines and the early internet. Once the reviewers found they could make money off the system...there went any credibility with the system. It just became a 'system' of placating the public and a job.
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