albionus on 19 November 2007
| endurance said: well maybe they think the games deserve those scores |
Just a small correction.
I think it has to do with IGN trying to be more realistic with it's scoring system so that 9.8+'s are reserved for the once in a console's life game. That means the top tier games so far will gravitate to the 9.7 score and games that are extremely good but have some minor flaw that holds it back will land on the 9.4 score (since 9.0 is extremely good with a few minor flaws and 9.5 is extremely good with only minor quibbles).
Of course I don't know for sure how they rate games (and every reviewer will have differences no matter how small) but that's just what I've picked up from listening to the Nintendo editors explain various scores and the general rating policy on their wiik in review podcasts.
